Brown algae are important players in the global carbon cycle by fixing carbon dioxide into 1
Gt of biomass annually, yet the fate of fucoidan—their major cell wall polysaccharide …

In 2003, an initial study on essential genes in the Gram-positive model bacterium described
271 genes as essential. In the past decade, the functions of many unknown genes and their …

Diet can influence the composition of the human microbiome, and yet relatively few dietary
ingredients have been systematically investigated with respect to their impact on the …

The term 'exoproteome'describes the protein content that can be found in the extracellular
proximity of a given biological system. These proteins arise from cellular secretion, other …

Proteomics techniques generate an avalanche of data and promise to satisfy biologists' long-
held desire to measure absolute protein abundances on a genome-wide scale. However …

The mammalian liver is composed of repeating hexagonal units termed lobules. Spatially
resolved single-cell transcriptomics has revealed that about half of hepatocyte genes are …

Short antimicrobial peptides rich in arginine (R) and tryptophan (W) interact with
membranes. To learn how this interaction leads to bacterial death, we characterized the …

The biotechnology industry has become a key element in modern societies. Within this
industry, the production of recombinant enzymes and biopharmaceutical proteins is of major …

Marine seaweeds increasingly grow into extensive algal blooms, which are detrimental to
coastal ecosystems, tourism and aquaculture. However, algal biomass is also emerging as a …

Members of the phylum Bacteroidetes are abundant in many marine ecosystems and are
known to have a pivotal role in the mineralization of complex organic substrates such as …