metagenomics

The paper quantifies water uptake depths of grassland species and finds differentiation within a shallow soil zone, stronger in drier conditions, but not captured by broad functional classifications.

This study shows indaziflam, a cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor herbicide, only affects organisms with cellulose-containing cell walls, not those with chitin or glycoprotein walls.

This study examines how CD19 CAR T cell therapy affects gut microbiota and immune responses in autoimmune disease patients, finding changes in microbiota composition and antibody repertoires linked to relapse risk.

The paper examines methane production and microbial responses to carbon enrichment in freshwater wetland sediments using field and lab experiments.

This study shows heat-killed Latilactobacillus sakei D279 reduces LPS-induced intestinal inflammation and barrier disruption in mice, macrophages, and epithelial cells.

This study investigates the molecular and phytochemical differences between two types of Tibetan medicine 'Talegabao' and 'Talenabao' from Rhododendron species on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, identifying DNA barcode and chemical markers for their discrimination.

This study tracks within-host evolution of an avirulent Salmonella vaccine strain and finds that regulatory tuning of the BarA/SirA system reduces SPI-1ON cells without losing SPI-1 function.

This study characterizes the virome of the West Coast blackfly, identifying novel viruses and revealing geographic structuring in viral communities.

The paper develops SPARTA for in situ genetic reprogramming of native microbiomes and introduces ScRibe-seq to identify engineered taxa, demonstrating functionality across diverse environments.

The paper evaluates a rapid Nanopore-based microbiome profiling workflow for women's health outreach at a music festival, demonstrating its feasibility for fieldable citizen science initiatives.

The paper characterizes microbial communities and metabolic potential in northern palsa and peat ecosystems, finding distinct microbial profiles and highlighting hydrogen and carbon monoxide metabolism as key energy sources.

The paper shows that impaired gut microbiota fermentation of inulin leads to intestinal inflammation in mice, highlighting the importance of microbial metabolism in fiber tolerance.

The paper shows that root-associated microbial communities, including symbiotic and commensal microbes, significantly influence plant responses to elevated CO2 by altering carbon allocation and growth.

This study examines microbial community dynamics in a photobioreactor using agricultural waste gas streams, showing spatially structured communities and partial nitrogen recovery.

This study shows engineered DNA materials influence microbial physiology and community dynamics by altering stress responses and shaping genetic interactions in wastewater microbiomes.

This study shows that wild frass enhances BSFL growth on rabbit manure by introducing lignocellulose-degrading microbes, which are lost in captive-reared frass.

This study demonstrates the transferability of homoserine lactone sensors between Bacillales bacteria, enabling programmable interphyla communication between Gram-negative and Gram-positive species.

This paper compares isothermal amplification methods (LAMP and RPA) with qPCR for detecting natterjack toad eDNA, finding RPA matches qPCR sensitivity while LAMP is less sensitive.

This study investigates how varying iron levels in diets affect the nutritional profile and microbiome of house crickets, finding that high iron increases their iron content without altering microbial diversity.

This study shows subaerial green algae from Chlorophyta and Streptophyta assemble distinct phycosphere communities from soil, with host identity driving bacterial composition more strongly than fungal.

The paper estimates Madagascar's insect fauna contains at least 250,000 species, most unrecorded, and finds global homeostatic forces, not lineage composition, shape its ecological similarity to temperate forests.

This study develops a synthetic cleavage module that selectively degrades pathogenic r(CUG) repeats in cells, reducing DM1-associated pathology without DNA damage.

The paper identifies a microalgal strain from mangrove leaves using molecular markers and phylogenetic analysis, placing it closely related to Tetratostichococcus jenerensis.

This study evaluates genetic variation in maize's response to chilling stress and recovery, identifying heritable traits linked to cold resilience.

The paper investigates parasite infections in Nile tilapia aquaculture, finding that monopisthocotylan parasites are prevalent and linked to gill lesions, while stakeholders rarely identify parasites as a health cause.

The paper identifies succinate as a mediator of interbacterial antagonism in the oral microbiome, showing how metabolic interactions among commensals regulate pathobiont expansion through pH modulation.

This study evaluates polymerase and primer biases in ultra-long-read metabarcoding for soil eukaryotes, finding that certain polymerases and primer pairs improve data quality and biodiversity recovery.

The paper investigates how XRN1 links RNA granule remodeling to global mRNA decay triggered by the viral endoribonuclease vhs, revealing a sequential model of translational arrest and degradation.

This study uses sedaDNA metabarcoding to analyze historical within-species sequence variation across multiple taxa and time periods.

The paper identifies a uORF, PHYRE, essential for phytochrome B translation and photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis, showing its role in translational regulation.