Pigment production by cold-adapted bacteria and fungi: colorful tale of cryosphere with wide range applications
Pigments are an essential part of everyday life on Earth with rapidly growing industrial and
biomedical applications. Synthetic pigments account for a major portion of these pigments …
biomedical applications. Synthetic pigments account for a major portion of these pigments …
Impact of anthropogenic contamination on glacier surface biota
Highlights•Glaciers act as cold condensers where the deposition of contaminants is
favored.•Cryoconite holes are efficient traps for contaminants and are biologically active …
favored.•Cryoconite holes are efficient traps for contaminants and are biologically active …
Molecular characterization of bacterial isolates from soil samples and evaluation of their antibacterial potential against MDRS
Some soil microbes, with their diverse inhabitance, biologically active metabolites, and
endospore formation, gave them characteristic predominance and recognition among other …
endospore formation, gave them characteristic predominance and recognition among other …
Climate change, melting cryosphere and frozen pathogens: Should we worry…?
LA Yarzábal, LMB Salazar… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Permanently frozen environments (glaciers, permafrost) are considered as natural reservoirs
of huge amounts of microorganisms, mostly dormant, including human pathogens. Due to …
of huge amounts of microorganisms, mostly dormant, including human pathogens. Due to …
High prevalence of antibiotic-resistant and metal-tolerant cultivable bacteria in remote glacier environment
Studies of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) have mainly originated from anthropic-
influenced environments, with limited information from pristine environments. Remote cold …
influenced environments, with limited information from pristine environments. Remote cold …
Microbial pigments: learning from the Himalayan perspective to industrial applications
Pigments are an essential part of life on earth, ranging from microbes to plants and humans.
The physiological and environmental cues induce microbes to produce a broad spectrum of …
The physiological and environmental cues induce microbes to produce a broad spectrum of …
[HTML][HTML] Psychrotrophic plant beneficial bacteria from the glacial ecosystem of Sikkim Himalaya: genomic evidence for the cold adaptation and plant growth promotion
Commercial biofertilizers tend to be ineffective in cold mountainous regions due to reduced
metabolic activity of the microbial inoculants under low temperatures. Cold-adapted glacier …
metabolic activity of the microbial inoculants under low temperatures. Cold-adapted glacier …
Resurrection of inactive microbes and resistome present in the natural frozen world: Reality or myth?
The present world faces a new threat of ancient microbes and resistomes that are locked in
the cryosphere and now releasing upon thawing due to climate change and anthropogenic …
the cryosphere and now releasing upon thawing due to climate change and anthropogenic …
Bacterial diversity and communities structural dynamics in soil and meltwater runoff at the frontier of Baishui Glacier No. 1, China
Comprehensive knowledge of bacterial ecology mainly in supraglacial habitats is pivotal
particularly at the frontier of accelerated glacier retreat. In this study, bacterial diversity and …
particularly at the frontier of accelerated glacier retreat. In this study, bacterial diversity and …
Occurrence of integrons and antibiotic resistance genes in cryoconite and ice of Svalbard, Greenland, and the Caucasus glaciers
N Makowska, K Zawierucha, P Nadobna… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The prevalence of integrons and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is a serious threat for
public health in the new millennium. Although commonly detected in sites affected by strong …
public health in the new millennium. Although commonly detected in sites affected by strong …