Our understanding of the composition and function of the human gut microbiota has
improved dramatically in recent years. In this review, major milestones along this path will be …

Summary The Red Sea harbours approximately 25 deep‐sea anoxic brine pools. They
constitute extremely unique and complex habitats with the conjugation of several extreme …

Pyrosequencing-based 16S rRNA gene surveys are increasingly utilized to study highly
diverse bacterial communities, with special emphasis on utilizing the large number of …

Background For decades it has been recognized that neutrophilic Fe-oxidizing bacteria
(FeOB) are associated with hydrothermal venting of Fe (II)-rich fluids associated with …

Previous investigations of the salinity effects on the microbial community composition have
largely been limited to dynamic estuaries and coastal solar salterns. In this study, the effects …

The ecosystems of the Red Sea are among the least-explored microbial habitats in the
marine environment. In this study, we investigated the microbial communities in the water …

The Zetaproteobacteria are a class of bacteria typically associated with marine Fe (II)-
oxidizing environments. First discovered in the hydrothermal vents at Loihi Seamount …

The chemical composition of the Bannock basin has been studied in some detail,. We
recently showed that unusual microbial populations, including a new division of Archaea …

New technologies that avoid the need for either gene amplification (eg microarrays) or
nucleic acid extraction (eg in situ PCR) have recently been implemented in microbial …

Mariprofundus ferrooxydans PV-1 has provided the first genome of the recently discovered
Zetaproteobacteria subdivision. Genome analysis reveals a complete TCA cycle, the ability …