Fast detection and identification of microorganisms is a challenging and significant feature
from industry to medicine. Standard approaches are known to be very time-consuming and …

It is now clear that several of the filamentous bacteria in activated sludge wastewater
treatment plants globally, are members of the phylum Chloroflexi. They appear to be more …

In drinking water distribution systems (DWDS), biofilms are the predominant mode of
microbial growth, with the presence of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) protecting …

The genetic, functional or compositional heterogeneity of healthy and diseased tissues
presents major challenges in drug discovery and development. Such heterogeneity hinders …

Microbial communities of the Arctic Ocean are poorly characterized in comparison to other
aquatic environments as to their horizontal, vertical, and temporal turnover. Yet, recent …

The agricultural use of conventional, polyethylene-based mulch films leads to the
accumulation of remnant film pieces in agricultural soils with negative impacts for soil …

Introduction Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of
cancer-related death in women worldwide. Despite the early detection of breast cancer and …

Increasing crop yields and ensuring food security is a major global challenge. In order to
increase crop production, chemical fertilizers and pesticides are excessively used. However …

High-throughput amplicon sequencing has become a well-established approach for
microbial community profiling. Correlating shifts in the relative abundances of bacterial taxa …

Plasmids are important “vehicles” for the communication of genetic information between
bacteria. The exchange of plasmids transmits pathogenically and environmentally relevant …