New mechanistic and functional insights into DNA topoisomerases

SH Chen, NL Chan, T Hsieh - Annual review of biochemistry, 2013‏ - annualreviews.org
DNA topoisomerases are nature's tools for resolving the unique problems of DNA
entanglement that occur owing to unwinding and rewinding of the DNA helix during …

The globally widespread genus Sulfurimonas: versatile energy metabolisms and adaptations to redox clines

Y Han, M Perner - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015‏ - frontiersin.org
Sulfurimonas species are commonly isolated from sulfidic habitats and numerous 16S rRNA
sequences related to Sulfurimonas species have been identified in chemically distinct …

Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.)

DW Waite, I Vanwonterghem, C Rinke… - Frontiers in …, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
The Epsilonproteobacteria is the fifth validly described class of the phylum Proteobacteria,
known primarily for clinical relevance and for chemolithotrophy in various terrestrial and …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and evolution of bioenergetic systems involved in microbial nitrogen compound transformations

J Simon, MG Klotz - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Nitrogen is an essential element of life that needs to be assimilated in its most reduced form,
ammonium. On the other hand, nitrogen exists in a multitude of oxidation states and …

Virus diversity and interactions with hosts in deep-sea hydrothermal vents

R Cheng, X Li, L Jiang, L Gong, C Geslin, Z Shao - Microbiome, 2022‏ - Springer
Background The deep sea harbors many viruses, yet their diversity and interactions with
hosts in hydrothermal ecosystems are largely unknown. Here, we analyzed the viral …

The metagenome of the marine anammox bacterium 'Candidatus Scalindua profunda' illustrates the versatility of this globally important nitrogen cycle bacterium

J van de Vossenberg, D Woebken… - Environmental …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Anaerobic ammonium‐oxidizing (anammox) bacteria are responsible for a significant
portion of the loss of fixed nitrogen from the oceans, making them important players in the …

Insights into the evolution of Archaea and eukaryotic protein modifier systems revealed by the genome of a novel archaeal group

T Nunoura, Y Takaki, J Kakuta, S Nishi… - Nucleic acids …, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
The domain Archaea has historically been divided into two phyla, the Crenarchaeota and
Euryarchaeota. Although regarded as members of the Crenarchaeota based on small …

Hydroxylamine‐dependent anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) by “Candidatus Brocadia sinica”

M Oshiki, M Ali, K Shinyako‐Hata… - Environmental …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Although metabolic pathways and associated enzymes of anaerobic ammonium oxidation
(anammox) of 'Ca. Kuenenia stuttgartiensis' have been studied, those of other anammox …

Characterizing acetogenic metabolism using a genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of Clostridium ljungdahlii

H Nagarajan, M Sahin, J Nogales, H Latif… - Microbial cell …, 2013‏ - Springer
Background The metabolic capabilities of acetogens to ferment a wide range of sugars, to
grow autotrophically on H 2/CO 2, and more importantly on synthesis gas (H 2/CO/CO 2) …

Chemoautotrophy at deep-sea vents: past, present, and future

SM Sievert, C Vetriani - Oceanography, 2012‏ - JSTOR
Chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms are at the nexus of hydrothermal systems by
effectively transferring the energy from the geothermal source to the higher trophic levels …