The Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) is an initiative to establish a standardised microbial taxonomy based on genome phylogeny.

Microorganisms have tremendous potential to impact humanity, but such revelations are only possible in the light of foundational, discovery-based microbiology research.

Not all of it, but some scientists are too eager to believe their own hype

Les expéditions mêlant aventure, sport et recherche se multiplient dans les zones extrêmes du globe. Très médiatisées, elles suscitent pourtant des réserves chez les chercheurs académiques, qui dénonc...

The discovery of vast numbers of previously unknown microbial genes in Antarctic waters could improve understanding of how the ocean shapes Earth’s climate.

Abstract. The fundamental principle that selection acts on a gene's function often assumes implicitly that this function is fixed and intrinsic. However, e

Nature Communications - Southern Ocean microbial communities are less well studied. Here, the authors generate a circumpolar-scale gene catalog from 218 metagenomics samples revealing broadscale...

EBAME - Computational Microbial Ecogenomics Workshop

Long-read sequence assemblies from metagenomes contain frequent errors.

Viruses are omnipresent and the most abundant biological entities on the planet. They play a critical role in shaping the ecology and evolution of all life forms. This chapter provides methods to perf...

Environmental metagenomic explorations show that Mirusviricota lineages lack essential replication and transcription genes and contain spliceosomal introns, suggesting nuclear reproduction.

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