Anaerobic conversion of organic wastes and biomass to methane is an important bioenergy
strategy, which depends on poorly understood mechanisms of interspecies electron transfer …

The recent application of molecular phylogeny to environmental samples has resulted in the
discovery of an abundance of unique and previously unrecognized microorganisms. The …

The microbiome can promote or disrupt human health by influencing both adaptive and
innate immune functions. We tested whether bacteria that normally reside on human skin …

Biological formation of methane is the terminal process of biomass degradation in aquatic
habitats where oxygen, nitrate, ferric iron and sulphate have been depleted as electron …

The gut microbiota affects many important host functions, including the immune response
and the nervous system 1 . However, while substantial progress has been made in growing …

Differential abundance analysis is controversial throughout microbiome research. Gold
standard approaches require laborious measurements of total microbial load, or absolute …

Commensal microbes on the skin surface influence the behaviour of cells below the epidermis.
We hypothesized that bacteria or their products exist below the surface epithelium and …

Even though significant advances have been made in understanding microbial diversity,
most microorganisms are still only characterized by 'molecular fingerprints' and have resisted …

Transcription and translation use raw materials and energy generated metabolically to create
the macromolecular machinery responsible for all cellular functions, including metabolism. …

Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) strategies allow for the metabolic engineering of
microorganisms by combining genetic variation with the selection of beneficial mutations in an …