As one of the most abundant members of microbial communities, viruses are considered to
influence prokaryotic mortality and biogeochemical cycles. While extensive research has …

Background Despite being among the most abundant biological entities on earth,
bacteriophage (phage) remain an understudied component of host-associated systems. One …

Soil moisture is a fundamental factor affecting terrestrial ecosystem functions. In this study,
microscopic enumeration and joint metaviromic and metagenomic sequencing were …

The average American spends 93% of their time in built environments, almost 70% of that is
in their place of residence. Human health and well-being are intrinsically tied to the quality of …

The explosion in known microbial diversity in the last two decades has made it abundantly
clear that microbes in the environment do not exist in isolation; they are members of …

The infant gut microbiota maturation is central to infant health and well-being and has been
suggested to have important health impacts in adulthood. While most of the previous …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are closely connected.
Nevertheless, not all HGT events are mediated by MGEs, and not all MGEs are actively …