A wide array of microorganisms, including many novel, phylogenetically deeply rooted taxa,
survive and thrive in extreme environments. These unique and reduced-complexity …

The past decades have been a golden era during which great tasks were accomplished in
the field of microbiology, including food microbiology. In the past, culture-dependent …

Probiotics are widely prescribed for prevention of antibiotics-associated dysbiosis and
related adverse effects. However, probiotic impact on post-antibiotic reconstitution of the gut …

Determining diet is a key prerequisite for understanding species interactions, food web
structure and ecological dynamics. In recent years, there has been considerable …

High-throughput sequencing of small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) genes from
marine environments is a widely applied method used to uncover the composition of …

Background The relative importance of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial
communities is unclear, as are the possible influences that alter the balance between these …

Co-occurrence networks produced from microbial survey sequencing data are frequently
used to identify interactions between community members. While this approach has …

Historically, pickling is one of the oldest preservation methods of several foodstuffs such as
vegetables, fruits, fish, and meat. Pickling imparts unique and desirable changes in flavor …

Plastics are the most abundant form of marine debris, with global production rising and
documented impacts in some marine environments, but the influence of plastic on open …

To describe a microbe's physiology, including its metabolism, environmental roles, and
growth characteristics, it must be grown in a laboratory culture. Unfortunately, many …