Designing a synthetic microbial community through genome metabolic modeling to enhance plant–microbe interaction

OS Gonçalves, CJ Creevey, MF Santana - Environmental microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Manipulating the rhizosphere microbial community through beneficial
microorganism inoculation has gained interest in improving crop productivity and stress …

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/crispr-associated protein and its utility all at sea: status, challenges, and prospects

J Li, S Wu, K Zhang, X Sun, W Lin, C Wang, S Lin - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Initially discovered over 35 years ago in the bacterium Escherichia coli as a defense system
against invasion of viral (or other exogenous) DNA into the genome, CRISPR/Cas has …

Mechanism of microbial action of the inoculated nitrogen-fixing bacterium for growth promotion and yield enhancement in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

P Li, Y Tian, K Yang, M Tian, Y Zhu, X Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Springer
The use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in agriculture is increasingly recognized as a sustainable
method to boost crop yields, reduce chemical fertilizer use, and improve soil health …

Genome‐resolved metagenomics revealed novel microbial taxa with ancient metabolism from macroscopic microbial mat structures inhabiting anoxic deep reefs of a …

L Doni, A Azzola, C Oliveri, E Bosi… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Blue holes are vertical water‐filled openings in carbonate rock that exhibit complex
morphology, ecology, and water chemistry. In this study, macroscopic microbial mat …

A Proteorhodopsin-Related Photosensor Expands the Repertoire of Structural Motifs Employed by Sensory Rhodopsins

M Saliminasab, Y Yamazaki, A Palmateer… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microbial rhodopsins are light-activated retinal-binding membrane proteins that perform a
variety of ion transport and photosensory functions. They display several cases of …

The diversity, community dynamics, and interactions of the microbiome in the world's deepest blue hole: Insights into extreme environmental response patterns and …

B Chen, K Yu, L Fu, Y Wei, J Liang, Z Liao… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Blue holes are unique marine sinkholes with extreme environments and biogeochemical
processes. However, our understanding of community dynamics, functional profiles, and …

Deciphering the functional and structural complexity of the Solar Lake flat mat microbial benthic communities

RZ Abdallah, AHA Elbehery, SF Ahmed, A Ouf… - Msystems, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Solar Lake in Taba, Egypt, encompasses one of the few modern-day
microbial mats' systems metabolically analogous to Precambrian stromatolites. Solar Lake …

Deciphering the community structure and the functional potential of a hypersaline marsh microbial mat community

C Pavloudi, H Zafeiropoulos - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Microbial mats are vertically stratified communities of microorganisms characterized by
pronounced physiochemical gradients allowing for high species diversity and a wide range …

Predicted metabolic roles and stress responses provide insights into candidate phyla Hydrogenedentota and Sumerlaeota as members of the rare biosphere in …

EJ Skoog, T Bosak - Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Pustular mats from Shark Bay, Western Australia, host complex microbial
communities bound within an organic matrix. These mats harbour many poorly …