New research identifies distinct facial microbiota signatures in adolescent acne. Learn more about the key bacterial species ...

In future, a more detailed understanding of the lung microbiome in pneumonia may enable improved diagnostics, prognosis, and therapeutics.

During the early stages of life, calves are highly susceptible to gastrointestinal infections and diseases, making the ...

Bioinformatics and microbial taxonomy experts introduce the challenges of defining bacterial species in an era of rapidly ...

When it comes to cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen, we often talk about keeping the utensils clean, avoiding damp ...

A small, previously unknown Tripedalia jellyfish was discovered in Mai Po, a new find that expands Hong Kong's hidden marine ...

This month Genome Research publishes a special issue highlighting novel advances in computational biology. In collaboration ...

Ukraine wants to deploy its first F-16 jets this summer, hoping to counter Russia’s dominance in the air. But stepped-up Russian bombing attacks on air bases complicate the effort. By Marc Santora and ...

The ID16S pipeline reconstructs the composition of bacterial species from 16S amplicon sequences. Inferences are derived from BLAST homology searches against the NCBI 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) database ...

1 School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2 New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine, Auckland Zoo, Auckland, New Zealand The avian gut microbiota has been the ...

Two key sequencing techniques are no longer at odds, thanks to an international effort led by scientists at University of California (UC) San Diego. The researchers have developed a reference database ...