The ecosystem of the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract traverses a number of environmental,
chemical, and physical conditions because it runs from the oral cavity to the anus. These …

Advances in DNA sequencing technology have vastly improved the ability of researchers to
explore the microbial inhabitants of the human body. Unfortunately, while these studies have …

Nutrient scarcity is pervasive for natural microbial communities, affecting species
reproduction and co-existence. However, it remains unclear whether there are general rules …

Land-use intensification can increase provisioning ecosystem services, such as food and
timber production, but it also drives changes in ecosystem functioning and biodiversity loss …

Motivation Estimating microbial association networks from high-throughput sequencing data
is a common exploratory data analysis approach aiming at understanding the complex …

The gut microbiota play important roles in lipid metabolism and absorption. However, the
contribution of the small bowel microbiota of mammals to these diet-microbe interactions …

The role of the gut microbiome in models of inflammatory and autoimmune disease is now
well characterized. Renewed interest in the human microbiome and its metabolites, as well …

Somatic mutations in te t methylcytosine dioxygenase 2 (TET2), which encodes an
epigenetic modifier enzyme, drive the development of haematopoietic malignancies,,,,,–. In …

The role of the Arctic Ocean ecosystem in climate regulation may depend on the responses
of marine microorganisms to environmental change. We applied genome-resolved …

Sequence-based approaches to study microbiomes, such as 16S rRNA gene sequencing
and metagenomics, are uncovering associations between microbial taxa and a myriad of …