Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has advanced our understanding of the
human microbiome by allowing for the discovery and characterization of unculturable …

Biogeography is the study of species distribution and diversity within an ecosystem and is at
the core of how we understand ecosystem dynamics and interactions at the macroscale. In …

Microbiome studies have become routine in biomedical, agricultural and environmental
sciences with diverse aims, including diversity profiling, functional characterization, and …

Parkinson's disease (PD) may start in the gut and spread to the brain. To investigate the role
of gut microbiome, we conducted a large-scale study, at high taxonomic resolution, using …

A large body of evidence has emerged in the past decade supporting a role for the gut
microbiome in the regulation of blood pressure. The field has moved from association to …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide,
and therapeutic options for advanced HCC are limited. Here, we observe that intestinal …

Mutualistic interactions between host plants and their microbiota have the potential to
provide disease resistance. Most research has focused on the rhizosphere, but it is unclear …

The many microbial communities around us form interactive and dynamic ecosystems called
microbiomes. Though concealed from the naked eye, microbiomes govern and influence …

Microbiome research is now moving beyond the compositional analysis of microbial taxa in
a sample. Increasing evidence from large human microbiome studies suggests that …

With the gradual maturity of sequencing technology, many microbiome studies have
published, driving the emergence and advance of related analysis tools. R language is the …