This review focuses on some important and challenging aspects of soil extracellular enzyme
research. We report on recent discoveries, identify key research needs and highlight the …

The importance of microbial activity to ecosystem function in aquatic ecosystems is well
established, but microbial diversity has been less frequently addressed. This review and …

Urban rivers represent a unique ecosystem in which pollution occurs regularly, leading to
significantly altered of chemical and biological characteristics of the surface water and …

Bacterial communities play a critical role in food webs and the biogeochemical cycles of
fundamental elements. However, there remains a substantial gap in our knowledge of the …

Change in climate and water cycle will challenge water availability but it will also increase
the exposure to unsafe water. Floods, droughts, heavy storms, changes in rain pattern …

Sediment bacterial communities play a critical role in biogeochemical cycling in lotic
ecosystems. Despite their ecological significance, the effects of urban discharge on …

Terrestrial microbial communities may take advantage of running waters and runoff to enter
rivers and mix with aquatic microorganisms. However, the environmental factors governing …

River and stream biofilms in mediterranean fluvial ecosystems face both extreme
seasonality as well as arrhythmic fluctuations. The hydrological extremes (droughts and …

Despite the increasing use of protoplasts in plant biotechnology research, shoot
regeneration from protoplasts remains challenging. In this study, we investigated the factors …

Heterotrophic bacteria play a key role in the degradation of organic matter and carbon
cycling in river sediments. These bacterial communities are directly influenced by …