J. M. Kristensen

Global abundance patterns, diversity, and ecology of Patescibacteria in wastewater treatment plants

The paper improves 16S rRNA gene primers to better detect Patescibacteria in wastewater treatment plants, revealing their global diversity and potential ecological roles.

The Parkinson's drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis via iron sequestration

This study shows that the Parkinson's drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis by sequestering iron, affecting microbial metabolism and promoting iron-scavenging organisms with resistance genes.

Metformin improves glycemia independently of skeletal muscle AMPK via enhanced intestinal glucose clearance

This study shows metformin reduces blood glucose through improved intestinal glucose clearance, not via skeletal muscle AMPK activation, challenging current understanding of its mechanism.

Connecting structure to function with the recovery of over 1000 high-quality activated sludge metagenome-assembled genomes encoding full-length rRNA genes using long-read sequencing

The paper uses long-read sequencing to recover over 1000 high-quality MAGs from wastewater treatment plants, enabling linkage of microbial community structure to function.

A refined set of rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for in situ detection and quantification of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

The paper develops and evaluates new highly specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for accurate detection and differentiation of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in environmental samples.

Generation of comprehensive ecosystems-specific reference databases with species-level resolution by high-throughput full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing and automated taxonomy assignment (AutoTax)

The paper generates ecosystem-specific 16S rRNA gene reference databases with high-identity sequences and introduces AutoTax for automated taxonomy assignment, improving classification accuracy for microbial communities.

Identifying the abundant and active microorganisms common to full scale anaerobic digesters

The paper identifies abundant and active microorganisms in full-scale anaerobic digesters by analyzing microbial communities over six years using 16S rRNA sequencing.