Processed foods often include food additives such as xanthan gum, a complex polysaccharide
with unique rheological properties, that has established widespread use as a stabilizer …

The development of reliable, mixed-culture biotechnological processes hinges on
understanding how microbial ecosystems respond to disturbances. Here we reveal extensive …

Metaproteomics has matured into a powerful tool to assess functional interactions in microbial
communities. While many metaproteomic workflows are available, the impact of method …

Viruses and plasmids (invasive mobile genetic elements (iMGEs)) have important roles in
shaping microbial communities, but their dynamic interactions with CRISPR-based immunity …

While the field of microbiology has adapted to the study of complex microbiomes via
modern meta-omics techniques, we have not updated our basic knowledge regarding the …

Background Alterations to the gut microbiome have been linked to multiple chronic diseases.
However, the drivers of such changes remain largely unknown. The oral cavity acts as a …

The rumen microbiome constitutes a dense and complex mixture of anaerobic bacteria,
archaea, protozoa, virus and fungi. Collectively, rumen microbial populations interact closely in …

Meta-omic techniques have progressed rapidly in the past decade and are frequently used
in microbial ecology to study microorganisms in their natural ecosystems independent from …

Through connecting genomic and metabolic information, metaproteomics is an essential
approach for understanding how microbiomes function in space and time. The international …

Microbial communities that degrade lignocellulosic biomass are typified by high levels of
species- and strain-level complexity, as well as synergistic interactions between both …