Because of the high production rates, low recycling rates, and poor waste management of
plastics, an increasing amount of plastic is entering the aquatic environment, where it can …

The discovery of new antibiotics is mandatory with regard to the increasing number of
resistant pathogens. One approach is the search for new antibiotic producers in nature …

Eukaryotic life appears to have flourished surprisingly late in the history of our planet. This
view is based on the low diversity of diagnostic eukaryotic fossils in marine sediments of mid …

Plastics in the environment provide a new and unique habitat for microorganisms-known as
the plastisphere. The microbial succession within the plastisphere and their potentials for …

Plastic debris pervades in our oceans and freshwater systems and the potential ecosystem-
level impacts of this anthropogenic litter require urgent evaluation. Microbes readily colonize …

With the rising plastic pollution in the oceans, research on the plastisphere—the
microorganisms interacting with marine plastic debris—has emerged. Microbial communities …

Marine oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) support diverse microbial communities with roles in
major elemental cycles. It is unclear how the taxonomic composition and metabolism of OMZ …

The suspended sludge and carrier-attached biofilms of three different hybrid moving bed
biofilm reactor (MBBR) systems were investigated with respect to their transformation …

The influence of massive crude oil contamination on the microbial population of coastal
sediments was investigated in the Cíes Islands 18 and 53 months after the tanker Prestige …

Bacteria are globally distributed in various environments on earth, but a global view of the
geographic diversity and distribution of a single taxon is lacking. The Earth Microbiome …