Pigments from Antarctic bacteria and their biotechnological applications

TR Silva, LCF Silva, AC de Queiroz… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Pigments from microorganisms have triggered great interest in the market, mostly by their
“natural” appeal, their favorable production conditions, in addition to the potential new …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change, melting cryosphere and frozen pathogens: Should we worry…?

LA Yarzábal, LMB Salazar… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Permanently frozen environments (glaciers, permafrost) are considered as natural reservoirs
of huge amounts of microorganisms, mostly dormant, including human pathogens. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of carotenoids with high antioxidant capacity produced by extremophile microorganisms

F Mandelli, VS Miranda, E Rodrigues… - World Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
In this study, the carotenoids produced by the extremophile microorganisms Halococcus
morrhuae, Halobacterium salinarium and Thermus filiformis were separated and identified …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation and characterization of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs from exposed soils from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica

G Tahon, A Willems - Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigated the culturable aerobic phototrophic bacteria present in soil samples
collected in the proximity of the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Station in the Sør Rondane …

Primary productivity of snow algae communities on stratovolcanoes of the Pacific Northwest

TL Hamilton, J Havig - Geobiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of geomicrobiological research conducted on glacial systems to date has
focused on glaciers that override primarily carbonate or granitic bedrock types, with little …

Resurrection of inactive microbes and resistome present in the natural frozen world: Reality or myth?

W Sajjad, M Rafiq, G Din, F Hasan, A Iqbal… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present world faces a new threat of ancient microbes and resistomes that are locked in
the cryosphere and now releasing upon thawing due to climate change and anthropogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Hymenobacter qilianensis sp. nov., isolated from a subsurface sandstone sediment in the permafrost region of Qilian Mountains, China and emended description of the …

L Han, SJ Wu, CY Qin, YH Zhu, ZQ Lu, B Xie… - Antonie van …, 2014 - Springer
A red–pink, Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, non-spore-forming bacterium,
designated strain DK6-37 was isolated from the permafrost region of Qilian Mountains in …

Hymenobacter amundsenii sp. nov. resistant to ultraviolet radiation, isolated from regoliths in Antarctica

I Sedláček, R Pantůček, S Králová, I Mašlaňová… - Systematic and applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
A group of thirteen bacterial strains was isolated from rock samples collected in a
deglaciated northern part of James Ross Island, Antarctica. The cells were rod-shaped …

Supraglacial bacterial community structures vary across the Greenland ice sheet

KA Cameron, M Stibal, JD Zarsky… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The composition and spatial variability of microbial communities that reside within the
extensive (> 200 000 km2) biologically active area encompassing the Greenland ice sheet …

Back to the future in a petri dish: Origin and impact of resurrected microbes in natural populations

S Houwenhuyse, E Macke, L Reyserhove… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Current natural populations face new interactions because of the re‐emergence of ancient
microbes and viruses. These risks come from the re‐emergence of pathogens kept in …