Novel insights into the diversity of halophilic microorganisms and their functioning in hypersaline ecosystems

A Oren - npj Biodiversity, 2024‏ - nature.com
Our understanding of the microbial diversity inhabiting hypersaline environments, here
defined as containing> 100–150 g/L salts, has greatly increased in the past five years …

Leveraging genomic information to predict environmental preferences of bacteria

J Ramoneda, M Hoffert, E Stallard-Olivera… - The ISME …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Genomic information is now available for a broad diversity of bacteria, including uncultivated
taxa. However, we have corresponding knowledge on environmental preferences (ie …

Isolation and characterization of a Halomonas species for non-axenic growth-associated production of bio-polyesters from sustainable …

SG Woo, NJH Averesch, AJ Berliner… - Applied and …, 2024‏ - journals.asm.org
Biodegradable plastics are urgently needed to replace petroleum-derived polymeric
materials and prevent their accumulation in the environment. To this end, we isolated and …

Biosignature Molecules Accumulate and Persist in Evaporitic Brines: Implications for Planetary Exploration

C Pozarycki, KM Seaton, E C. Vincent… - Astrobiology, 2024‏ - liebertpub.com
The abundance of potentially habitable hypersaline environments in our solar system
compels us to understand the impacts of high-salt matrices and brine dynamics on …

Salinity-driven transmembrane transport of free nitrous acid to enhance inhibition on nitrite-oxidizing bacteria for robust nitritation

XE Lv, R Tang, ZH Ma, RX Chen, Y Wang, Y An… - 2024‏ - researchsquare.com
Stable and selective suppression of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) remains a bottleneck for
nitritation. Here, we present an efficient NOB suppression strategy relying on synergistic …