Horizon scanning the application of probiotics for wildlife

N Garcias-Bonet, A Roik, B Tierney, FC García… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
The provision of probiotics benefits the health of a wide range of organisms, from humans to
animals and plants. Probiotics can enhance stress resilience of endangered organisms …

Microbiome dynamics: a paradigm shift in combatting infectious diseases

M Kamel, S Aleya, M Alsubih, L Aleya - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2024 - mdpi.com
Infectious diseases have long posed a significant threat to global health and require
constant innovation in treatment approaches. However, recent groundbreaking research has …

A metagenomic perspective on the microbial prokaryotic genome census

D Wu, R Seshadri, NC Kyrpides, NN Ivanova - Science Advances, 2025 - science.org
Following 30 years of sequencing, we assessed the phylogenetic diversity (PD) of> 1.5
million microbial genomes in public databases, including metagenome-assembled …

Assigning the unassigned: A signature-based classification of rDNA metabarcodes reveals new deep-sea diversity

I Barrenechea Angeles, NL Nguyen, M Greco, KS Tan… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals a vast genetic diversity of marine eukaryotes.
Yet, most of the metabarcoding data remain unassigned due to the paucity of reference …

Ecological versatility and biotechnological promise: Comprehensive characterization of the isolated thermophilic Bacillus strains

H Aqel, H Farah, A Al-Hunaiti - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This study focuses on isolated thermophilic Bacillus species' adaptability and physiological
diversity, highlighting their ecological roles and potential industrial applications. We …

Searching for microbial contribution to micritization of shallow marine sediments

E Garuglieri, R Marasco, C Odobel… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Micritization is an early diagenetic process that gradually alters primary carbonate sediment
grains through cycles of dissolution and reprecipitation of microcrystalline calcite (micrite) …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in Extremophile Research: Biotechnological Applications through Isolation and Identification Techniques

G Gallo, M Aulitto - Life, 2024 - mdpi.com
Extremophiles, organisms thriving in extreme environments such as hot springs, deep-sea
hydrothermal vents, and hypersaline ecosystems, have garnered significant attention due to …

Subterranean marvels: microbial communities in caves and underground mines and their promise for natural product discovery

PS Salazar-Hamm, FE Homan, SA Good… - Natural Product …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2014 to 2024Since the dawn of human history, caves have played an intimate role
in our existence. From our earliest ancestors seeking shelter from the elements to more …

Biosynthetic gene clusters from uncultivated soil bacteria of the Atacama Desert

CM Andreani-Gerard, V Cambiazo, M González - Msphere, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Soil microorganisms mediate several biological processes through the secretion of natural
products synthesized in specialized metabolic pathways, yet functional characterization in …

Alternative agar substitutes for culturing unculturable microorganisms

K Demin, E Prazdnova, M Kulikov, M Mazanko… - Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Gelling agents are necessary for the preparation of solid or semisolid media. For more than
a hundred years, agar has been the primary gelling agent. However, a substantial body of …