The past decades have been a golden era during which great tasks were accomplished in
the field of microbiology, including food microbiology. In the past, culture-dependent …

Most microbial communities consist of a genetically diverse assembly of different organisms,
and the level of genetic diversity plays an important part in community properties and …

Amplicon sequencing has revolutionized our ability to study DNA collected from
environmental samples by providing a rapid and sensitive technique for microbial …

Introduction Gut microbiome affecting the responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors against
advanced NSCLC has been investigated in the Western population. However, considering …

Background Since sequencing techniques have become less expensive, larger sample
sizes are applicable for microbiota studies. The aim of this study is to show how, and to what …

Objective A decade of microbiome studies has linked IBD to an alteration in the gut microbial
community of genetically predisposed subjects. However, existing profiles of gut microbiome …

Depleted gut microbiome α-diversity is associated with several human diseases, but the
extent to which this is reflected in the host molecular phenotype is poorly understood. We …

The profound influence of microorganisms on human life and global biogeochemical cycles
underlines the value of studying the biogeography of microorganisms, exploring microbial …

More than 10 years ago, we published the paper describing the mothur software package in
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Our goal was to create a comprehensive package …

Despite the growing number of immune repertoire sequencing studies, the field still lacks
software for analysis and comprehension of this high-dimensional data. Here we report …