Innovations to culturing the uncultured microbial majority

WH Lewis, G Tahon, P Geesink, DZ Sousa… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the surge of microbial genome data, experimental testing is important to confirm
inferences about the cell biology, ecological roles and evolution of microorganisms. As the …

Soil microbiome engineering for sustainability in a changing environment

JK Jansson, R McClure, RG Egbert - Nature Biotechnology, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in microbial ecology and synthetic biology have the potential to mitigate
damage caused by anthropogenic activities that are deleteriously impacting Earth's soil …

Diversity of cellulolytic microorganisms and microbial cellulases

L Liu, WC Huang, Y Liu, M Li - International Biodeterioration & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is a geographically abundant source of renewable energy, showing
enormous potential to contribute to escalating energy demands. Improving the industrial …

Nontuberculous mycobacteria as sapronoses: a review

I Pavlik, V Ulmann, D Hubelova, RT Weston - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mycobacteria are a unique group of microorganisms. They are characterised by exceptional
adaptability and durability. They are capable of colonisation and survival even in very …

Experimentally determined traits shape bacterial community composition one and five years following wildfire

DB Johnson, J Woolet, KM Yedinak… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Wildfires represent major ecological disturbances, burning 2–3% of Earth's terrestrial area
each year with sometimes drastic effects above-and belowground. Soil bacteria offer an …

Reaching unreachables: Obstacles and successes of microbial cultivation and their reasons

G Kapinusova, MA Lopez Marin, O Uhlik - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In terms of the number and diversity of living units, the prokaryotic empire is the most
represented form of life on Earth, and yet it is still to a significant degree shrouded in …

Dilution-to-stimulation/extinction method: a combination enrichment strategy to develop a minimal and versatile lignocellulolytic bacterial consortium

L Díaz-García, S Huang, C Spröer… - Applied and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The engineering of complex communities can be a successful path to understand the
ecology of microbial systems and improve biotechnological processes. Here, we developed …

Nanoscale zero-valent iron alleviated horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in soil: The important role of extracellular polymeric substances

X Li, S Cai, M Xu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are tightly related to the horizontal gene transfer
(HGT) of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), but often neglected in soil. In this study …

Hyperarid soil microbial community response to simulated rainfall

C Demergasso, JW Neilson, C Tebes-Cayo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The exceptionally long and protracted aridity in the Atacama Desert (AD), Chile, provides an
extreme, terrestrial ecosystem that is ideal for studying microbial community dynamics under …