Experiments

Searchable full-text extractions: founding hypothesis, core claims, experimental setups, key results and statistics — pulled out of each paper as structure. Search a cell line, an assay or an entity (e.g. HUH7) and find every paper that worked with it. This corpus stands on its own: most entries carry no reproduction assessment (yet).

• Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene: a rapid tool for identification of Bacillus anthracis.

  PMID 12396926 · PMC2730316 · Emerging infectious diseases · 2002 · 7 claims · 4 setups

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  All 86 B. anthracis isolates tested share an identical 16S rRNA gene sequence, designated 16S type 6

  bacillus clinical additional 16s nested comparative

• The use of coded PCR primers enables high-throughput sequencing of multiple homolog amplification products by 454 parallel sequencing.

  PMID 17299583 · PMC1797623 · PloS one · 2007 · 6 claims · 4 setups

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  5′-tagged PCR primers enable pooling of homologous PCR products from multiple sources into a single GS20 run with accurate post-hoc assignment of sequences to source

  extracts pooled same non-assigned pcr parallel conventional

• Metagenomic study of the oral microbiota by Illumina high-throughput sequencing.

  PMID 19796657 · PMC3568755 · Journal of microbiological methods · 2009 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  The 16S rRNA V5 hypervariable region, amplified as a short ~82-base segment, provides reliable taxonomic identification of oral bacteria against public databases like HOMD.

  pooled 16s sequenced topo 16s primer taxonomic

• Verrucomicrobia are prevalent in north-temperate freshwater lakes and display class-level preferences between lake habitats.

  PMID 29590198 · PMC5874073 · PloS one · 2018 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 99

  Verrucomicrobia is highly prevalent in north-temperate freshwater lakes, on average the 4th most abundant phylum (range 1.7–41.7%).

  southeastern lake muskegon lake-type 16s within-phylum phylogenetic

• Metatranscriptomics of the human oral microbiome during health and disease.

  PMID 24692635 · PMC3977359 · mBio · 2014 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 62

  Disease-associated periodontal communities display conserved community-level metabolic gene expression profiles between patients, whereas the metabolic gene expression of individual species is highly variable between patients.

  patient-matched subset health rna-seq rrna comparison metatranscriptomics

• Microbial Community Shifts Associated With the Ongoing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak on the Florida Reef Tract.

  PMID 31608047 · PMC6769089 · Frontiers in microbiology · 2019 · 7 claims · 5 setups

  Has reproduction · 93

  Five amplicon sequence variants (unclassified Flavobacteriales, Fusibacter, Planktotalea, Algicola, and Vibrio) were consistently enriched in disease lesions across three coral species (M. cavernosa, D. labyrinthiformis, D. stokesii)

  coral cavernosa 16s differential principal

• Taxonomic and functional partitioning of Chloroflexota populations under ferruginous conditions at and below the sediment-water interface.

  PMID 39384533 · PMC11650866 · FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 85

  Chloroflexota populations are partitioned according to alternative electron acceptors (Anaerolineae) and electron donors (Dehalococcoidia) among respiratory and fermentative metabolites at and below the sediment-water interface

  lake undisturbed chloroflexota 16s shotgun pore

• Machine learning reveals microbial interactions driving plastic degradation across plastisphere environments.

  PMID 41657981 · PMC12876002 · Frontiers in microbiology · 2025 · 6 claims · 7 setups

  Has reproduction · 87

  Wastewater plastispheres harbor the most diverse and compositionally even microbial communities among the three habitats.

  ocean wastewater surface plastisphere 16s alpha beta

• Electroacupuncture reshapes the microbial co-occurrence networks related to the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in Alzheimer's disease.

  PMID 41676443 · PMC12806058 · iMetaOmics · 2025 · 6 claims · 7 setups

  Has reproduction · 77

  Electroacupuncture reshapes microbial co-occurrence network topology and drives keystone species in AD-related BPSD, with R. gnavus emerging as a likely keystone species post-intervention.

  appswe app gut 16s open picrust2

• Unraveling the role of bacteria with heritable versus non-heritable relative abundance in the gut on boar semen quality.

  PMID 41199168 · PMC12590650 · Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2025 · 6 claims · 7 setups

  Has reproduction · 61

  39 heritable and 91 non-heritable bacterial genera were identified in the boar gut based on heritability of relative abundance

  fecal blood boar gut 16s snp gas

• Bioavailable Nutrients (N and P) and Precipitation Patterns Drive Cyanobacterial Blooms in Missisquoi Bay, Lake Champlain.

  PMID 34683418 · PMC8537112 · Microorganisms · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 67

  High concentrations of N and P were typically measured in April and May, before blooms occurred.

  water filtered lugol's-iodine-preserved 16s 16s nutrient situ

• Environmental selection overturns the decay relationship of soil prokaryotic community over geographic distance across grassland biotas.

  PMID 35073255 · PMC8828049 · eLife · 2022 · 8 claims · 7 setups

  Has reproduction · 57

  Prokaryotic community similarity follows a significant U-shape relationship over geographic distance up to 4000 km, decreasing within biotas but increasing across biotas after a tipping point of 1760-1920 km

  soil grassland 16s plant soil

• GAL08, an Uncultivated Group of Acidobacteria, Is a Dominant Bacterial Clade in a Neutral Hot Spring.

  PMID 35087491 · PMC8787282 · Frontiers in microbiology · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 50

  GAL08 is a dominant bacterial clade in a neutral hot spring, comprising up to 29.2% of the community by relative read abundance and up to 4.7 × 10^5 16S rRNA gene copies per gram sediment.

  dewar dchs_gal08 hoodoo gal08 16s qpcr single

• Metagenetic and Volatilomic Approaches to Elucidate the Effect of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Starter Cultures on Sicilian Table Olives.

  PMID 35281313 · PMC8914321 · Frontiers in microbiology · 2021 · 8 claims · 4 setups

  Has reproduction · 23

  Inoculation with L. plantarum starter cultures (O1, O2) accelerates acidification, producing a faster and more pronounced pH drop than uninoculated controls (C5, C8).

  table brine 16s volatile classical

• Environment and Co-occurring Native Mussel Species, but Not Host Genetics, Impact the Microbiome of a Freshwater Invasive Species (Corbicula fluminea).

  PMID 35444631 · PMC9014210 · Frontiers in microbiology · 2022 · 7 claims · 7 setups

  Has reproduction · 55

  The gut microbiome of C. fluminea is diverse, differs with environmental conditions, and varies spatially among rivers, but is unrelated to host genetic variation

  corbicula six sediment filtered 16s radseq picrust2

• Main Factors Influencing the Gut Microbiota of Datong Yaks in Mixed Group.

  PMID 35883324 · PMC9312300 · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022 · 7 claims · 6 setups

  Has reproduction · 84

  Gut microbial diversity (alpha and beta) differs significantly among domestic males, domestic females, and wild male Datong yaks.

  fresh fecal 16s alpha-diversity beta-diversity

• Different Intestinal Microbiota with Growth Stages of Three-Breed Hybrid Pig.

  PMID 35978648 · PMC9377885 · BioMed research international · 2022 · 7 claims · 5 setups

  Has reproduction · 75

  The composition and relative abundance of intestinal microbiota in three-breed hybrid pigs differ significantly across growth stages (60, 120, 180 days)

  fecal same 16s otu alpha

• Functional differentiation determines the molecular basis of the symbiotic lifestyle of Ca. Nanohaloarchaeota.

  PMID 36242054 · PMC9563170 · Microbiome · 2022 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 99

  Three MAGs from a stratified salt crust represent a novel order, Nucleotidisoterales, within Ca. Nanohaloarchaeota

  stratified salt nanohaloarchaeota reconstructed 16s metagenomic phylogenomic

• High-resolution metagenomic reconstruction of the freshwater spring bloom.

  PMID 36698172 · PMC9878933 · Microbiome · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 69

  High-frequency metagenomic sampling (57 samples, 3 filter sizes, 2 depths, 37 days) recovers thousands of prokaryotic, eukaryotic, and viral genomes tracking spring bloom succession in fine detail

  freshwater phytoplankton heterotrophic reservoir 16s 18s shotgun

• Metabolic features that select for Bathyarchaeia in modern ferruginous lacustrine subsurface sediments.

  PMID 39660009 · PMC11631310 · ISME communications · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 50

  Microbial assemblages shift with depth from iron- and sulfate-reducing bacteria to fermentative anaerobes and methanogens, with Bathyarchaeia selected below the sulfate reduction zone as cell densities exponentially decrease

  sediment freeze-dried pore fixed 16s shotgun bulk