Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems

TP Makhalanyane, A Valverde… - FEMS microbiology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A significant proportion of the Earth's surface is desert or in the process of desertification.
The extreme environmental conditions that characterize these areas result in a surface that …

The phylogeny, ecology and ecophysiology of the glycogen accumulating organism (GAO) Defluviicoccus in wastewater treatment plants

AM Maszenan, I Bessarab, RBH Williams, S Petrovski… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This comprehensive review looks critically what is known about members of the genus
Defluviicoccus, an example of a glycogen accumulating organism (GAO), in wastewater …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Cyanobacteria and algae of biological soil crusts

B Büdel, T Dulić, T Darienko, N Rybalka… - Biological soil crusts: an …, 2016 - Springer
Filamentous cyanobacteria are the key organisms in biological soil crust formation in all
biomes of the world. However, especially in temperate, arctic, and high alpine regions, as …

Global dispersion of bacterial cells on Asian dust

N Yamaguchi, T Ichijo, A Sakotani, T Baba, M Nasu - Scientific Reports, 2012 - nature.com
The atmospheric dispersion of bacteria over long distances is an important facet of microbial
ecology. Certain groups of dispersed bacteria can adapt to their new location and affect …

Predominant bacterial and fungal assemblages in agricultural soils during a record drought/heat wave and linkages to enzyme activities of biogeochemical cycling

V Acosta-Martinez, J Cotton, T Gardner… - Applied Soil …, 2014 - Elsevier
Identification of microbial assemblages predominant under natural extreme climatic events
will aid in our understanding of the resilience and resistance of microbial communities to …

Dryland soil microbial communities display spatial biogeographic patterns associated with soil depth and soil parent material

B Steven, LV Gallegos-Graves, J Belnap… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are common to drylands worldwide. We employed
replicated, spatially nested sampling and 16S rRNA gene sequencing to describe the soil …

Spatial segregation of the biological soil crust microbiome around its foundational cyanobacterium, Microcoleus vaginatus, and the formation of a nitrogen-fixing …

E Couradeau, A Giraldo-Silva, F De Martini… - Microbiome, 2019 - Springer
Background Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are a key component of arid land ecosystems,
where they render critical services such as soil surface stabilization and nutrient fertilization …

Structural and functional responses of microbial community with respect to salinity levels in a coastal reclamation land

K Kim, S Samaddar, P Chatterjee, R Krishnamoorthy… - Applied soil ecology, 2019 - Elsevier
Investigating microbial responses to soil salinity is of great importance for better
understanding of microbial adaptation in reclaimed land. In the present study, a thorough …

Elucidating the microbial resuscitation cascade in biological soil crusts following a simulated rain event

R Angel, R Conrad - Environmental microbiology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are photosynthetic mats formed through an association of
prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms with soil particles. Biocrusts are found in virtually …