DNA Marker Choice Skews Fungal Maps of Europe’s Saltiest Lagoon Sediments
A study of Spain's hypersaline Chiprana lagoon reveals that the choice between ITS1 and ITS2 DNA markers shapes fungal diversity ...
Tag: microbial diversity
Metax brings genome-wide coverage into focus for sharper microbial profiling
Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research have developed Metax, a computational tool that uses genome-wide read coverage to ...
Beneath the Pavement: City Soils Hide a Startlingly Diverse Bacterial World Shaped by Construction History
A detailed survey of street tree soils in Antwerp reveals over 1,800 bacterial genera and shows that construction history, not ...
Gut Microbes That Traveled the World With Ancient Humans Are Vanishing
Deep genomic sequencing of the Tsimane and Hadza peoples reveals that hundreds of gut bacterial species co-migrated with humans across ...
Soil pH Emerges as Master Switch Governing Legume Farming Performance Across China
A nationwide survey of 213 soils finds that pH, carbon-nitrogen stocks, and threshold-dependent micronutrient availability, rather than microbial diversity, control ...
Heavy Grazing Unravels the Hidden Microbial Networks Beneath Desert Grasslands
A new study of Inner Mongolian desert grasslands shows that heavy grazing erodes soil microbial diversity and produces complex but ...
Sugarcane’s Secret Soil Allies: What 42 Studies Reveal About Farming and the Microbiome
A comprehensive scoping review of 42 studies reveals that sugarcane soil microbial communities respond to farming practices in ways that ...
City Life Reshapes the Gut Microbes of Urban Pigeons, Large-Scale Study Finds
A large-scale study of 200 feral pigeons across five Polish cities shows that urbanization reduces gut bacterial richness and drives ...
Alpine Wetland in China Yields Distinctive Genetic Signature in DNA Polymerase Genes
Metagenomic analysis of China's Napahai plateau wetland shows that its DNA polymerase genes form distinctive evolutionary clusters unlike those of ...
Early-Life Arsenic Exposure Reshapes the Gut Microbiome in Sex-Specific Ways
A new mouse study shows that the timing of early-life arsenic exposure produces lasting, sex-specific changes in body weight, arsenic ...
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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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