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

• 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

• 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

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  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

• Unlocking the microbial studies through computational approaches: how far have we reached?

  PMID 36920617 · PMC10016191 · Environmental science and pollution research international · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction

  Metagenomics enables culture-independent study of microbial communities directly from their natural environments, bypassing the need for clonal isolation.

  clinical bacteriophage vaginal hbv ngs random whole-genome

• The archives are half-empty: an assessment of the availability of microbial community sequencing data.

  PMID 32859925 · PMC7455719 · Communications biology · 2020 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  More than half of surveyed amplicon sequencing studies were affected by lack of data deposition, improper file formatting, or inconsistent labeling that impede reuse.

  microbiology randomly insdc v3-v4 literature manual repository

• 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

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

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

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  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

• A Novel Algicidal Bacterium, Microbulbifer sp. YX04, Triggered Oxidative Damage and Autophagic Cell Death in Phaeocystis globosa, Which Causes Harmful Algal Blooms.

  PMID 35019679 · PMC8754136 · Microbiology spectrum · 2022 · 8 claims · 9 setups

  Has reproduction · 36

  Microbulbifer sp. YX04 shows high algicidal activity against P. globosa, peaking at 93.2% in the declining growth phase

  phaeocystis strain yx04 globosa algicidal 16s scanning

• Genetic variants of Ehrlichia phagocytophila, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

  PMID 11996680 · PMC3369764 · Emerging infectious diseases · 2002 · 7 claims · 6 setups

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  All 50 E. phagocytophila-positive samples from Bridgeport, CT (1996-1998) had 16S rRNA sequences identical to the human agent (EP-ha).

  ixodes white-footed eastern pcr-positive nested sequencing cloning

• A comparison of random sequence reads versus 16S rDNA sequences for estimating the biodiversity of a metagenomic library.

  PMID 18682527 · PMC2532719 · Nucleic acids research · 2008 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Biodiversity observed by RSR analysis is consistent with that obtained by 16S rDNA analysis

  faecal rsr 16s sargasso shotgun blastn-based 16s

• Microbial diversity of plant pathogens and insect endosymbionts in Reptalus artemisiae.

  PMID 41826827 · PMC13202766 · BMC microbiology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 71

  R. artemisiae harbors six prokaryotic taxa: two plant pathogens ('Ca. P. solani', 'Ca. A. phytopathogenicus') and four insect endosymbionts ('Ca. Vidania', 'Ca. Purcelliella', 'Ca. Karelsulcia', and Wolbachia).

  individual long endosymbiont artemisiae pcr-free pcr nucleic

• Comparative Genomics Provides Insight into the Function of Broad-Host Range Sponge Symbionts.

  PMID 34519538 · PMC8546597 · mBio · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Eleven new genomes were added to the Tethybacterales order and a novel family (Polydorabacteraceae) was identified

  tsitsikamma tethybacterales putative bin genome 16s multi-locus

• Thermophilic and mesophilic sulfate reduction by rare biosphere bacteria in acidic metal-bearing mine wastes from the temperate climate zone.

  PMID 41345487 · PMC12739157 · Scientific reports · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  High in-situ sulfate reduction rates occur in acidic Bom-Gorkhon tailings sediments (up to 9.86 µmol SO4 cm-3 day-1 at 20 °C)

  acidic water sediment tailings radioactive 16s shotgun

• Discovery of a novel filamentous prophage in the genome of the Mimosa pudica microsymbiont Cupriavidus taiwanensis STM 6018.

  PMID 36925474 · PMC10011098 · Frontiers in microbiology · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 74

  The STM 6018 genome contains two prophages: a complete Mu-like capsular phage and a filamentous phage that integrates into a putative dif site.

  cupriavidus stm taiwanensis genome 16s average

• Microbial genomics: from sequence to function.

  PMID 10998380 · PMC2627950 · Emerging infectious diseases · 2000 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  Whole-genome shotgun sequencing (sequencing and assembly of random genome fragments), first demonstrated with Haemophilus influenzae in 1995, is now the method of choice for sequencing most genomes, including the human genome.

  yeast bacteria microbial high-throughput microarray ribosomal

• Large-Scale Phylogenomics of the Lactobacillus casei Group Highlights Taxonomic Inconsistencies and Reveals Novel Clade-Associated Features.

  PMID 28845461 · PMC5566788 · mSystems · 2017 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  The L. casei group resolves into three distinct clades (A, B, C) supported by phylogeny, GC content, ANI, and TETRA, and many strains are misclassified relative to their nearest type strain.

  casei orthogroups unclassified selected whole-genome comparative pairwise

• Symbiosis genes show a unique pattern of introgression and selection within a Rhizobium leguminosarum species complex.

  PMID 32176601 · PMC7276703 · Microbial genomics · 2020 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  The 196 R. leguminosarum sv. trifolii strains constitute a five-species complex (genospecies gsA-gsE) that occur in sympatry but show little recent between-species gene transfer in core or accessory genomes, except for a few highly mobile regions.

  rhizobium leguminosarum strains orthologous whole-genome long-read 16s

• Spotted-fever group Rickettsia in Dermacentor variabilis, Maryland.

  PMID 15496254 · PMC3320417 · Emerging infectious diseases · 2004 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  SFG Rickettsia infection prevalence in Maryland D. variabilis was 3.8% (15/392)

  dermacentor tick-derived glta field pcr single sequencing

• Genetic diversity of clinical isolates of Bacillus cereus using multilocus sequence typing.

  PMID 18990211 · PMC2585095 · BMC microbiology · 2008 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  The 55 clinical B. cereus isolates were phylogenetically diverse, comprising 38 sequence types (STs) distributed across two of three previously described clades.

  clinical concatenated cereus isolates multilocus phylogenetic pcr

• Massively parallel pyrosequencing in HIV research.

  PMID 18614863 · PMC4221253 · AIDS (London, England) · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Massively parallel pyrosequencing platforms (454/Roche, Solexa/Illumina) enable very high-throughput DNA sequencing, up to ~1 billion bases per run

  mammoth hiv hiv-infected honey pyrosequencing pcr 16s