Soil-borne microbes are major ecological players in terrestrial environments since they cycle
organic matter, channel nutrients across trophic levels and influence plant growth and …

The global malaria burden sometimes obscures that the genus Plasmodium comprises
diverse clades with lineages that independently gave origin to the extant human parasites …

Massively parallel DNA sequencing offers many benefits, but major inhibitory cost factors
include:(1) start-up (ie, purchasing initial reagents and equipment);(2) buyin (ie, getting the …

Biodiversity is in decline due to human‐induced pressures on ecosystems around the world.
To be able to counteract this alarming trend, it is paramount to closely monitor biodiversity at …

Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) offers many benefits, but major factors limiting NGS
include reducing the time and costs associated with: 1) start-up (ie, doing NGS for the first …

Tailored enzymes are crucial for the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy. However,
enzyme engineering is laborious and failure-prone due to its reliance on serendipity. The …

Traditionally, insects collected for scientific purposes have been dried and pinned, or
preserved in 70% ethanol. Both methods preserve taxonomically informative exoskeletal …

Contaminants such as heavy metals may contribute to the dissemination of antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) by enriching resistance gene determinants via co‐selection mechanisms …

The chicken gastrointestinal tract harbors microorganisms that play a role in the health and
disease status of the host. The cecum is the part of the gut that carries the highest microbial …

Species delimitation is an imperative first step toward understanding Earth's biodiversity, yet
what constitutes a species and the relative importance of the various processes by which …