Nature Microbiology, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02471-8In vivo silencing of genes in E. coli strains using CRISPRi reveals specific genetic factors and metabolic adaptations that influence colonization in the mouse gut under variable physiological conditions.

The authors introduce a portable, automated single-command Nextflow pipeline for large scale analysis of metagenomic short-read sequencing data. It makes large metagenome projects more accessible to i...

In a unique cohort of twins followed from birth to 8 years of age, shotgun sequencing of stool samples reveals that the transmission, persistence and evolutionary adaptation of bacterial strains are s...

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Here the authors show that lab mice have retained ancient gut bacterial symbionts that diversified in parallel with rodent species, but the genomes of these gut bugs have accumulated mutational burden...

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The 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene is frequently sequenced to classify prokaryotes and identify new taxa. If sequences from two strains share less than ~99% identity, the strains are usually classified...

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Here, Rühlemann et al. analyze the gut microbiome of wild-living African great apes (Gorillas, Bonobos, Chimpanzees) in comparison to that of humans, identifying host specific patterns and shared evo...