Recent substantial evidence implicating commensal bacteria in human diseases has given
rise to a new domain in biomedical research: microbiome medicine. This emerging field …

The human gut is populated with as many as 100 trillion cells, whose collective genome, the
microbiome, is a reflection of evolutionary selection pressures acting at the level of the host …

The routine use of genomics for disease surveillance provides the opportunity for high-
resolution bacterial epidemiology. Current whole-genome clustering and multilocus ty** …

Gut microbiota are shaped by a combination of ecological and evolutionary forces. While the
ecological dynamics have been extensively studied, much less is known about how species …

The traditional identification of bacteria on the basis of phenotypic characteristics is
generally not as accurate as identification based on genotypic methods. Comparison of the …

We re-evaluated PCR primers targeting nirS, nirK and nosZ genes for denaturing gradient
gel electrophoresis as a tool to survey denitrifying community composition in environmental …

Outbreaks of hospital infections caused by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
strains are of increasing concern worldwide. Although it has been reported that particular …

In the last decade, as a result of the widespread use of PCR and DNA sequencing, 16S
rDNA sequencing has played a pivotal role in the accurate identification of bacterial isolates …

Some bacteria are difficult to identify with phenotypic identification schemes commonly used
outside reference laboratories. 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA)-based identification of bacteria …

An ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology met in
Gent, Belgium, in February 2002. The committee made various recommendations regarding …