Background: Microorganisms drive critical global biogeochemical cycles and dominate the biomass in Earth's expansive cold biosphere. Determining the g......
Background: Microbiome interactions are important determinants for ecosystem functioning, stability, and health. In previous studies, it was often obs......
Background: Modification of the gut microbiota has been reported to reduce the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D). We hypothesized that the g......
Background: Total DNA (intracellular, iDNA and extracellular, eDNA) from ancient permafrost records the mixed genetic repository of the past and prese......
Background: In gut microbiome studies, the cultured gut microbial resource plays essential roles, such as helping to unravel gut microbial functions a......
BackgroundThe endoglycosidase heparanase which degrades heparan sulfate proteoglycans, exerts a pro-inflammatory mediator in various inflammatory diso......
Background: Excessive fat accumulation of pigs is undesirable, as it severely affects economic returns in the modern pig industry. Studies in humans a......
BackgroundImproving probiotic engraftment in the human gut requires a thorough understanding of the in vivo adaptive strategies of probiotics in diver......
Background: The characteristics of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a common reproductive endocrinal disorder, are high incidence, complicated aetiol......
Background: The human skin microbiome has been recently investigated as a potential forensic tool, as people leave traces of their potentially unique ......
Background Ulcerative colitis is a type of chronic inflammatory bowel disease closely associated with gut microbiota dysbiosis and intestinal homeosta......
Feelings of hunger and satiety are the key determinants for maintaining the life of humans and animals. Disturbed appetite control may disrupt the met......
Background Plants live with diverse microbial communities which profoundly affect multiple facets of host performance, but if and how host development......
Background: Deep-sea animals in hydrothermal vents often form endosymbioses with chemosynthetic bacteria. Endosymbionts serve essential biochemical an......
Background Microbial-driven decomposition of plant residues is integral to carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. Actinobacteria, one of the ......
