Nanopore Duplex Sequencing Emerges as a Rival to Illumina for Monitoring Fish Farm Impacts on the Seafloor
A pilot study on Scottish salmon farms shows that Oxford Nanopore's duplex sequencing can match Illumina MiSeq in detecting aquaculture ...
Tag: 16S rRNA
Fertilizer regimes reshape microbial interaction networks without altering sugarcane rhizosphere diversity
A 24-year Cuban fertilization trial shows that sugarcane rhizosphere microbial communities stay taxonomically stable while their bacterial-fungal interaction networks reorganize ...
Gut bacteria linked to breast cancer show striking shifts in diversity and function
A large computational reanalysis of 16S rRNA sequencing data from 804 fecal samples reveals that breast cancer is associated with ...
Lost for a Century, Two Tiny Indian Bush Frogs Emerge from the Mist of Meghalaya
Researchers have rediscovered two bush frog species lost to science since 1919 in India's Garo Hills, moved them into the ...
Tiny New Shrimp Species Survives in a Single Patch of Hainan’s Streams
A two-year survey in Hainan's Tongguling National Nature Reserve has uncovered a landlocked shrimp species new to science, Caridina tonggulinensis, ...
Which DNA Marker Best Identifies Marine Fish? A Landmark Benchmark Puts eDNA Barcoding to the Test
A comprehensive benchmark of 12S, 16S and COI markers reveals that no single DNA fragment reliably identifies all marine fish ...
New Audit Tool Exposes Silent Failures in Microbiome Pipelines
A new open-source tool called ampliconaudit detects silent failures in amplicon taxonomic pipelines by auditing post-hoc artifacts, ensuring that computational ...
New DNA metabarcoding workflow detects terrestrial gastropods from ingested DNA
A validated DNA metabarcoding workflow reveals the diverse gastropod diet of the invasive flatworm Obama nungara, combining purpose-built primers, mock ...
Scorpion Group 1 discovered in the venom of Anuroctonus phaiodactylus
Long-read sequencing reveals a divergent lineage of the symbiotic bacterium Scorpion Group 1 in the venom of Anuroctonus phaiodactylus, extending ...
Hidden in Vietnam’s Mountains: New Treefrog Species Revealed by DNA and Distinctive Colors
A new treefrog species, Zhangixalus matsuii, has been described from the montane forests of Lao Cai Province in northwestern Vietnam ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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