Hydrogen is a key energy source for subsurface microbial processes, particularly in
subsurface environments with limited alternative electron donors, and environments that are …

This review highlights cave habitats, cave microbiomes and their potential for drug
discovery. Such studies face many challenges, including access to remote and pristine …

Cultivation-independent surveys have shown that the desert soils of Antarctica harbour
surprisingly rich microbial communities,,. Given that phototroph abundance varies across …

The carbon cycle (C-cycle) is the most important and complex biogeochemical cycle in soil
ecosystems, but our understanding of C-cycle at the community level remains limited …

Soil pollution occurring at mining sites has adverse impacts on soil microbial diversity. New
approaches, such as metagenomics approach, have become a powerful tool to investigate …

Although widely used in ecology, comparative analyses of diversity and niche properties are
still lacking for microorganisms, especially focusing on niche variations. Quantifying the …

The aim of this study was to determine the activity and structure of microbial communities in
soils contaminated with heavy metals (HMs). To achieve this goal, soil samples were taken …

Cold desert soil microbiomes thrive despite severe moisture and nutrient limitations. In
Eastern Antarctic soils, bacterial primary production is supported by trace gas oxidation and …

While vegetation has intensively been surveyed on mountain summits, limited knowledge
exists about the diversity and community structure of soil biota. Here, we study how climatic …

The prevalence of antibiotic resistance and the decrease in novel antibiotic discovery in
recent years necessitates the identification of potentially novel microbial resources to …