Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation

KR Miner, J D'Andrilli, R Mackelprang… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
The Arctic cryosphere is collapsing, posing overlap** environmental risks. In particular,
thawing permafrost threatens to release biological, chemical and radioactive materials that …

Biophysical processes supporting the diversity of microbial life in soil

R Tecon, D Or - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Soil, the living terrestrial skin of the Earth, plays a central role in supporting life and is home
to an unimaginable diversity of microorganisms. This review explores key drivers for …

Active virus-host interactions at sub-freezing temperatures in Arctic peat soil

G Trubl, JA Kimbrel, J Liquet-Gonzalez, EE Nuccio… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Winter carbon loss in northern ecosystems is estimated to be greater than the
average growing season carbon uptake and is primarily driven by microbial decomposers …

Going green and cold: biosurfactants from low-temperature environments to biotechnology applications

A Perfumo, IM Banat, R Marchant - Trends in biotechnology, 2018 - cell.com
Approximately 80% of the Earth's biosphere is cold, at an average temperature of 5° C, and
is populated by a diversity of microorganisms that are a precious source of molecules with …

Microbial ecology of the cryosphere (glacial and permafrost habitats): current knowledge

R Margesin, T Collins - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2019 - Springer
Microorganisms in cold ecosystems play a key ecological role in their natural habitats. Since
these ecosystems are especially sensitive to climate changes, as indicated by the worldwide …

Unboxing the black box—one step forward to understand the soil microbiome: a systematic review

A Mishra, L Singh, D Singh - Microbial ecology, 2023 - Springer
Soil is one of the most important assets of the planet Earth, responsible for maintaining the
biodiversity and managing the ecosystem services for both managed and natural …

Alpine soil microbial ecology in a changing world

J Donhauser, B Frey - FEMS microbiology ecology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Climate change has a disproportionally large impact on alpine soil ecosystems, leading to
pronounced changes in soil microbial diversity and function associated with effects on …

Effects of environmental factors on the distribution of microbial communities across soils and lake sediments in the Hoh **l Nature Reserve of the Qinghai-Tibetan …

X Wang, Y Ren, Z Yu, G Shen, H Cheng… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Comparison of microbial community diversity and composition of terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems in undisturbed regions could expand our understanding on the …

[HTML][HTML] Temperatures beyond the community optimum promote the dominance of heat-adapted, fast growing and stress resistant bacteria in alpine soils

J Donhauser, PA Niklaus, J Rousk, C Larose… - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alpine soils are warming strongly, leading to profound alterations in carbon cycling and
greenhouse gas budgets, mediated via the soil microbiome. To explore microbial responses …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of soil chemistry, moisture and temperature on branched and isoprenoid GDGTs in soils: A study using six globally distributed elevation transects

C De Jonge, J Guo, P Hällberg, M Griepentrog… - Organic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) are microbial membrane-spanning lipids that
are produced in a variety of environments. To better understand the potentially confounding …