Natacha Bodenhausen

Soil health assessment using buried cotton underpants with the help of 1000 citizen scientists

Societal Impact Statement Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth. Although many soils are degraded, societal awareness of soil‐related issues is limited. To highlight soil as a key resource and fascinating study system, we initiated a citizen science project together with 100...

A hybrid and cost-efficient barcoding strategy for full-length 16S rRNA gene nanopore sequencing of environmental samples

Abstract Background Accurate species-level identification of bacteria in complex environmental samples is essential for applications in biotechnology, ecological monitoring, and clinical diagnostics. Short-read platforms such as Illumina frequently truncate the 16S rRNA gene, lim...