A healthy female genital tract harbors a microbiome dominated by lactic acid and hydrogen
peroxide producing bacteria, which provide protection against infections by maintaining a …

After nearly two decades of subsidized and energy crop-oriented development, agricultural
biogas production in Germany is standing at a crossroads. Fundamental challenges need to …

Short-amplicon 16S rRNA gene sequencing is currently the method of choice for studies
investigating microbiomes. However, comparative studies on differences in procedures are …

One of the major methods to identify microbial community composition, to unravel microbial
population dynamics, and to explore microbial diversity in environmental samples is high …

The long-read amplicon provides a species-level solution for the community. With the
improvement of nanopore flowcells, the accuracy of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) …

There is a growing awareness of the importance of indoor microbiomes for human health.
Given their complexity, these microbiomes can only be adequately surveyed using high …

While traditional microbiological freshwater tests focus on the detection of specific bacterial
indicator species, including pathogens, direct tracing of all aquatic DNA through …

Taste and odor (T&O) are an important issue in drinking water, aquaculture, recreation and a
few other associated industries, and cyanobacteria-relevant geosmin and 2 …

Amplicon sequencing of partial regions of the ribosomal RNA loci (rDNA) is widely used to
profile microbial communities. However, the rDNA is dynamic and can exhibit substantial …

Culture-based molecular identification methods have revolutionized detection of pathogens,
yet these methods are slow and may yield inconclusive results from environmental …