[HTML][HTML] Unifying concepts in methanogenic, aerobic, and anammox sludge granulation

S Mills, AC Trego, M Prevedello, J De Vrieze… - Environmental Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The retention of dense and well-functioning microbial biomass is crucial for effective
pollutant removal in several biological wastewater treatment technologies. High solids …

Metagenomic analysis of antibiotic-resistance genes and viruses released from glaciers into downstream habitats

Y Wang, N Xu, B Chen, Z Zhang, C Lei, Q Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Glaciers serve as effective reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and viruses for
millions of years. Climate change and anthropogenic activity have accelerated the melting of …

Map** the metagenomic diversity of the multi-kingdom glacier-fed stream microbiome

G Michoud, H Peter, SB Busi, M Bourquin… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Glacier-fed streams (GFS) feature among Earth's most extreme aquatic ecosystems marked
by pronounced oligotrophy and environmental fluctuations. Microorganisms mainly organize …

Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams

L Ezzat, H Peter, M Bourquin, SB Busi, G Michoud… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
The rapid melting of mountain glaciers and the vanishing of their streams is emblematic of
climate change,. Glacier-fed streams (GFSs) are cold, oligotrophic and unstable ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic resistance genes in integrated surface ice, cryoconite, and glacier-fed stream in a mountain glacier in Central Asia

Z Ren, H Gao - Environment International, 2024 - Elsevier
Glacier ice, cryoconite, and glacier-fed streams are interconnected features that have
important implications for the dynamics and distribution of abiotic and biotic materials …

Spatial patterns of benthic biofilm diversity among streams draining proglacial floodplains

J Brandani, H Peter, SB Busi, TJ Kohler… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Glacier shrinkage opens new proglacial terrain with pronounced environmental gradients
along longitudinal and lateral chronosequences. Despite the environmental harshness of …

The dark side of the moon: first insights into the microbiome structure and function of one of the last glacier-fed streams in Africa

G Michoud, TJ Kohler, L Ezzat… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The glaciers on Africa's 'Mountains of the Moon'(Rwenzori National Park, Uganda) are
predicted to disappear within the next decades owing to climate change. Consequently, the …

Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome

M Bourquin, H Peter, G Michoud, SB Busi… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
The shrinkage of glaciers and the vanishing of glacier-fed streams (GFSs) are emblematic of
climate change. However, forecasts of how GFS microbiome structure and function will …

Environmental micro‐niche filtering shapes bacterial pioneer communities during primary colonization of a Himalayas' glacier forefield

E Rolli, R Marasco, M Fusi, B Scaglia… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The pedogenesis from the mineral substrate released upon glacier melting has been
explained with the succession of consortia of pioneer microorganisms, whose structure and …

Homogeneous environmental selection structures the bacterial communities of benthic biofilms in proglacial floodplain streams

J Brandani, H Peter, S Fodelianakis… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
In proglacial floodplains, glacier recession promotes biogeochemical and ecological
gradients across relatively small spatial scales. The resulting environmental heterogeneity …