In recent years the littering of plastics and the problems related to their persistence in the
environment have become a major focus in both research and the news. Biodegradable …

The frequent discrepancy between direct microscopic counts and numbers of culturable
bacteria from environmental samples is just one of several indications that we currently …

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

Plastics are ubiquitous in the oceans and constitute suitable matrices for bacterial
attachment and growth. Understanding biofouling mechanisms is a key issue to assessing …

We introduce here a new method for computing differences between microbial communities
based on phylogenetic information. This method, UniFrac, measures the phylogenetic …

Microbes are difficult to culture. Consequently, the primary source of information about a
fundamental evolutionary topic, life's diversity, is the environmental distribution of gene …

Actinomycetes are virtually unlimited sources of novel compounds with many therapeutic
applications and hold a prominent position due to their diversity and proven ability to …

Endophytes are microorganisms that live within plant tissues without causing symptoms of
disease. They are important components of plant microbiomes. Endophytes interact with …

We used massively parallel sequencing (pyrosequencing) of 16S rRNA genes to compare
the composition of microbial communities in the guts of 12 bony fish and 3 shark species …

Human oral bacteria interact with their environment by attaching to surfaces and
establishing mixed-species communities. As each bacterial cell attaches, it forms a new …