Despite the relevance of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) for ocean
biogeochemistry, the microbial dimension of SGD remains poorly understood. SGD can …

Understanding microbial gene functions relies on the application of experimental genetics in
cultured microorganisms. However, the vast majority of bacteria and archaea remain …

Advances in microscopy hold great promise for allowing quantitative and precise
measurement of morphological and molecular phenomena at the single-cell level in …

Microbial communities might include distinct lineages of closely related organisms that
complicate metagenomic assembly and prevent the generation of complete metagenome …

The terrestrial subsurface hosts microbial communities that, collectively, are predicted to
comprise as many microbial cells as global surface soils. Although initially thought to be …

The nitrogen cycle plays a major role in aquatic nitrogen transformations, including in the
terrestrial subsurface. However, the variety of transformations remains understudied. To …

Lakes are heterogeneous ecosystems inhabited by a rich microbiome whose genomic
diversity is poorly defined. We present a continental-scale study of metagenomes …

Recent characterization of the obligate episymbiont Saccharibacteria (TM7) belonging to the
candidate phyla radiation (CPR) has expanded the extent of microbial diversity. However …

Saccharibacteria are a group of widespread and genetically diverse ultrasmall bacteria with
highly reduced genomes that belong to the Candidate Phyla Radiation. Comparative …

Each prokaryotic domain, Bacteria and Archaea, contains a large and diverse group of
organisms characterized by their ultrasmall cell size and symbiotic lifestyles (potentially …