Innovations to culturing the uncultured microbial majority

WH Lewis, G Tahon, P Geesink, DZ Sousa… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the surge of microbial genome data, experimental testing is important to confirm
inferences about the cell biology, ecological roles and evolution of microorganisms. As the …

Linking metagenomics to aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycles

HP Grossart, R Massana, KD McMahon… - Limnology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial communities are essential components of aquatic ecosystems through their
contribution to food web dynamics and biogeochemical processes. Aquatic microbial …

Deep ocean metagenomes provide insight into the metabolic architecture of bathypelagic microbial communities

SG Acinas, P Sánchez, G Salazar… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
The deep sea, the largest ocean's compartment, drives planetary-scale biogeochemical
cycling. Yet, the functional exploration of its microbial communities lags far behind other …

Constructed wetlands treating synthetic wastewater in response to day-night alterations: performance and mechanisms

X Zhao, J Chen, M Guo, C Li, N Hou, S Bai - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs), as nature-based wastewater treatment systems, continuously
maintain exchanges of material and energy with the natural environment. However, it is …

Two Chloroflexi classes independently evolved the ability to persist on atmospheric hydrogen and carbon monoxide

ZF Islam, PRF Cordero, J Feng, YJ Chen… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Most aerobic bacteria exist in dormant states within natural environments. In these states,
they endure adverse environmental conditions such as nutrient starvation by decreasing …

Adaptive genetic traits in pelagic freshwater microbes

MC Chiriac, M Haber… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pelagic microbes have adopted distinct strategies to inhabit the pelagial of lakes and
oceans and can be broadly categorized in two groups: free‐living, specialized oligotrophs …

Magnetite alters the metabolic interaction between methanogens and sulfate-reducing Bacteria

G Giangeri, P Tsapekos, M Gaspari… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
It is known that the presence of sulfate decreases the methane yield in the anaerobic
digestion systems. Sulfate-reducing bacteria can convert sulfate to hydrogen sulfide …

Cultivation of marine bacteria of the SAR202 clade

Y Lim, JH Seo, SJ Giovannoni, I Kang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bacteria of the SAR202 clade, within the phylum Chloroflexota, are ubiquitously distributed
in the ocean but have not yet been cultivated in the lab. It has been proposed that ancient …

Novel Chloroflexi genomes from the deepest ocean reveal metabolic strategies for the adaptation to deep-sea habitats

R Liu, X Wei, W Song, L Wang, J Cao, J Wu, T Thomas… - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background The deep sea harbors the majority of the microbial biomass in the ocean and is
a key site for organic matter (OM) remineralization and storage in the biosphere. Microbial …

[BOOK][B] Marine microbiology: ecology & applications

CB Munn - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
The third edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new
discoveries and concepts since 2011, especially progress due to extensive application of …