Major advances over the past decade in the field of ancient DNA are providing access to
past paleogenomic diversity, but the diverse functions and biosynthetic capabilities of this …

Abstract Analysis of microbial data from archaeological samples is a growing field with great
potential for understanding ancient environments, lifestyles, and diseases. However, high …

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a climate-active gas with emissions predicted to increase due to
agricultural intensification. Microbial reduction of N2O to dinitrogen (N2) is the major …

Abstract Background Genomic Observatories (GOs) are sites of long-term scientific study
that undertake regular assessments of the genomic biodiversity. The European Marine …

ABSTRACT Viruses of bacteria,“phages,” are fundamental, poorly understood components
of microbial community structure and function. Additionally, their dependence on hosts for …

The steadily increasing presence of both natural and anthropogenic pollutants in our
environment poses a considerable challenge, given the recalcitrance of many of these …

The continental bedrock contains groundwater-bearing fractures that are home to microbial
populations that are vital in mediating the Earth's biogeochemical cycles. However, their …

Autotrophic nitrate reduction coupled to Fe (II) oxidation is an important nitrate removal
process in anoxic aquifers. However, it remains unknown how changes of O2 and carbon …

Recent advances in bioinformatics and high-throughput sequencing have enabled the large-
scale recovery of genomes from metagenomes. This has the potential to bring important …

The application of direct metagenomic sequencing from positive blood culture broth may
solve the challenges of sequencing from low-bacterial-load blood samples in patients with …