The discovery of bacteria in the female urinary bladder has fundamentally changed current
dogma regarding the urinary tract and related urinary disorders. Previous research …

There is currently a transformed interest toward understanding the impact of fermentation on
functional food development due to growing consumer interest on modified health benefits …

The hyperarid Namib desert is a coastal desert in southwestern Africa and one of the oldest
and driest deserts on the planet. It is characterized by a west/east increasing precipitation …

Phage–host interactions are critical to ecology, evolution, and biotechnology. Central to
those is infection efficiency, which remains poorly understood, particularly in nature. Here …

This study describes two viral communities from the world's oldest lake, Lake Baikal. For the
analysis, we chose under-ice and late spring periods of the year as the most productive for …

Metagenomics has enabled sequencing of viral communities from a myriad of different
environments. Viral metagenomic studies routinely uncover sequences with no recognizable …

Background Ponds are important freshwater habitats that support both human and
environmental activities. However, relative to their larger counterparts (eg rivers, lakes) …

Bacteriophage (phage) therapy has encountered both enthusiasm and scepticism in the
past century. New antimicrobial strategies against lethal pathogens are now a top priority for …

While filamentous cyanobacteria play a crucial role in food web dynamics and
biogeochemical cycling of many aquatic ecosystems around the globe, the knowledge …

Lake Baikal is a unique oligotrophic freshwater lake with unusually cold conditions and
amazing biological diversity. Studies of the lake's viral communities have begun recently …