Microbial ecology as a scientific field is fundamentally driven by technological advance. The
past decade's revolution in DNA sequencing cost and throughput has made it possible for …

Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have allowed significant breakthroughs in
microbial ecology studies. This has led to the rapid expansion of research in the field and …

Background Taxonomic classification of marker-gene sequences is an important step in
microbiome analysis. Results We present q2-feature-classifier (https://github. com/qiime2/q2 …

The role of macroalgae in Blue Carbon assessments has been controversial, partially due to
uncertainties about the fate of exported macroalgae. Available evidence suggests that …

Ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) are ubiquitous and abundant in nature and play a major
role in nitrogen cycling. AOA have been studied intensively based on the amoA gene …

Carbon fixation by chemoautotrophic microorganisms in the dark ocean has a major impact
on global carbon cycling and ecological relationships in the ocean's interior, but the relevant …

Marine bacteria and archaea play key roles in global biogeochemistry. To improve our
understanding of this complex microbiome, we employed single-cell genomics and a …

As new sequencing technologies become cheaper and older ones disappear, laboratories
switch vendors and platforms. Validating the new setups is a crucial part of conducting …

DNA phylogenetic comparisons have shown that morphology-based species recognition
often underestimates fungal diversity. Therefore, the need for accurate DNA sequence data …

The bacterioplankton diversity in large rivers has thus far been under‐sampled despite the
importance of streams and rivers as components of continental landscapes. Here, we …