We present two standards developed by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) for
reporting bacterial and archaeal genome sequences. Both are extensions of the Minimum …

The fish gut microbiota contributes to digestion and can affect the nutrition, growth,
reproduction, overall population dynamics and vulnerability of the host fish to disease; …

Abstract “Plastisphere”, microbial communities colonizing plastic debris, has sparked global
concern for marine ecosystems. Microbiome inhabiting this novel human-made niche has …

Short-amplicon 16S rRNA gene sequencing is currently the method of choice for studies
investigating microbiomes. However, comparative studies on differences in procedures are …

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have moved from the environmental resistome into
human commensals and pathogens, driven by human selection with antimicrobial agents …

Composting is widely used for recycling of urban sewage sludge to improve soil properties,
which represents a potential pathway of spreading antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes to …

Microbiologists utilize ribosomal RNA genes as molecular markers of taxonomy in surveys of
microbial communities. rRNA genes are often co-located as part of an rrn operon, and …

The estuarine plastisphere, a novel ecological habitat in the Anthropocene, has garnered
global concerns. Recent geochemical evidence has pointed out its potential role in …

Recent research has expanded our understanding of microbial community assembly.
However, the field of community ecology is inaccessible to many microbial ecologists …

16S ribosomal RNA currently represents the most important target of study in bacterial
ecology. Its use for the description of bacterial diversity is, however, limited by the presence …