Advances in high-throughput sequencing (HTS) have fostered rapid developments in the
field of microbiome research, and massive microbiome datasets are now being generated …

Microorganisms colonizing the plant rhizosphere provide a number of beneficial functions
for their host. Although an increasing number of investigations clarified the great functional …

Data visualization plays a crucial role in illustrating results and sharing knowledge among
researchers. Though many types of visualization tools are widely used, most of them require …

It is difficult for beginners to learn and use amplicon analysis software because there are so
many software tools to choose from, and all of them need multiple steps of operation. Herein …

One major limitation of microbial community marker gene sequencing is that it does not
provide direct information on the functional composition of sampled communities. Here, we …

Biodegradable plastics have emerged as an ecological alternative to conventional
petroleum-based plastics. Despite the recent advances in the effects of conventional …

Microbial networks are an increasingly popular tool to investigate microbial community
structure, as they integrate multiple types of information and may represent systems-level …

Diet and host phylogeny drive the taxonomic and functional contents of the gut microbiome
in mammals, yet it is unknown whether these patterns hold across all vertebrate lineages …

Soil salinization is a growing environmental problem caused by both natural and human
activities. Excessive salinity in soil suppresses growth, decreases species diversity, and …

Microplastics (MPs) are found to be ubiquitous and serve as vectors for other contaminants,
and the inevitable aging process changes MP properties and fates. However, whether the …