Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras) are among the oldest extant predators
and are vital to top-down regulation of oceanic ecosystems. They are an ecologically diverse …

Rapid urbanisation and ensuing anthropogenic pollution lead to an escalated occurrence of
heavy metals and metal-resistant bacteria in the soil ecosystem. Mangrove ecosystems are …

A major forthcoming sanitary issue concerns the apparition and spreading of drug-resistant
microorganisms, potentially threatening millions of humans. In low-income countries …

To explore how microbial community composition and function varies within a coral reef
ecosystem, we performed metagenomic sequencing of seawater from four niches across …

A metagenomic analysis of two aquifer systems located under a dairy farming region was
performed to examine to what extent the composition and function of microbial communities …

Although microorganisms play crucial roles in ecosystems, metagenomic analyses of soil
samples are quite scarce, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. In this work, the microbial …

Little is known about the functional capability of microbial communities in shallow-sea
hydrothermal systems (water depth of< 200 m). This study analyzed two high-throughput …

Abstract The Gulf of Cambay is a trumpet-shaped inlet of the Arabian Sea, located along the
west coast of India and confronts a high tidal range with strong water currents. The region …

Here we assess the ability of random whole metagenomic sequencing approaches to
discriminate between similar soils from two geographically distinct urban sites for application …

Microorganisms act both as drivers and indicators of perturbations in the marine
environment. In an effort to establish baselines to predict the response of marine habitats to …