Compared to bacteria, our knowledge of archaeal biology is limited. Historically,
microbiologists have mostly relied on culturing and single-gene diversity surveys to …

Mangrove wetlands possess four important characteristics as one of the unique marine
ecosystems, and are found in the intertidal coastal regions of the tropics and subtropics in …

Background Mangrove ecosystems are vulnerable due to the exotic Spartina alterniflora (S.
alterniflora) invasion in China. However, little is known about mangrove sediment microbial …

Microbial communities are believed to outperform monocultures in the complete catabolism
of organic pollutants via reduced metabolic burden and increased robustness to …

A combination of physicochemical and radiotracer analysis, high-throughput sequencing of
the 16S rRNA, and particulate methane monooxygenase subunit A (pmoA) genes was used …

Microbes in marine sediments represent a large portion of the biosphere, and resolving their
ecology is crucial for understanding global ocean processes. Single-gene diversity surveys …

Asgard is an archaeal superphylum that might hold the key to understand the origin of
eukaryotes, but its diversity and ecological roles remain poorly understood. Here, we …

Mangrove wetlands are a unique transitional coastal zone between terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems along the subtropical and tropical coastlines. The abundant biodiversity of …

Biofloc technology (BFT), initially adapted for shrimp farming in the 1970s, represents a
sophisticated ecosystem of microorganisms designed to enhance aquaculture productivity …

Macroecological rules have been developed for plants and animals that describe large-
scale distributional patterns and attempt to explain the underlying physiological and …