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Mini Journal Focus
Once again our co-editors-in-chief have selected 5 great articles that represent what the ISME Journal is all about. Microbial ecology is a booming science, gaining relevance across a range of topics affecting our world and the people who live in it, and the ISME Journal strives to reflect the diverse and multidisciplinary developments in the field. This compilation of manuscripts seeks to reflect this diversity and relevance; from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the human microbiome to soil fungi, litter decomposition and greenhouse gas emissions.
We hope you enjoy reading these articles as much as we have!
Short Communication
An opportunistic pathogen isolated from the gut of an obese human causes obesity in germfree mice Open
Na Fei and Liping Zhao
ISME J 7: 880-884; advance online publication, December 13, 2012; doi:10.1038/ismej.2012.153
Original Articles
Who is who in litter decomposition? Metaproteomics reveals major microbial players and their biogeochemical functions Open
Thomas Schneider, Katharina M Keiblinger, Emanuel Schmid, Katja Sterflinger-Gleixner, Günther Ellersdorfer, Bernd Roschitzki, Andreas Richter, Leo Eberl, Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern and Kathrin Riedel
ISME J 6: 1749-1762; advance online publication, March 8, 2012; doi:10.1038/ismej.2012.11
Metagenome, metatranscriptome and single-cell sequencing reveal microbial response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill Open
Olivia U Mason, Terry C Hazen, Sharon Borglin, Patrick S G Chain, Eric A Dubinsky, Julian L Fortney, James Han, Hoi-Ying N Holman, Jenni Hultman, Regina Lamendella, Rachel Mackelprang, Stephanie Malfatti, Lauren M Tom, Susannah G Tringe, Tanja Woyke, Jizhong Zhou, Edward M Rubin and Janet K Jansson
ISME J 6: 1715-1727; advance online publication, June 21, 2012; doi:10.1038/ismej.2012.59
Global marine bacterial diversity peaks at high latitudes in winter Open
Joshua Ladau, Thomas J Sharpton, Mariel M Finucane, Guillaume Jospin, Steven W Kembel, James O'Dwyer, Alexander F Koeppel, Jessica L Green and Katherine S Pollard
ISME J 7: 1669-1677; advance online publication, March 21, 2013; doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.37
Symbiotic relationships between soil fungi and plants reduce N2O emissions from soil FREE
S Franz Bender, Faline Plantenga, Albrecht Neftel, Markus Jocher, Hans-Rudolf Oberholzer, Luise Köhl, Madeline Giles, Tim J Daniell and Marcel GA van der Heijden
ISME J 8: 1336-1345; advance online publication, December 19, 2013; doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.224
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