A wide array of microorganisms, including many novel, phylogenetically deeply rooted taxa,
survive and thrive in extreme environments. These unique and reduced-complexity …

Rare species are increasingly recognized as crucial, yet vulnerable components of Earth's
ecosystems. This is also true for microbial communities, which are typically composed of a …

Microorganisms play an important role in soil phosphorus (P) cycling and regulation of P
availability in agroecosystems. However, the responses of the functional and ecological …

Microorganisms can mediate arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) transformation and thus
change the As and Sb toxicity and mobility. The influence of As and Sb on the innate …

Little is known about the changes in soil microbial phosphorus (P) cycling potential during
terrestrial ecosystem management and restoration, although much research aims to …

Candidate phyla radiation (CPR) bacteria and DPANN (an acronym of the names of the first
included phyla) archaea are massive radiations of organisms that are widely distributed …

Billions of hectares of natural ecosystems have been degraded through human actions. The
global community has agreed on targets to halt and reverse these declines, and the …

Sulfur as a macroelement plays an important role in biochemistry in both natural
environments and engineering biosystems, which can be further linked to other important …

Acid mine drainage (AMD) emplacements are low-complexity natural systems. Low-pH
conditions appear to be the main factor underlying the limited diversity of the microbial …

Recent discoveries of methyl-coenzyme M reductase–encoding genes (mcr) in uncultured
archaea beyond traditional euryarchaeotal methanogens have reshaped our view of …