Microbial diversity in extreme environments

WS Shu, LN Huang - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
A wide array of microorganisms, including many novel, phylogenetically deeply rooted taxa,
survive and thrive in extreme environments. These unique and reduced-complexity …

Microbial diversity and metabolic networks in acid mine drainage habitats

C Méndez-García, AI Peláez, V Mesa… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Acid mine drainage (AMD) emplacements are low-complexity natural systems. Low-pH
conditions appear to be the main factor underlying the limited diversity of the microbial …

Vertical environmental gradient drives prokaryotic microbial community assembly and species coexistence in a stratified acid mine drainage lake

Z She, X Pan, J Wang, R Shao, G Wang, S Wang… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) lakes are typical hydrologic features caused by open pit mining
and represent extreme ecosystems and environmental challenges. Little is known about …

Comparative metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses of microbial communities in acid mine drainage

L Chen, M Hu, L Huang, Z Hua, J Kuang, S Li… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The microbial communities in acid mine drainage have been extensively studied to reveal
their roles in acid generation and adaption to this environment. Lacking, however, are …

The microbial genomics of arsenic

J Andres, PN Bertin - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Arsenic, which is a major contaminant of many aquatic ecosystems worldwide, is
responsible for serious public health issues. However, life has evolved various strategies for …

Ecological roles of dominant and rare prokaryotes in acid mine drainage revealed by metagenomics and metatranscriptomics

ZS Hua, YJ Han, LX Chen, J Liu, M Hu, SJ Li… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
High-throughput sequencing is expanding our knowledge of microbial diversity in the
environment. Still, understanding the metabolic potentials and ecological roles of rare and …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiomes in extremely acidic environments: functionalities and interactions that allow survival and growth of prokaryotes at low pH

R Quatrini, DB Johnson - Current opinion in microbiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Acidic microbiomes are tractable model systems in biogeochemical cycling
studies.•Their spatial diversity patterns have been resolved at several different scales.•The …