Shotgun metagenomics is an increasingly cost-effective approach for profiling
environmental and host-associated microbial communities. However, due to the complexity …

Astaxanthin (ASX) is a xanthophyll pigment considered as a nutraceutical with high
antioxidant activity. Several clinical trials have shown the multiple health benefits of this …

In immunocompromised patients a colonisation with fungi carries the risk to develop serious
invasive fungal infection. An early detection is therefore important, but not optimal hitherto …

High-throughput phylogenetic 16S rRNA gene analysis has permitted to thoroughly delve
into microbial community complexity and to understand host-microbiota interactions in …

The formation of inclusion bodies (IBs) during expression of recombinant therapeutic
proteins using E. coli is a significant hurdle in producing high-quality, safe, and efficacious …

A variety of methods have been established in order to optimize the accessibility of DNA
originating from Bacillus anthracis cells and endospores to facilitate highly sensitive …

Hallmarks of cystic fibrosis (CF) are increased viscosity of mucus and impaired mucociliary
clearance within the airways due to mutations of the cystic fibrosis conductance regulator …

Soils store more carbon than the biosphere and atmosphere combined, and the efficiency to
which soil microorganisms allocate carbon to growth rather than respiration is increasingly …

Soil microbial biomass is assumed to have stable chemical composition. Various
components of the biomass such as DNA, ATP, or chloroform-labile organic carbon are …

Bisphenol S (BPS) is an industrial chemical used in the process of polymerization of
polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins and thus can be found in various plastic products …