[HTML][HTML] The ecological roles of microbial lipopeptides: Where are we going?

C Gutiérrez-Chávez, N Benaud, BC Ferrari - Computational and Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lipopeptides (LPs) are secondary metabolites produced by a diversity of bacteria and fungi.
Their unique chemical structure comprises both a peptide and a lipid moiety. LPs are of …

Biogeographic survey of soil bacterial communities across Antarctica

G Varliero, PH Lebre, B Adams, SL Chown, P Convey… - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Antarctica and its unique biodiversity are increasingly at risk from the effects of
global climate change and other human influences. A significant recent element …

Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations

M Ji, TJ Williams, K Montgomery, HL Wong… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Candidatus phylum Eremiobacterota (formerly WPS-2) is an as-yet-uncultured bacterial
clade that takes its name from Ca. Eremiobacter, an Antarctic soil aerobe proposed to be …

Atmospheric chemosynthesis is phylogenetically and geographically widespread and contributes significantly to carbon fixation throughout cold deserts

AE Ray, J Zaugg, N Benaud, DS Chelliah… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cold desert soil microbiomes thrive despite severe moisture and nutrient limitations. In
Eastern Antarctic soils, bacterial primary production is supported by trace gas oxidation and …

Polar soils exhibit distinct patterns in microbial diversity and dominant phylotypes

M Ji, W Kong, H Jia, M Delgado-Baquerizo… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The polar regions, comprising the Antarctic, Arctic and Tibetan Plateau, represent the most
extreme environments on Earth. Soils across the polar regions harbor diverse …

Leave no stone unturned: individually adapted xerotolerant Thaumarchaeota sheltered below the boulders of the Atacama Desert hyperarid core

Y Hwang, D Schulze-Makuch, FL Arens, JS Saenz… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background The hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert is an extremely harsh environment
thought to be colonized by only a few heterotrophic bacterial species. Current concepts for …

Microbial community composition of terrestrial habitats in East Antarctica with a focus on microphototrophs

E Pushkareva, J Elster, S Kudoh, S Imura… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Antarctic terrestrial environment harbors a diverse community of microorganisms, which
have adapted to the extreme conditions. The aim of this study was to describe the …

Life on the edge: Microbial diversity, resistome, and virulome in soils from the union glacier cold desert

P Arros, D Palma, M Gálvez-Silva, A Gaete… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The high-latitude regions of Antarctica remain among the most remote, extreme, and least
explored areas on Earth. Still, microbial life has been reported in these environments, with …

Effect of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation on endophytic bacteria of lettuce

Z Han, Z Zhang, Y Li, B Wang, Q **ao, Z Li… - … and Molecular Plant …, 2023 - Elsevier
AMF have been found to benefit plant growth. However, it still lacks available evidence that
AMF inoculation affects endophytic bacteria of lettuce. To complement this knowledge, a pot …

Effects of increasing soil moisture on Antarctic desert microbial ecosystems

E Zhang, SY Wong, P Czechowski… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Overgeneralization and a lack of baseline data for microorganisms in high‐latitude
environments have restricted the understanding of the microbial response to climate …