Dysoxic marine waters (DMW, < 1 μM oxygen) are currently expanding in volume in the oceans,
which has biogeochemical, ecological and societal consequences on a global scale. In …

Current-day metagenomics analyses increasingly involve de novo taxonomic classification
of long DNA sequences and metagenome-assembled genomes. Here, we show that the …

Generalists can survive in many environments, whereas specialists are restricted to a single
environment. Although a classical concept in ecology, niche breadth has remained …

Archaea synthesize membranes of isoprenoid lipids that are ether-linked to glycerol-1-phosphate
(G1P), while Bacteria/Eukarya produce membranes consisting of fatty acids ester-…

Biodegradation of pollutants is a sustainable and cost-effective solution to groundwater
pollution. Here, we investigate microbial populations involved in biodegradation of poly-…

The human intestinal microbiota is a homeostatic ecosystem with a remarkable impact on
human health and the disruption of this equilibrium leads to an increased susceptibility to …

Bacterial membranes are composed of fatty acids (FAs) ester-linked to glycerol-3-phosphate,
while archaea have membranes made of isoprenoid chains ether-linked to glycerol-1-…

An important viromics challenge is associating bacteriophages to hosts. To address this, we
developed adsorption sequencing (AdsorpSeq), a readily implementable method to …

The human gut contains an expanse of largely unstudied bacteriophages. Among the most
common are crAss-like phages, which were predicted to infect Bacteriodetes hosts. …

Teredinidae are a family of highly adapted wood-feeding and wood-boring bivalves,
commonly known as shipworms, whose evolution is linked to the acquisition of cellulolytic …