The defining trait of obligate anaerobes is that oxygen blocks their growth, yet the underlying
mechanisms are unclear. A popular hypothesis was that these microorganisms failed to …

Metal oxide nanomaterials are widely used in practical applications and represent a class of
nanomaterials with the highest global annual production. Many of those, such as TiO2 and …

The human gut contains a dense, complex and diverse microbial community, comprising the
gut microbiome. Metagenomics has recently revealed the composition of genes in the gut …

Recent advances in various 'omics' technologies enable quantitative monitoring of the
abundance of various biological molecules in a high-throughput manner, and thus allow …

Dissimilatory sulphate reduction is the unifying and defining trait of sulphate-reducing
prokaryotes (SRP). In their predominant habitats, sulphate-rich marine sediments, SRP have …

Dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRB) are a very diverse group of anaerobic
bacteria that are omnipresent in nature and play an imperative role in the global cycling of …

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-
associated (Cas) genes are present in many bacterial and archaeal genomes. Since the …

Metal-dependent formate dehydrogenases reduce CO2 with high efficiency and selectivity,
but are usually very oxygen sensitive. An exception is Desulfovibrio vulgaris W/Sec-FdhAB …

Significance: Cytochrome bd is a ubiquinol: oxygen oxidoreductase of many prokaryotic
respiratory chains with a unique structure and functional characteristics. Its primary role is to …

Bioremediation involves the exposure of a whole mixture of chemical structures to an
intricate multispecies metabolic network present in a polluted scenario. The complexity …