The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) in the central part of the Chihuahan desert (Coahuila,
Mexico) hosts a wide diversity of microorganisms contained within springs thought to be …

The discovery of bacteria in the female urinary bladder has fundamentally changed current
dogma regarding the urinary tract and related urinary disorders. Previous research …

Urobiome research has the potential to advance the understanding of a wide range of diseases,
including lower urinary tract symptoms and kidney disease. Many scientific areas have …

Bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) play a significant role in microbial community dynamics.
Within the human gastrointestinal tract, for instance, associations among bacteriophages (…

Background The study of bacteriophages continues to generate key information about
microbial interactions in the environment. Many phenotypic characteristics of bacteriophages …

We present an extension of the Minimum Information about any (x) Sequence (MIxS) standard
for reporting sequences of uncultivated virus genomes. Minimum Information about an …

Metagenomic analyses have indicated that the female bladder harbors an indigenous microbiota.
However, there are few cultured reference strains with sequenced genomes available …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common human bacterial infections. While
UTIs are commonly associated with colonization by Escherichia coli, members of this …

Viruses are the most abundant component of the human microbiota. Recent evidence has
uncovered a rich diversity of viruses within the female bladder, including both bacteriophages …

We used a whole-genome scanning technique to identify the NADH dehydrogenase gamma
subunit (nuoG) primer set that is sensitive and specific enough to detect a diverse number …