In the past decades, considerable attention has been directed toward anaerobic digestion
(AD), which is an effective biological process for converting diverse organic wastes into …

Global population growth poses a threat to food security in an era of increased ecosystem
degradation, climate change, soil erosion, and biodiversity loss. In this context, harnessing …

The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative
bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat …

The application of phylogenetic taxonomic procedures led to improvements in the
classification of bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria but even so there remains a …

Background A key step in microbiome sequencing analysis is read assignment to taxonomic
units. This is often performed using one of four taxonomic classifications, namely SILVA …

According to World Health Organization statistics of 2011, infectious diseases remain in the
top five causes of mortality worldwide. However, despite sophisticated research tools for …

Carrier compounds besides the type of bacteria for microbial induced calcite precipitation
are equally important in self-healing concrete. This study investigates the potential utilization …

Brucellosis is the world's most widespread zoonosis, but also ranks as one of the seven
most neglected diseases, according to the World Health Organization. Additionally, it is …

Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria with high G+ C DNA content that constitute one of
the largest bacterial phyla, and they are ubiquitously distributed in both aquatic and …

Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (APB) are a phylogenetically diverse group of organisms
that can harness solar energy for their growth and metabolism. These bacteria vary broadly …