Opinion | AI can replace each part of the scientific process, leaving the enterprise recognizable but devoid of human judgment.

Deze week kondigde De Telegraaf aan Hyves nieuw leven in te blazen. Volgens de hoofdredacteur draait de socialenetwerksite ‘voor de veiligheid, voor de zekerheid’ op Europese software. Maar dat klopt ...

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Cultivation-dependent techniques, computational analyses and genome-scale metabolic models show widespread amino acid auxotrophies, suggesting that soil microorganisms exist within integrated ecologic...

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The scientific conference was invented to solve a transport problem we no longer have. What is it for now?

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

Abstract. Genes encoding for virulence factors are frequently found on prophages, yet the evolutionary forces driving this association remain unclear. The

Abstract. Genes encoding for virulence factors are frequently found on prophages, yet the evolutionary forces driving this association remain unclear. The

Abstract. Microorganisms assemble into spatially structured communities in which neighboring cells are separated by highly heterogeneous cell-cell distance

Microbes rarely travel alone. In any given environment, millions of microbial species compete with each other for resources while locked in an endless state of warfare […]

Microbes rarely travel alone. In any given environment, millions of microbial species compete with each other for resources while locked in an endless state of warfare […]

Theory-guided experiments reveal single-cell heterogeneity of lysis-associated bacteriophage traits from population scale data.

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Abstract. Even though complex microbial communities are ubiquitous and provide essential services for natural and human-associated ecosystems, our knowledg

Archeologie: Onderzoekers van de gemeente Maastricht zeiden donderdag nog zeker zes maanden nodig te hebben om te bepalen of de in maart onder een kerk gevonden botten toebehoren aan de beroemde graaf...

An 8-year soil meta-omic time series shows how mobile genetic elements shape permafrost microbial diversity and impact a range of functions, including carbon and nutrient cycling.

Taxonomically and functionally distinct communities assemble on cellulose and its monomer, glucose. Although single carbon sources were provided, high and comparable diversity was maintained in both ...

Taxonomically and functionally distinct communities assemble on cellulose and its monomer, glucose. Although single carbon sources were provided, high and comparable diversity was maintained in both ...

Abstract. Cobamides, including vitamin B12, are essential cofactors exchanged between organisms across diverse ecosystems including oceans, soils, and the

Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) represent a major public health concern, increasingly complicated by rising antibiotic resistance, diminishing treatment efficacy, and increasing prevalence ...

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Abstract. Microbial communities are often more species-rich than predicted from classical ecological models. The high levels of coexistence observed in nat

Amino acid auxotrophy, the loss of biosynthetic potential for an amino acid, is a highly prevalent feature of microbial life, yet the evolutionary processes driving its distribution in nature remain u...

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Abstract. The central dogma of molecular biology, as originally proposed by Crick, asserts that information passed into protein cannot flow back out. This

A single bacteriophage can dominate microbial communities yet only evolves when migration changes its ecological context.

A single bacteriophage can dominate microbial communities yet only evolves when migration changes its ecological context.