This study integrates gene-catalog and genome-resolved metagenomics to show taxonomic and metabolic differences in the gut microbiome of IBS patients compared to healthy controls.

bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

FAIRyMAGs - a series of FAIR Galaxy workflows for the generation of metagenome assembled genomes

Paul F. Zierep, Mina Ansari, Patrick Bühler, Santino Faack, Bruno Fosso, Giuseppe Defazio, Martín Beracochea, Santiago Sanchez, Hottmann Alexandra, Bérénice Batut

FAIRyMAGs provides a modular, FAIR-compliant Galaxy pipeline for generating and analyzing metagenome-assembled genomes, improving accessibility and reproducibility in genome-resolved metagenomics.

bioRxiv · Aug 5, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

A diverse gut virome from Drosophila melanogaster

M. H. Ansari, Fabian Staubach, Nurper Alacatli, Darren J. Obbard

The paper uses deep metagenomic sequencing to characterize the viral component of the Drosophila melanogaster gut microbiome, identifying novel bacteriophages and known pathogens.

Animal Microbiome · Jun 4, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Footprints of worldwide adaptation in structured populations of D. melanogaster through the expanded DEST 2.0 genomic resource

Joaquin C. B. Nunez, Marta Coronado‐Zamora, Mathieu Gautier, Martin Kapun, Sonja Steindl, Lino Ometto, Katja M. Hoedjes, Julia Beets, R. Axel W. Wiberg, Giovanni R Mazzeo, David J. Bass, Denys Radionov, Iryna A. Kozeretska, Maria Zinchenko, O. V. Protsenko, , Alan O. Bergland

The paper uses DEST 2.0 to analyze genetic variation in D. melanogaster across continents and time, identifying adaptation patterns and stable spatial genetic structures.

Molecular Biology and Evolution · Jul 30, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology