The microbiomes of deep-sea hydrothermal vents: distributed globally, shaped locally

GJ Dick - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
The discovery of chemosynthetic ecosystems at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in 1977
changed our view of biology. Chemosynthetic bacteria and archaea form the foundation of …

A genus in the bacterial phylum Aquificota appears to be endemic to Aotearoa-New Zealand

JF Power, CR Carere, HE Welford, DT Hudson… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Allopatric speciation has been difficult to examine among microorganisms, with prior reports
of endemism restricted to sub-genus level taxa. Previous microbial community analysis via …

Selection Is a Significant Driver of Gene Gain and Loss in the Pangenome of the Bacterial Genus Sulfurovum in Geographically Distinct Deep-Sea Hydrothermal …

A Moulana, RE Anderson, CS Fortunato, JA Huber - Msystems, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbial genomes have highly variable gene content, and the evolutionary history of
microbial populations is shaped by gene gain and loss mediated by horizontal gene transfer …

Spodoptera frugiperda population structure and influence of farmers' practices on gut biodiversity for sustainable management of the pest in Kenya

KE Ndung'u, FM Khamis, IJ Ajene… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a highly polyphagous pest that recently
invaded Kenya, among other African countries. Information on the pest's genetic diversity …

Insights into thermoadaptation and the evolution of mesophily from the bacterial phylum Thermotogae

SMJ Pollo, O Zhaxybayeva… - Canadian journal of …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Thermophiles are extremophiles that grow optimally at temperatures> 45° C. To survive and
maintain function of their biological molecules, they have a suite of characteristics not found …

Greater temporal changes of sediment microbial community than its waterborne counterpart in Tengchong hot springs, Yunnan Province, China

S Wang, H Dong, W Hou, H Jiang, Q Huang… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Temporal variation in geochemistry can cause changes in microbial community structure
and diversity. Here we studied temporal changes of microbial communities in Tengchong …

Historical factors associated with past environments influence the biogeography of thermophilic endospores in Arctic marine sediments

CA Hanson, AL Müller, A Loy, C Dona… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Selection by the local, contemporary environment plays a prominent role in sha** the
biogeography of microbes. However, the importance of historical factors in microbial …

Hydrothermal trace metal release and microbial metabolism in the northeastern Lau Basin of the South Pacific Ocean

NR Cohen, AE Noble, DM Moran, MR McIlvin… - …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
Bioactive trace metals are critical micronutrients for marine microorganisms due to their role
in mediating biological redox reactions, and complex biogeochemical processes control …

Strain-level genomic variation in natural populations of Lebetimonas from an erupting deep-sea volcano

JL Meyer, JA Huber - The ISME journal, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Chemolithoautotrophic Epsilonproteobacteria are ubiquitous in sulfidic, oxygen-poor
habitats, including hydrothermal vents, marine oxygen minimum zones, marine sediments …

Polyphasic approach revealed complex bacterial community structure and function in deep sea sediment of ultra-slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge

RK Sinha, KP Krishnan, FA Thomas, MB Binish… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) is one of the least explored mid-ocean ridges
and contains a high frequency of hydrothermal vents. We examined the bacterial community …