We present two standards developed by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) for
reporting bacterial and archaeal genome sequences. Both are extensions of the Minimum …

The recent recovery of genomes for organisms from phyla with no isolated representative
(candidate phyla) via cultivation-independent genomics enabled delineation of major new …

Microbial and viral communities transform the chemistry of Earth's ecosystems, yet the
specific reactions catalyzed by these biological engines are hard to decode due to the …

Candidate phyla radiation (CPR) bacteria and DPANN (an acronym of the names of the first
included phyla) archaea are massive radiations of organisms that are widely distributed …

Although great strides have been made in understanding the complex bacterial community
inhabiting the human oral cavity, for a variety of (mainly technical) reasons the ecological …

Highlights•RubisCO evolved into Nature's predominant CO 2-fixing enzyme in three distinct
steps.•RubisCO evolved from a non-CO 2-fixing ancestral enzyme into a true …

Abstract Microbes in Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California) hydrothermal sediments thrive on
hydrocarbons and sulfur and experience steep, fluctuating temperature and chemical …

Carbon fixation is the process by which CO2 is converted from a gas into biomass. The
Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle (CBB) is the dominant carbon-consuming pathway on …

Organic carbon in marine sediments is a critical component of the global carbon cycle, and
its degradation influences a wide range of phenomena, including the magnitude of carbon …

Highlights•Recent discoveries from metagenomics and single cell genomics.•Metabolic
features of the uncultivated majority.•Success stories of cultivating microbial dark …