Metabolomics is the comprehensive profiling of the small molecule composition of a
biological sample. Since metabolites are often the indirect products of gene expression, this …

Like all higher organisms, plants have evolved in the context of a microbial world, shaping
both their evolution and their contemporary ecology. Interactions between plant roots and soil …

Our understanding of biology has been greatly improved through recent developments in
mass spectrometry, which is providing detailed information on protein and metabolite …

… bp of the V3–V4 variable region of the 16S rRNA gene. The set of 64 unique forward (6 bp)
and reverse (8 bp) … loaded on the Illumina MiSeq platform for 300 bp paired‐end sequencing. …

… MACs included in this analysis were a minimum of 100 bp in length, expression was normalized
to the genome with the lowest number of RNA-seq bases mapped and a minimum cutoff …

OBJECTIVE Insulin resistance in skeletal muscle is an early phenomenon in the pathogenesis
of type 2 diabetes. Studies of insulin resistance usually are highly focused. However, …

Biological soil crusts (BSCs) cover extensive portions of the earth’s deserts. In order to survive
desiccation cycles and utilize short periods of activity during infrequent precipitation, crust …

Soils are arguably the most microbially diverse ecosystems. Physicochemical properties have
been associated with the maintenance of this diversity. Yet, the role of microbial substrate …

The cycling of soil organic matter (SOM) by microorganisms is a critical component of the
global carbon cycle but remains poorly understood. There is an emerging view that much of …

Metagenomic sequencing provides a window into microbial community structure and metabolic
potential; however, linking these data to exogenous metabolites that microorganisms …