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Microbial genomics
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Analyses of microbial genomes both at the level of a single species genome and at the community metagenome level have been providing many novel insights into microbial life and the impacts on its environment. This web focus presents a collection of recent studies on important human and plant pathogens, ocean microbes, the human microbiome, plant and animal symbionts, and environmental microbial communities.
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Current Research
Letter
Metatranscriptomics reveals unique microbial small RNAs in the ocean's water column
Yanmei Shi, Gene W. Tyson & Edward F. DeLong
Nature 459, 266–269 (14 May 2009) doi:10.1038/nature08055
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Insight: Microbial oceanography
The microbial ocean from genomes to biomes
Edward F. DeLong
Nature 459, 200–206 (14 May 2009) doi:10.1038/nature08059
Insight: Microbial oceanography
The life of diatoms in the world's oceans
E. Virginia Armbrust
Nature 459, 185–192 (14 May 2009) doi:10.1038/nature08057
Article
The transcriptional landscape of Listeria from saprophytism to virulence
Alejandro Toledo-Arana et al.
Nature advance online publication, (13 May 2009) doi:10.1038/nature08080
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Letter
A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins
Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.
Nature 457, 480–484 (22 January 2009) doi:10.1038/nature07540
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Letter
The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes
Chris Bowler et al.
Nature 456, 239–244 (13 November 2008) doi:10.1038/nature07410
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Letter
The genome of the simian and human malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi
A. Pain et al.
Nature 455, 799–803 (9 October 2008) doi:10.1038/nature07306
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Article
Comparative genomics of the neglected human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax
Jane M. Carlton et al.
Nature 455, 757–763 (9 October 2008) doi:10.1038/nature07327
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Review
Malaria research in the post-genomic era
Elizabeth Ann Winzeler
Nature 455, 751–756 (9 October 2008) doi:10.1038/nature07361
News and Views Q+A
Microbiology: Metagenomics
Philip Hugenholtz & Gene W. Tyson
Nature 455, 481–483 (25 September 2008) doi:10.1038/455481a
Letter
Functional metagenomic profiling of nine biomes
Elizabeth A. Dinsdale et al.
Nature 452, 629–632 (3 April 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06810
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Letter
Biodiversity and biogeography of phages in modern stromatolites and thrombolites
Christelle Desnues et al.
Nature 452, 340–343 (20 March 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06735
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Letter
The genome of Laccaria bicolor provides insights into mycorrhizal symbiosis
F. Martin et al.
Nature 452, 88–92 (6 March 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06556
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News and Views
Genomics: Fungal symbiosis unearthed
Dan Cullen
Nature 452, 42–43 (6 March 2008) doi:10.1038/452042a
Letter
Bacterial carbon processing by generalist species in the coastal ocean
Xiaozhen Mou, Shulei Sun, Robert A. Edwards, Robert E. Hodson & Mary Ann Moran
Nature 451, 708–711 (7 February 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06513
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Letter
Distinct physiological states of Plasmodium falciparum in malaria-infected patients
J. P. Daily et al.
Nature 450, 1091–1095 (13 December 2007) doi:10.1038/nature06311
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Letter
Metagenomic and functional analysis of hindgut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite
Falk Warnecke et al.
Nature 450, 560–565 (22 November 2007) doi:10.1038/nature06269
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News and Views
Microbiology: Woodworker's digest
Andreas Brune
Nature 450, 487–488 (22 November 2007) doi:10.1038/450487a
Insight: Host—microbe interactions
The Human Microbiome Project
Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.
Nature 449, 804–810 (18 October 2007) doi:10.1038/nature06244
Letter
Genome-wide expression dynamics of a marine virus and host reveal features of co-evolution
Debbie Lindell et al.
Nature 449, 83–86 (6 September 2007) doi:10.1038/nature06130
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Letter
Strain-resolved community proteomics reveals recombining genomes of acidophilic bacteria
Ian Lo et al.
Nature 446, 537–541 (29 March 2007) doi:10.1038/nature05624
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Article
An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest
Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.
Nature 444, 1027–1031 (21 December 2006) doi:10.1038/nature05414
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Brief Communications
Microbial ecology: Human gut microbes associated with obesity
Ruth E. Ley, Peter J. Turnbaugh, Samuel Klein & Jeffrey I. Gordon
Nature 444, 1022–1023 (21 December 2006) doi:10.1038/4441022a
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Letter
Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis
Jörg Kämper et al.
Nature 444, 97–101 (2 November 2006) doi:10.1038/nature05248
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Article
Symbiosis insights through metagenomic analysis of a microbial consortium
Tanja Woyke et al.
Nature 443, 950–955 (26 October 2006) doi:10.1038/nature05192
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