The dark ocean and the underlying deep seafloor together represent the largest
environment on this planet, comprising about 80% of the oceanic volume and covering more …

Most research on microorganisms adapted to hypersaline habitats has focused on Archaea
and Bacteria, with microbial eukaryotes receiving much less attention. Over the past 15 yr …

The prokaryotic community composition and diversity and the distribution patterns at various
taxonomic levels across gradients of salinity and physiochemical properties in the surface …

Abstract The Monegros Desert contains one of the largest sets of inland saline lakes in
Europe constituting a threatened landscape of great scientific and ecological value with …

We studied the 16S and 18S rRNA genes of the bacterial, protist, and fungal microbiomes of
131 samples collected in 14 ephemeral small inland lakes located in the endorheic area of …

A rich eukaryotic planktonic community exists in high-mountain lakes despite the diluted,
oligotrophic and cold, harsh prevailing conditions. Attempts of an overarching appraisal …

Heterotrophic prokaryotic communities that inhabit saltern crystallizer ponds are typically
dominated by two species, the archaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi and the bacterium …

We used high-throughput sequencing to unravel the genetic diversity of protistan (including
fungal) plankton in hypersaline ponds of the Ria Formosa solar saltern works in Portugal …

Microorganisms present in production facilities of shale gas can cause substantial increases
in production costs and complicate water management. Here, an uncommon microbial …

The heterotrophic nanoflagellate genus Cafeteria has been found to be ubiquitously
distributed in the marine realm. We could isolate and cultivate ten strains morphologically …