Bacteria are an important part of every ecosystem that they inhabit on Earth. Environmental
microbiologists usually focus on a few dominant bacterial groups, neglecting less abundant …

To characterize microbiomes and other ecological assemblages, ecologists routinely
sequence and compare loci that differ among focal taxa. Counts of these sequences convey …

Wastewater treatment is crucial to environmental hygiene in urban environments. However,
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) collect chemicals, organic matter, and …

Identifying the functional microbes in spontaneous food fermentation is important for
improving food quality. To identify the key flavor producers in Chinese liquor fermentation …

Metabarcoding of the 16S rRNA gene is commonly used to characterize microbial
communities, by estimating the relative abundance of microbes. Here, we present a method …

The microbial “unseen majority” as drivers of carbon cycle represent a significant source of
uncertain climate change. To comprehend the resilience of life forms on Earth to climate …

High-throughput sequencing (HTS) of gene amplicons is a preferred method of assessing
microbial community composition, because it rapidly provides information from a large …

Microbial growth and mortality are major determinants of soil carbon cycling. We measured
in situ growth dynamics of individual bacterial taxa in cropped and successional soils in …

Protists are key stone components of aquatic ecosystems, sustaining primary productivity
and aquatic food webs. However, their diversity, ecology and structuring factors shaping …

The anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (APB) are an active component of aquatic microbial
communities. While DNA-based studies have delivered a detailed picture of APB diversity …