The field of microbiome research has evolved rapidly over the past few decades and has
become a topic of great scientific and public interest. As a result of this rapid growth in …

The study of microbial communities has undergone significant advancements, starting from
the initial use of 16S rRNA sequencing to the adoption of shotgun metagenomics. However …

Simple Summary The metabarcoding approach is widely used for studying the diversity and
distribution of freshwater microalgae and for routine biomonitoring. Due to microalgae being …

Illumina sequencing is a representative tool for understanding the massive diversity of
microbial eukaryotes in natural ecosystems. Here, we investigated the eukaryotic community …

ABSTRACT German cockroaches, Blattella germanica (Blattodea: Ectobiidae), are human
commensals that move freely between food and waste, disseminating bacteria, including …

Contaminated irrigation water is among many potential vehicles of human pathogens to food
plants, constituting significant public health risks especially for the fresh produce category …

Protocols for characterizing taxonomic assemblages by deep sequencing of short DNA
barcode regions (metabarcoding) have revolutionized our understanding of microbial …

The development and application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) have enabled
comprehensive analyses of the microbial community through extensive parallel sequencing …

Protists are a diverse and understudied group of microbial eukaryotic organisms especially
in terrestrial environments. Advances in molecular methods are increasing our …

While some microbial eukaryotes can improve effluent quality in wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs), eukaryotic waterborne pathogens are a threat to public health. This study aimed …