The human microbiota is a diverse microbial ecosystem associated with many beneficial
physiological functions as well as numerous disease etiologies. Dominated by bacteria, the …

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 …

Microplastics are ubiquitous in estuarine, coastal, and deep sea sediments. The impacts of
microplastics on sedimentary microbial ecosystems and biogeochemical carbon and …

Despite advances in sequencing, lack of standardization makes comparisons across studies
challenging and hampers insights into the structure and function of microbial communities …

Immune-microbe interactions early in life influence the risk of allergies, asthma, and other
inflammatory diseases. Breastfeeding guides healthier immune-microbe relationships by …

Bacterial dysbiosis accompanies carcinogenesis in malignancies such as colon and liver
cancer, and has recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of pancreatic ductal …

Soils harbour some of the most diverse microbiomes on Earth and are essential for both
nutrient cycling and carbon storage. To understand soil functioning, it is necessary to model …

Dysbiosis, departure of the gut microbiome from a healthy state, has been suggested to be a
powerful biomarker of disease incidence and progression,–. Diagnostic applications have …

Background The accuracy of microbial community surveys based on marker-gene and
metagenomic sequencing (MGS) suffers from the presence of contaminants—DNA …

Genome-wide association studies have identified risk loci linked to inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD)—a complex chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. The …