The skin is the exterior interface of the human body with the environment. Despite its harsh
physical landscape, the skin is colonized by diverse commensal microbes. In this review, we …

Microorganisms play a crucial and unique role in fish and fish product safety. The presence
of human pathogens and the formation of histamine caused by spoilage bacteria make the …

The oral microbiome plays key roles in human biology, health, and disease, but little is
known about the global diversity, variation, or evolution of this microbial community. To …

Phylosymbiosis was recently formulated to support a hypothesis-driven framework for the
characterization of a new, cross-system trend in host-associated microbiomes. Defining …

Fish are the most diverse and widely distributed vertebrates, yet little is known about the
microbial ecology of fishes nor the biological and environmental factors that influence fish …

Here we review the knowledge about skin microbiomes in amphibians accumulated over the
last two decades and the evidence regarding the protective role of skin bacteria. Amphibians …

Insects can assemble defensive microbiomes on their body surfaces to defend against
fungal parasitic infections. The strategies employed by fungal pathogens to combat host …

Captive breeding to safeguard against extirpation in the wild is a practice for many animal
groups. Animals in captivity experience reduced contact with natural substrates and other …

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are crystal-like organic structures such as cartography
buildings prepared from appropriately pre-designed construction block precursors …

Staphylococci are a natural component of the skin microbiota of many organisms, including
humans and birds. As opportunistic pathogens, they can cause a variety of infections in …