[HTML][HTML] Phylum Gemmatimonadota and its role in the environment

I Mujakić, K Piwosz, M Koblížek - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacteria are an important part of every ecosystem that they inhabit on Earth. Environmental
microbiologists usually focus on a few dominant bacterial groups, neglecting less abundant …

Antarctica's vegetation in a changing climate

C Colesie, CV Walshaw, LG Sancho… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctica plays a central role in regulating global climatic and oceanographic patterns and
is an integral part of global climate change discussions. The functioning of Antarctica's …

A global synthesis of biodiversity responses to glacier retreat

S Cauvy-Fraunié, O Dangles - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2019 - nature.com
Glaciers cover about 10% of the Earth's land area but they are retreating rapidly and many
will disappear within decades. Glacier retreat is a worldwide phenomenon increasing the …

Soil microbial communities are shaped by plant‐driven changes in resource availability during secondary succession

LC Cline, DR Zak - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Although we understand the ecological processes eliciting changes in plant community
composition during secondary succession, we do not understand whether co‐occurring …

Vertical distribution of the soil microbiota along a successional gradient in a glacier forefield

T Rime, M Hartmann, I Brunner, F Widmer… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial patterns of microbial communities have been extensively surveyed in well‐
developed soils, but few studies investigated the vertical distribution of micro‐organisms in …

[HTML][HTML] Differential colonization and succession of microbial communities in rock and soil substrates on a maritime antarctic glacier forefield

I Garrido-Benavent, S Pérez-Ortega, J Durán… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Glacier forefields provide a unique chronosequence to assess microbial or plant
colonization and ecological succession on previously uncolonized substrates. Patterns of …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature driven membrane lipid adaptation in glacial psychrophilic bacteria

N Hassan, AM Anesio, M Rafiq, J Holtvoeth… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacteria inhabiting non-polar glaciers are exposed to large variations in temperature, which
significantly affects the fluidity of bacterial cell membranes. In order to maintain normal …

Topsoil organic matter build‐up in glacier forelands around the world

N Khedim, L Cecillon, J Poulenard… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since the last glacial maximum, soil formation related to ice‐cover shrinkage has been one
major sink of carbon accumulating as soil organic matter (SOM), a phenomenon accelerated …

Biogeography and emerging significance of Actinobacteria in Australia and Northern Antarctica soils

R Araujo, VVSR Gupta, F Reith, A Bissett… - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Actinobacteria play key roles in terrestrial ecosystem functioning. They contribute to global
carbon cycling through the decomposition of soil organic matter, increase plant productivity …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of continental Antarctic soils

DA Cowan, TP Makhalanyane, PG Dennis… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The Antarctica Dry Valleys are regarded as the coldest hyperarid desert system on Earth.
While a wide variety of environmental stressors including very low minimum temperatures …