The Sanjiang region in SE Tibet Plateau, and the western Yunnan region in southwestern
China constitute a collage of Gondwana-derived micro-continental blocks and arc terranes …

DNA obtained from environmental samples such as sediments, ice or water (environmental
DNA, eDNA), represents an important source of information on past and present biodiversity …

Geothermal springs are model ecosystems to investigate microbial biogeography as they
represent discrete, relatively homogenous habitats, are distributed across multiple …

Ecological and evolutionary processes simultaneously regulate microbial diversity, but the
evolutionary processes and their driving forces remain largely unexplored. Here we …

Microbial communities exhibit intricate interactions underpinned by metabolic
dependencies. To elucidate these dependencies, we present a workflow utilizing random …

Terrestrial geothermal ecosystems, as a representative of extreme environments, exhibit a
variety of geochemical gradients, and their microbes are thought to be under high stress …

The geosphere and the microbial biosphere have co-evolved for~ 3.8 Ga, with many lines of
evidence suggesting a hydrothermal habitat for life's origin. However, the extent that …

Iron storage proteins are essential for cellular iron homeostasis and redox balance. Ferritin
proteins are the major storage units for bioavailable forms of iron. Some organisms lack …

Microbes of the phylum Aigarchaeota are widely distributed in geothermal environments, but
their physiological and ecological roles are poorly understood. Here we analyze six …

The Sungai Klah (SK) hot spring is the second hottest geothermal spring in Malaysia. This
hot spring is a shallow, 150-m-long, fast-flowing stream, with temperatures varying from 50 …