Bacteria are widespread in nature as they can adapt to any extreme environmental
conditions and perform various physiological activities. Marine environments are one of the …

Interest in extracting mineral resources from the seafloor through deep‐sea mining has
accelerated in the past decade, driven by consumer demand for various metals like zinc …

Seamounts are globally distributed across the oceans and form one of the major oceanic
biomes. Here, we utilized combined analyses of bulk metagenome and virome to study viral …

Venn diagrams with three curves are used extensively in various medical and scientific
disciplines to visualize relationships between data sets and facilitate data analysis. The area …

Polymetallic nodules (manganese nodules) have been formed on deep sea sediments over
millions of years and are currently explored for their economic potential, particularly for …

Despite representing one of the largest biomes on earth, biodiversity of the deep seafloor is
still poorly known. Environmental DNA metabarcoding offers prospects for fast inventories …

Microbial communities of the Chinese marginal seas have rarely been reported. Here,
bacterial and archaeal community structures and abundance in the surface sediment of four …

Abstract Background Lake Magadi and little Magadi are hypersaline, alkaline lakes situated
in the southern part of Kenyan Rift Valley. Solutes are supplied mainly by a series of alkaline …

Concentrated seabed deposits of polymetallic nodules, which are rich in economically
valuable metals (eg, copper, nickel, cobalt, manganese), occur over vast areas of the …

Abstract The Rio Grande Rise is an extensive seamount region in the South-western
Atlantic, with potential for deep-sea mining activities in the future. Such activities pose …