Background The viral community has the potential to influence the structure of the
microbiome and thus the yield of the anaerobic digestion process. However, the virome …

Background The anaerobic digestion process degrades organic matter into simpler
compounds and occurs in strictly anaerobic and microaerophilic environments. The process …

Phages influence microbial communities, can be applied in phage therapy, or may serve as
bioindicators, eg, in (waste) water management. We here characterized the Escherichia …

In an attempt to assess the diversity of viruses and their potential to modulate the
metabolism of functional microorganisms in anaerobic digesters, we collected digestate from …

Viruses are the most abundant 'biological entities' in the world's oceans. However, technical
and methodological constraints limit our understanding of their diversity, particularly in …

The supplementation of lignocellulose-degrading enzymes can be used to enhance the
performance of biogas production in industrial biogas plants. Since the structural stability of …

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs), especially viruses, have a major impact on microbial
communities. Methanogenic archaea play key environmental and economical roles, being …

Background: As part of a large science education effort, bacteriophages that lyse
Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 continue to be discovered. Materials and Methods …

Like in the human gut and other environments, viruses are probably also diverse and
modulate the microbiome (both population and function) in the rumen of ruminants, but it …

Virus genomics as a separate branch of biology has emerged relatively recently. Although
the term “genomics” appeared only in 1986 [1], the history of genomics began in 1976, when …