Fermentation products are the most abundant gut microbial metabolites absorbed by the host, with important dose-dependent consequences for health. In this study, we present a systems-level analysis in...

Differences between cancer types, infectious disease, and potential prognostic markers are uncovered by studying microbes within cancer DNA.

Nature Microbiology - In this Consensus Statement, the authors outline strategies for processing, analysing and interpreting low-biomass microbiome samples, and provide recommendations to minimize...

Determining whether human organs house a resident microbiome is challenging and the findings can be controversial. However, forging collaborations and careful study design can help overcome these issu...

In their September 2018 Editorial, The Lancet Infectious Diseases discussed the over-reaching inferences leading to suggestions of a placental microbiome, and touched on how the same extrapolations we...

The microbiota in individual habitats differ in both relative composition and absolute abundance. While sequencing approaches determine the relative a…

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