Traditionally recognized as environmental bacteria, Planctomycetes have just been linked
recently to human pathology as opportunistic pathogens, arousing a great interest for clinical …

The phylum Planctomycetes comprises bacteria with uncommon features among
prokaryotes, such as cell division by budding, absence of the bacterial tubulin-homolog cell …

Extensive knowledge and methodological expertise on the bacterial cell biology have been
accumulated over the last decades and bacterial cells have now become an integral part of …

Planctomycetes bacteria are ubiquitously distributed across various biospheres and play
key roles in global element cycles. However, few deep-sea Planctomycetes members have …

Soil salinization and heavy metal (HM) contamination are major challenges facing
agricultural systems worldwide. Determining how soil microbial communities respond to …

An appealing strategy for finding novel bioactive molecules in Nature consists in exploring
underrepresented and-studied microorganisms. Here, we investigated the antimicrobial and …

The discovery of new bioactive compounds is an invaluable aid to the development of new
drugs. Strategies for finding novel molecules can focus on the exploitation of less studied …

Calanchi (plural of calanco) are typical Italian badlands created by a combination of
morphogenetic processes (rill and interrill erosion, gullying, pi**, and mass movements) …

Planctomycetes are common inhabitants of northern wetland ecosystems. In this study, a
new planctomycete of the genus Paludisphaera, strain Pla2T, was isolated from a boreal fen …

The phylum Planctomycetota is known for having uncommon biological features. Recently,
biotechnological applications of its members have started to be explored, namely in the …