Phylogenetic surveys of soil ecosystems have shown that the number of prokaryotic species
found in a single sample exceeds that of known cultured prokaryotes. Soil metagenomics …

Work on two diverse rod-shaped bacteria, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, has defined
a set of about 10 conserved proteins that are important for cell division in a wide range of …

Metagenomics has revolutionized microbiology by paving the way for a cultivation-
independent assessment and exploitation of microbial communities present in complex …

Bacillus subtilis is the best-characterized member of the Gram-positive bacteria. Its genome
of 4,214,810 base pairs comprises 4,100 protein-coding genes. Of these protein-coding …

Background: High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are etiologic agents for anogenital
tract cancers and have been detected in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas …

Brain malignancies encompass a range of primary and metastatic cancers, including low-
grade and high-grade gliomas and brain metastases (BrMs) originating from diverse …

Background: Onychomycosis, a fungal infection of the nail bed, is responsible for up to 50%
of nail disorders. Although several surveys have been conducted in different parts of the …

Motivation: The characterization of phylogenetic and functional diversity is a key element in
the analysis of microbial communities. Amplicon-based sequencing of marker genes, such …

The delayed flap was important in the crystallization of reconstructive surgery into a separate
specialty, but its use implied multistaged procedures over an extended period of time …

Cell shape in most eubacteria is maintained by a tough external peptidoglycan cell wall.
Recently, cell shape determining proteins of the MreB family were shown to form helical …