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TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 7, Issue 2 (February 2013) In this issue Commentaries Perspective Original Articles Short Communications Corrigendum Also new AOP Sign up for e-alerts Recommend to your library Web feed Subscribe Advertisement ISMEJ's most downloaded article in 2012 An opportunistic pathogen isolated from the gut of an obese human causes obesity in germfree mice OPEN The authors show that oneendotoxin-producing bacterium isolated from a morbidly obese human's gut induced obesity and insulin resistance in germfree mice   Commentaries Top Decoding the genetic networks of environmental bacteria: regulatory moonlighting of the TOL system of Pseudomonas putida mt-2 Rafael Silva-Rocha, Danilo Pérez-Pantoja and Víctor de Lorenzo ISME J 2013 7: 229-232; advance online publication, August 16, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.98 Full Text The virocell concept and environmental microbiology Patrick Forterre ISME J 2013 7: 233-236; advance online publication, October 4, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.110 Full Text Perspective Top Sizing up metatranscriptomics Mary Ann Moran, Brandon Satinsky, Scott M Gifford, Haiwei Luo, Adam Rivers, Leong-Keat Chan, Jun Meng, Bryndan P Durham, Chen Shen, Vanessa A Varaljay, Christa B Smith, Patricia L Yager and Brian M Hopkinson ISME J 2013 7: 237-243; advance online publication, August 30, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.94 Abstract | Full Text Original Articles Top MICROBIAL POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY Accuracy of protist diversity assessments: morphology compared with cloning and direct pyrosequencing of 18S rRNA genes and ITS regions using the conspicuous tintinnid ciliates as a case study Charles Bachy, John R Dolan, Purificación López-García, Philippe Deschamps and David Moreira ISME J 2013 7: 244-255; advance online publication, October 4, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.106 Abstract | Full Text Diversity and population structure of Marine Group A bacteria in the Northeast subarctic Pacific Ocean Open Elke Allers, Jody J Wright, Kishori M Konwar, Charles G Howes, Erica Beneze, Steven J Hallam and Matthew B Sullivan ISME J 2013 7: 256-268; advance online publication, November 15, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.108 Abstract | Full Text MICROBE-MICROBE AND MICROBE-HOST INTERACTIONS Gut microbiome composition is linked to whole grain-induced immunological improvements Inés Martínez, James M Lattimer, Kelcie L Hubach, Jennifer A Case, Junyi Yang, Casey G Weber, Julie A Louk, Devin J Rose, Gayaneh Kyureghian, Daniel A Peterson, Mark D Haub and Jens Walter ISME J 2013 7: 269-280; advance online publication, October 4, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.104 Abstract | Full Text INTEGRATED GENOMICS AND POST-GENOMICS APPROACHES IN MICROBIAL ECOLOGY Expression patterns reveal niche diversification in a marine microbial assemblage Scott M Gifford, Shalabh Sharma, Melissa Booth and Mary Ann Moran ISME J 2013 7: 281-298; advance online publication, August 30, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.96 Abstract | Full Text Organic carbon transformations in high-Arctic peat soils: key functions and microorganisms Open Alexander Tveit, Rainer Schwacke, Mette M Svenning and Tim Urich ISME J 2013 7: 299-311; advance online publication, September 6, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.99 Abstract | Full Text New perspectives on viable microbial communities in low-biomass cleanroom environments Parag Vaishampayan, Alexander J Probst, Myron T La Duc, Emilee Bargoma, James N Benardini, Gary L Andersen and Kasthuri Venkateswaran ISME J 2013 7: 312-324; advance online publication, October 11, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.114 Abstract | Full Text GEOMICROBIOLOGY AND MICROBIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES Microbial diversity and impact on carbonate geochemistry across a changing geochemical gradient in a karst aquifer Cassie J Gray and Annette S Engel ISME J 2013 7: 325-337; advance online publication, November 15, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.105 Abstract | Full Text Iron-reducing bacteria accumulate ferric oxyhydroxide nanoparticle aggregates that may support planktonic growth Birgit Luef, Sirine C Fakra, Roseann Csencsits, Kelly C Wrighton, Kenneth H Williams, Michael J Wilkins, Kenneth H Downing, Philip E Long, Luis R Comolli and Jillian F Banfield ISME J 2013 7: 338-350; advance online publication, October 4, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.103 Abstract | Full Text MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF NATURAL HABITATS Taming the smallest predators of the oceans Javier del Campo, Fabrice Not, Irene Forn, Michael E Sieracki and Ramon Massana ISME J 2013 7: 351-358; advance online publication, July 19, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.85 Abstract | Full Text Viruses in the desert: a metagenomic survey of viral communities in four perennial ponds of the Mauritanian Sahara Open Laura Fancello, Sébatien Trape, Catherine Robert, Mickaël Boyer, Nikolay Popgeorgiev, Didier Raoult and Christelle Desnues ISME J 2013 7: 359-369; advance online publication, October 4, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.101 Abstract | Full Text Characterization and transcription of arsenic respiration and resistance genes during in situ uranium bioremediation Ludovic Giloteaux, Dawn E Holmes, Kenneth H Williams, Kelly C Wrighton, Michael J Wilkins, Alison P Montgomery, Jessica A Smith, Roberto Orellana, Courtney A Thompson, Thomas J Roper, Philip E Long and Derek R Lovley ISME J 2013 7: 370-383; advance online publication, October 4, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.109 Abstract | Full Text Pre-exposure to drought increases the resistance of tropical forest soil bacterial communities to extended drought Nicholas J Bouskill, Hsiao Chien Lim, Sharon Borglin, Rohit Salve, Tana E Wood, Whendee L Silver and Eoin L Brodie ISME J 2013 7: 384-394; advance online publication, November 15, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.113 Abstract | Full Text Hydration dynamics promote bacterial coexistence on rough surfaces Gang Wang and Dani Or ISME J 2013 7: 395-404; advance online publication, October 11, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.115 Abstract | Full Text Strain-specific functional and numerical responses are required to evaluate impacts on predator–prey dynamics Zhou Yang, Chris D Lowe, Will Crowther, Andy Fenton, Phillip C Watts and David J S Montagnes ISME J 2013 7: 405-416; advance online publication, November 15, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.117 Abstract | Full Text The unaccounted yet abundant nitrous oxide-reducing microbial community: a potential nitrous oxide sink Christopher M Jones, Daniel RH Graf, David Bru, Laurent Philippot and Sara Hallin ISME J 2013 7: 417-426; advance online publication, November 15, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.125 Abstract | Full Text Microbial communities in the subglacial waters of the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland Viggó Thór Marteinsson, Árni Rúnarsson, Andri Stefánsson, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Tómas Jóhannesson, Sveinn H Magnússon, Eyjólfur Reynisson, Bergur Einarsson, Nicole Wade, Hilary G Morrison and Eric Gaidos ISME J 2013 7: 427-437; advance online publication, September 13, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.97 Abstract | Full Text Short Communications Top MICROBE-MICROBE AND MICROBE-HOST INTERACTIONS ‘Sponge-specific’ bacteria are widespread (but rare) in diverse marine environments Michael W Taylor, Peter Tsai, Rachel L Simister, Peter Deines, Emmanuelle Botte, Gavin Ericson, Susanne Schmitt and Nicole S Webster ISME J 2013 7: 438-443; advance online publication, October 4, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.111 Abstract | Full Text Environmental distribution of coral-associated relatives of apicomplexan parasites Jan Janouškovec, Aleš Horák, Katie L Barott, Forest L Rohwer and Patrick J Keeling ISME J 2013 7: 444-447; advance online publication, November 15, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.129 Abstract | Full Text INTEGRATED GENOMICS AND POST-GENOMICS APPROACHES IN MICROBIAL ECOLOGY Global abundance of microbial rhodopsins Omri M Finkel, Oded Béjà and Shimshon Belkin ISME J 2013 7: 448-451; advance online publication, October 11, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.112 Abstract | Full Text MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF NATURAL HABITATS Isolation of an aerobic sulfur oxidizer from the SUP05/Arctic96BD-19 clade Katharine T Marshall and Robert M Morris ISME J 2013 7: 452-455; advance online publication, August 9, 2012; 10.1038/ismej.2012.78 Abstract | Full Text Corrigendum Top Long-term ecological impacts of antibiotic administration on the human intestinal microbiota Cecilia Jernberg, Sonja Löfmark, Charlotta Edlund and Janet K Jansson ISME J 2013 7: 456; 10.1038/ismej.2012.91 Full Text Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. 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