An “in house” taxonomic approach to drug discovery led to the isolation of diverse
actinobacteria from hyper-arid, extreme hyper-arid and very high altitude Atacama Desert …

Although Antarctica was once believed to be a sterile environment, it is now clear that the
microbial communities inhabiting the Antarctic continent are surprisingly diverse. Until the …

This study set out to explore the impact of lignite on preserving organic matter and promoting
the formation of humic acid (HA) during chicken manure composting. Composting test was …

Bacterial diversity from McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica, the coldest desert on earth, has
become more easily assessed with the development of High Throughput Sequencing (HTS) …

The active layer of soil overlaying permafrost in the Arctic is subjected to annual changes in
temperature and soil chemistry, which we hypothesize to affect the overall soil microbial …

Imbalances in C: N: P supply ratios may cause bacterial resource limitations and constrain
biogeochemical processes, but the importance of shifts in soil stoichiometry are complicated …

The Antarctic continent is widely considered to be one of the most hostile biological habitats
on Earth. Despite extreme environmental conditions, the ice-free areas of the continent …

Antarctic soil supports surface microbial communities that are dependent on ephemeral
moisture. Understanding the response to availability of this resource is essential to …

Highly adapted and often endemic microbial taxa inhabit soils and rocks of extremely cold
and dry Antarctic deserts. However, the source populations of these organisms have not yet …

Extensive coal mining causes significant ecological and environmental impacts on the local
ecosystem, especially on the terrestrial ecosystem. Mining activities induce the degradation …