Biotic and abiotic surfaces in marine waters are rapidly colonized by microorganisms.
Surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation and development provide numerous …

The discovery of chemosynthetic ecosystems at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in 1977
changed our view of biology. Chemosynthetic bacteria and archaea form the foundation of …

The deep sea, the largest ocean's compartment, drives planetary-scale biogeochemical
cycling. Yet, the functional exploration of its microbial communities lags far behind other …

Background Autotrophic carbon fixation is the primary route through which organic carbon
enters the biosphere, and it is a key step in the biogeochemical carbon cycle. The Calvin …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are important sinks of microplastics (MPs) and
antibiotics resistance genes (ARGs). Information regarding connections between functional …

Archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota are among the most abundant prokaryotes on Earth
and are widely distributed in marine, terrestrial, and geothermal environments. All studied …

Autotrophic CO2 fixation represents the most important biosynthetic process in biology.
Besides the well-known Calvin-Benson cycle, five other totally different autotrophic …

Autotrophic theories for the origin of life propose that CO2 was the carbon source for
primordial biosynthesis. Among the six known CO2 fixation pathways in nature, the acetyl …

Carbon fixation is one of the most important biochemical processes. Most natural carbon
fixation pathways are thought to have emerged from enzymes that originally performed other …

Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are widespread, motile, diverse prokaryotes that biomineralize
a unique organelle called the magnetosome. Magnetosomes consist of a nano-sized crystal …