Microbial communities control numerous biogeochemical processes critical for ecosystem
function and health. Most analyses of coastal microbial communities focus on the …

Fungi are a key component of the biosphere and fulfill a wide range of important
biogeochemical and ecological functions, including those related to nutrient cycling …

In order to facilitate the evaluation of archaeal community diversity and distribution in high‐
temperature environments, 14 16S rRNA oligonucleotide probes were designed. Adequate …

Deep-sea hydrothermal sediments are known to support remarkably diverse microbial
consortia. Culture-independent sequence-based technologies have extensively been used …

Novel molecular, analytical and culturing techniques have resulted in dramatic changes in
our approaches towards marine eukaryotic diversity in recent years. This article reviews …

We investigated the diversity of fungal communities in 6 different deep-sea sediment
samples of the Pacific Ocean based on three different types of clone libraries, including …

Deep‐sea hydrothermal vents are unique environments on E arth, as they host
chemosynthetic ecosystems fuelled by geochemical energy with chemolithoautotrophic …

Cold marine sediments harbor endospores of fermentative and sulfate-reducing,
thermophilic bacteria. These dormant populations of endospores are believed to accumulate …

Subseafloor sediments present an untapped source of novel bacterial species with
industrially important bioactivities. Subseafloor core samples collected during the Integrated …

Major recent advances in deep-sea biotechnology have come in the form of continuing
discoveries of novel microorganisms, unexpected genetic diversity, and new natural …