An evolving view on biogeochemical cycling of iron

A Kappler, C Bryce, M Mansor, U Lueder… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Biogeochemical cycling of iron is crucial to many environmental processes, such as ocean
productivity, carbon storage, greenhouse gas emissions and the fate of nutrients, toxic …

Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, phosphate–solubilizing bacteria, and silicon to P uptake by plant

H Etesami, BR Jeong, BR Glick - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Phosphorus (P) availability is usually low in soils around the globe. Most soils have a
deficiency of available P; if they are not fertilized, they will not be able to satisfy the P …

Bacteria and archaea on Earth and their abundance in biofilms

HC Flemming, S Wuertz - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Biofilms are a form of collective life with emergent properties that confer many advantages
on their inhabitants, and they represent a much higher level of organization than single cells …

Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of microbial metal sulfide oxidation–part A

M Vera, A Schippers, S Hedrich, W Sand - Applied microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Bioleaching of metal sulfides is performed by diverse microorganisms. The dissolution of
metal sulfides occurs via two chemical pathways, either the thiosulfate or the polysulfide …

Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life

HC Flemming, J Wingender, U Szewzyk… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Bacterial biofilms are formed by communities that are embedded in a self-produced matrix of
extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Importantly, bacteria in biofilms exhibit a set …

Carbonate precipitation through microbial activities in natural environment, and their potential in biotechnology: a review

T Zhu, M Dittrich - Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Calcium carbonate represents a large portion of carbon reservoir and is used commercially
for a variety of applications. Microbial carbonate precipitation, a by-product of microbial …

[HTML][HTML] FeGenie: a comprehensive tool for the identification of iron genes and iron gene neighborhoods in genome and metagenome assemblies

AI Garber, KH Nealson, A Okamoto… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Iron is a micronutrient for nearly all life on Earth. It can be used as an electron donor and
electron acceptor by iron-oxidizing and iron-reducing microorganisms and is used in a …

Adverse effect of heavy metals (As, Pb, Hg, and Cr) on health and their bioremediation strategies: a review

A Pratush, A Kumar, Z Hu - International Microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Currently, heavy metal pollution becomes a severe problem whole over the world, and these
toxic metals enter into the environment either by natural phenomena or due to extensive …

[HTML][HTML] Molybdenum in natural waters: A review of occurrence, distributions and controls

PL Smedley, DG Kinniburgh - Applied Geochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Molybdenum is an essential trace element for human, animal and plant health and has
played an important part in the evolution of life on earth. Nonetheless, exposure to the …

Lead toxicity in cereals: Mechanistic insight into toxicity, mode of action, and management

M Aslam, A Aslam, M Sheraz, B Ali… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cereals are the major contributors to global food supply, accounting for more than half of the
total human calorie requirements. Sustainable availability of quality cereal grains is an …