Using publicly available genome sequence data generated over the past three decades, their study assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to ...

Secondary outcomes included differences in specific microbial taxa. "In this pilot descriptive study, beta diversity analysis showed a small but significant microbial landscape distinction on the ...

Their findings, recently published in the journal npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, point to significant differences in both alpha and beta ... in alpha diversity, a measure of microbial diversity ...

Mice [Illustrative] (credit: INGIMAGE) Their major discoveries include an unexpected increase in alpha diversity – a measure of microbial diversity – and a significant rise in the relative ...