Arjen G. C. L. Speksnijder

TL;DR: A detailed phylogeny based on whole-genome sequencing of representative strains of C. trachomatis from both trachoma and lymphogranuloma venereum biovars from temporally and geographically diverse sources shows that predicting phylogenetic structure using ompA, which is traditionally used to classify Chlamydia, is misleading because extensive recombination in this region masks any true relationships present.

TL;DR: A defined template mixture of seven closely related 16S-rDNA clones was used in a PCR-cloning experiment to assess and track sources of artifactual sequence variation in 16S rDNA clone libraries and may partially explain the high degree of microheterogeneity typical of sequence clusters detected in environmental clone libraries.

TL;DR: It is inferred from the results that some of the biofilm bacteria could play a role in the mineral formation processes.

TL;DR: The goal of this Action is to nucleate a group of researchers across disciplines with the task to identify gold-standard genomic tools and novel ecogenomic indices for routine application in biodiversity assessments of European fresh- and marine water bodies.

TL;DR: It is suggested that environmental heterogeneity affecting ammonia oxidation numbers and activity, and not ammonia oxidizer community structure, is chiefly responsible for spatial and temporal variation in nitrate production in these acid forest soils.