Fungi are morphologically, ecologically, metabolically, and phylogenetically diverse. They
are known to produce numerous bioactive molecules, which makes them very useful for …

Novel high‐throughput sequencing methods outperform earlier approaches in terms of
resolution and magnitude. They enable identification and relative quantification of …

Background Biochar amendments have been widely proposed as a conventional and
efficient strategy to promote soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration via negative priming …

Current metabarcoding studies aiming to characterize microbial communities generally rely
on the amplification and sequencing of relatively short DNA regions. For fungi, the internal …

Second‐generation, high‐throughput sequencing methods have greatly improved our
understanding of the ecology of soil microorganisms, yet the short barcodes (< 500 bp) …

The human body is home to a complex and diverse microbial ecosystem that plays a central
role in host health. This includes a diversity of fungal species that is collectively referred to …

Soil bacterial and fungal communities often comprise the “abundant biosphere” and “rare
biosphere”, which co-exist in soil aggregates to form a complex system of inter-species …

Fungi play many essential roles in ecosystems. They facilitate plant access to nutrients and
water, serve as decay agents that cycle carbon and nutrients through the soil, water and …

Next generation metabarcoding is becoming an indispensable tool in fungal community
ecology. Here we tested Illumina metabarcoding, a method that generates shorter reads but …

The skin microbial community is a multifunctional ecosystem aiding prevention of infections
from transient pathogens, maintenance of host immune homeostasis, and skin health. A …