SILVA (lat. forest) is a comprehensive web resource, providing services around up to date,
high-quality datasets of aligned ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) sequences from the Bacteria …

Outbreaks of multidrug-resistant bacteria present a frequent threat to vulnerable patient
populations in hospitals around the world. Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly …

In phylogenomics the analysis of concatenated gene alignments, the so-called supermatrix,
is commonly accompanied by the assumption of partition models. Under such models each …

Divergence of gene function is a hallmark of evolution, but assessing functional divergence
over deep time is not trivial. The few alleles available for cross-species studies often fail to …

Brazil has experienced an unprecedented epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV), with~ 30,000 cases
reported to date. ZIKV was first detected in Brazil in May 2015, and cases of microcephaly …

We present Seaview version 5, a multiplatform program to perform multiple alignment and
phylogenetic tree building from molecular sequence data. Seaview provides network access …

Reconstructing the genomes of bilaterian ancestors is central to our understanding of animal
evolution, where knowledge from ancient and/or slow-evolving bilaterian lineages is critical …

Nitrification, the oxidation of ammonia via nitrite to nitrate, has always been considered to be
catalyzed by the concerted activity of ammonia-and nitrite-oxidizing microorganisms. Only …

One of the lasting controversies in phylogenetic inference is the degree to which specific
evolutionary models should influence the choice of methods. Model‐based approaches to …

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a major crop and a member of the large, highly successful
Compositae family of flowering plants. Here we present a reference assembly for the …