Cyanobacteria use three major photosynthetic complexes, photosystem (PS) I, PS II and
phycobilisomes, to harvest and convert sunlight into chemical energy. Until recently, it was …

The results of recent biofilm characterizations have helped reveal the complexities of these
surface‐associated communities of microorganisms. The activities of the cells and the …

Nitrospira are chemolithoautotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria that catalyze the second step
of nitrification in most oxic habitats and are important for excess nitrogen removal from …

Photosynthetic bacteria are abundant in alkaline, terrestrial hot springs and there is a long
history of research on phototrophs in Yellowstone National Park (YNP). Hot springs provide …

Despite a growing appreciation of their vast diversity in nature, mechanisms of speciation
are poorly understood in Bacteria and Archaea. Here we use high-throughput genome …

Understanding the relationship between prokaryotic traits and phylogeny is important for
predicting and modeling ecological processes. Microbial extracellular enzymes have a …

In the last decade advances in high-throughput DNA and RNA sequencing have driven
more intensive surveys of cyanobacterial diversity in geothermal systems worldwide and the …

With rapidly improving sequencing technologies, scientists have recently gained the ability
to examine diverse microbial communities at high genomic resolution, revealing that both …

The importance of host-specialization to speciation processes in obligate host-associated
bacteria is well known, as is also the ability of recombination to generate cohesion in …

Cyanobacteria of the genus Synechococcus are major contributors to global primary
productivity and are found in a wide range of aquatic ecosystems. This Synechococcus …