Fungi are key players in vital ecosystem services, spanning carbon cycling, decomposition,
symbiotic associations with cultivated and wild plants and pathogenicity. The high …

The increase in the body weight of animals, a pivotal indicator closely tied to production, is
important to the aquaculture industry. Despite remarkable variability in gut microbiomes …

Foliar fungal endophytes are one of the most diverse guilds of symbiotic fungi found in the
photosynthetic tissues of every plant lineage, but it is unclear how plant environments and …

Methods We conducted 16-srRNA sequencing on stool samples (n= 51: sepsis, 27/no
sepsis, 24) collected from consecutive DC patients upon admission. Bacterial diversity …

Despite the technical progress in high-throughput sequencing technologies, defining the
sample size which is capable of yielding representative inferences in metabarcoding …

Abstract Wildlife in Southeast Asia is greatly affected by agricultural expansion. While
intensive farming causes biodiversity decline, low-intensive farming can support some …

The polar regions consist of the Arctic and Antarctica, which make up around 14% of the
Earth's surface. Antarctica is essentially a continent, and about 1,900 m of ice covers the …

This chapter aims to introduce the workflow for fungal biodiversity investigation, especially
focusing on DNA metabarcoding, which is the predominant method used for studies. It …

The advent of DNA sequencing revolutionized the field of microbiome research. Many
organisms, by virtue of their codependence and/or growth rate, are either impossible or …

Diet is known to modify the composition of the gut microbiota. However, few studies have
been conducted to assess the relationship between diet and the gut microbiota in infants …