MRR 2022 Best Paper Announcement

The Editorial Office of Microbiome Research Reports (MRR) is delighted to announce the winners of the "MRR 2022 Best Paper Award". Out of 20 outstanding papers, 2 papers were carefully selected by the journal's Scientific Committee as the Best Papers:

The Best Original Article:
The first fungi: mode of delivery determines early life fungal colonization in the intestine of preterm infants
Authors: Jannie G. E. Henderickx, Heleen de Weerd, Liesbeth J. Groot Jebbink, Diny van Zoeren-Grobben, Marieke A. C. Hemels, Richard A. van Lingen, Jan Knol, Clara Belzer
Institution: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Stippeneng 4, Wageningen, 6708 WE, The Netherlands.
Reason for the Award: The paper explores a new topic in the microbiome area with greater relevance for early life studies and factors that contribute to microbial assembly. Furthermore and most importantly, it explores an unexplored element of the gut microbiota, fungi, and how they find their way to the human gastrointestinal tract.
Access to the full text: 
HTML: https://oaepublish.com/articles/mrr.2021.03
PDF: https://www.oaepublish.com/mrr/article/download/4576

The Best Review Article:
Deteriorating microbiomes in agriculture - the unintended effects of pesticides on microbial life
Authors: Brendan A. Daisley, Anna M. Chernyshova, Graham J. Thompson, Emma Allen-Vercoe
Institution: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Reason for the Award: The paper addresses a very important issue of human interference in nature and the use of pesticides. Reviewers highly appreciated its scientific excellence.
Access to the full text: 
HTML: https://oaepublish.com/articles/mrr.2021.08
PDF: https://www.oaepublish.com/mrr/article/download/4574

The Best Papers were evaluated and identified by the journal's Scientific Committee, guided by the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Marco Ventura and Co-Editor-in-Chief Prof. Douwe van Sinderen. We warmly congratulate Dr. Clara Belzer's team from Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands, and Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe's team from Western University and University of Guelph, Canada for winning this Best Paper Award. They will separately receive $1,000 USD as a reward and other benefits mentioned in the previous announcement: https://oaepublish.com/news/mrr.468.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support for MRR.

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Respectfully Submitted by the Editorial Office
Microbiome Research Reports