The plant-associated microbiome is a key component of plant systems, contributing to their
health, growth, and productivity. The application of machine learning (ML) in this field …

Perturbation of soil microbial communities by rising temperatures could have important
consequences for biodiversity and future climate, particularly in tropical forests where high …

Background: The accuracy of microbial community detection in 16S rRNA marker-gene and
metagenomic studies suffers from contamination and sequencing errors that lead to either …

Sequencing-based approaches for the analysis of microbial communities are susceptible to
contamination, which could mask biological signals or generate artifactual ones. Methods for …

Background and Aims The role of the intestinal microbiome in alcoholic hepatitis is not
established. The aims of this study were to (1) characterize the fecal microbial ecology …

Background Increasing studies have demonstrated potential disproportionate functional and
ecological contributions of rare taxa in a microbial community. However, the study of the …

Background Cancer recurrence after tumor resection in early-stage non-small cell lung
cancer (NSCLC) is common, yet difficult to predict. The lung microbiota and systemic …

There is increasing interest in further developing the plant protection product (PPP)
environmental risk assessment, particularly within the European Union, to include the …

Ingestion of the cycad toxins β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and azoxyglycosides is
harmful to diverse organisms. However, some insects are specialized to feed on toxin-rich …

Urban populations from highly industrialized countries are characterized by a lower gut
bacterial diversity as well as by changes in composition compared to rural populations from …