Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has advanced our understanding of the
human microbiome by allowing for the discovery and characterization of unculturable …

Long-read sequencing has recently transformed metagenomics, enhancing strain-level
pathogen characterization, enabling accurate and complete metagenome-assembled …

Tumor-resident intracellular microbiota is an emerging tumor component that has been
documented for a variety of cancer types with unclear biological functions. Here, we …

Increasing evidence implicates the tumor microbiota as a factor that can influence cancer
progression. In patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), we found that pre-resection antibiotics …

Breastfeeding profoundly shapes the infant gut microbiota, which is critical for early life
immune development, and the gut microbiota can impact host physiology in various ways …

Changes in gut microbiota have been associated with several diseases. Here, the
International Multiple Sclerosis Microbiome Study (iMSMS) studied the gut microbiome of …

Microplastics (MPs) co-occur widely with diverse contaminants in soils. However, few data
are available on their impacts on soil chemical and microbial properties of heavy metal …

The term “core microbiome” has become widely used in microbial ecology over the last
decade. Broadly, the core microbiome refers to any set of microbial taxa, or the genomic and …

The gut microbiome has been shown to influence the response of tumors to anti–PD-1
(programmed cell death–1) immunotherapy in preclinical mouse models and observational …

Background Freshwater salinization may result in significant changes of microbial
community composition and diversity, with implications for ecosystem processes and …