Diverse microbial communities of bacteria, archaea, viruses and single-celled eukaryotes
have crucial roles in the environment and in human health. However, microbes are …

The rhizosphere microbiome is composed of diverse microbial organisms, including
archaea, viruses, fungi, bacteria as well as eukaryotic microorganisms, which occupy a …

For millions of years, our resident microbes have coevolved and coexisted with us in a
mostly harmonious symbiotic relationship. We are not distinct entities from our microbiome …

The human microbiome has emerged as a major player in regulating human health and
disease. Translational studies of the microbiome have the potential to indicate clinical …

Host genetics and the gut microbiome can both influence metabolic phenotypes. However,
whether host genetic variation shapes the gut microbiome and interacts with it to affect host …

Profiling phylogenetic marker genes, such as the 16S rRNA gene, is a key tool for studies of
microbial communities but does not provide direct evidence of a community's functional …

Introduction Establishing whether specific structural and functional configurations of a
human gut microbiota are causally related to a given physiologic or disease phenotype is …

Interest in the role of the microbiome in human health has burgeoned over the past decade
with the advent of new technologies for interrogating complex microbial communities. The …

Rapidly develo** sequencing methods and analytical techniques are enhancing our
ability to understand the human microbiome, and, indeed, how the microbiome and its …

Diet influences health as a source of nutrients and toxins, and by sha** the composition of
resident microbial populations. Previous studies have begun to map out associations …