Microbial interactions within multiple-strain biological control agents impact soil-borne plant disease
B Niu, W Wang, Z Yuan, RR Sederoff… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Major losses of crop yield and quality caused by soil-borne plant diseases have long
threatened the ecology and economy of agriculture and forestry. Biological control using …
threatened the ecology and economy of agriculture and forestry. Biological control using …
Benchmarking metagenomics tools for taxonomic classification
HY Simon, KJ Siddle, DJ Park, PC Sabeti - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Metagenomic sequencing is revolutionizing the detection and characterization of microbial
species, and a wide variety of software tools are available to perform taxonomic …
species, and a wide variety of software tools are available to perform taxonomic …
Reduction of microbial diversity in grassland soil is driven by long-term climate warming
Anthropogenic climate change threatens ecosystem functioning. Soil biodiversity is essential
for maintaining the health of terrestrial systems, but how climate change affects the richness …
for maintaining the health of terrestrial systems, but how climate change affects the richness …
High-throughput microbial culturomics using automation and machine learning
Pure bacterial cultures remain essential for detailed experimental and mechanistic studies in
microbiome research, and traditional methods to isolate individual bacteria from complex …
microbiome research, and traditional methods to isolate individual bacteria from complex …
Low shifts in salinity determined assembly processes and network stability of microeukaryotic plankton communities in a subtropical urban reservoir
Background Freshwater salinization may result in significant changes of microbial
community composition and diversity, with implications for ecosystem processes and …
community composition and diversity, with implications for ecosystem processes and …
[HTML][HTML] Mother-to-infant microbiota transmission and infant microbiota development across multiple body sites
D Bogaert, GJ Van Beveren, EM de Koff, PL Parga… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023 - cell.com
Early-life microbiota seeding and subsequent development is crucial to future health.
Cesarean-section (CS) birth, as opposed to vaginal delivery, affects early mother-to-infant …
Cesarean-section (CS) birth, as opposed to vaginal delivery, affects early mother-to-infant …
Evaluation of 16S rRNA gene sequencing for species and strain-level microbiome analysis
The 16S rRNA gene has been a mainstay of sequence-based bacterial analysis for
decades. However, high-throughput sequencing of the full gene has only recently become a …
decades. However, high-throughput sequencing of the full gene has only recently become a …
Primer, pipelines, parameters: issues in 16S rRNA gene sequencing
I Abellan-Schneyder, MS Matchado, S Reitmeier… - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Short-amplicon 16S rRNA gene sequencing is currently the method of choice for studies
investigating microbiomes. However, comparative studies on differences in procedures are …
investigating microbiomes. However, comparative studies on differences in procedures are …
Large-scale generation and analysis of filamentous fungal DNA barcodes boosts coverage for kingdom fungi and reveals thresholds for fungal species and higher …
Species identification lies at the heart of biodiversity studies that has in recent years
favoured DNA-based approaches. Microbial Biological Resource Centres are a rich source …
favoured DNA-based approaches. Microbial Biological Resource Centres are a rich source …
The global-scale distributions of soil protists and their contributions to belowground systems
AM Oliverio, S Geisen, M Delgado-Baquerizo… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Protists are ubiquitous in soil, where they are key contributors to nutrient cycling and energy
transfer. However, protists have received far less attention than other components of the soil …
transfer. However, protists have received far less attention than other components of the soil …