Humans are virtually identical in their genetic makeup, yet the small differences in our DNA
give rise to tremendous phenotypic diversity across the human population. By contrast, the …

High-throughput DNA sequencing has proven invaluable for investigating diverse
environmental and host-associated microbial communities. In this Review, we discuss emerging …

Elevated inflammation in the female genital tract is associated with increased HIV risk.
Cervicovaginal bacteria modulate genital inflammation; however, their role in HIV susceptibility …

In order for human microbiome studies to translate into actionable outcomes for health, meta-analysis
of reproducible data from population-scale cohorts is needed. Achieving sufficient …

Characterizing the stability of the gut microbiome is important to exploit it as a therapeutic
target and diagnostic biomarker. We metagenomically and metatranscriptomically sequenced …

bioBakery is a meta’omic analysis environment and collection of individual software tools with
the capacity to process raw shotgun sequencing data into actionable microbial community …

The gut microbiome is intimately related to human health, but it is not yet known which
functional activities are driven by specific microorganisms' ecological configurations or …

Objective To elucidate potential biomarkers or mechanistic principles involved with the gut
microbiota and its impact on prostate cancer pathogenesis. Materials and Methods We …

Background & Aims Sulfur-metabolizing microbes, which convert dietary sources of sulfur into
genotoxic hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), have been associated with development of colorectal …

Public transit systems are ideal for studying the urban microbiome and interindividual community
transfer. In this study, we used 16S amplicon and shotgun metagenomic sequencing to …