Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria

A Hördt, MG López, JP Meier-Kolthoff… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative
bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat …

Cultivating electroactive microbes—from field to bench

MO Yee, J Deutzmann, A Spormann… - Nanotechnology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Electromicrobiology is an emerging field investigating and exploiting the interaction of
microorganisms with insoluble electron donors or acceptors. Some of the most recently …

Extracellular electron uptake by autotrophic microbes: physiological, ecological, and evolutionary implications

D Gupta, MS Guzman, A Bose - … Official Journal of the Society for …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Microbes exchange electrons with their extracellular environment via direct or indirect
means. This exchange is bidirectional and supports essential microbial oxidation–reduction …

Physiological and genomic features of Paraoceanicella profunda gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel piezophile isolated from deep seawater of the Mariana Trench

P Liu, W Ding, Q Lai, R Liu, Y Wei, L Wang… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A novel piezophilic alphaproteobacterium, strain D4M1T, was isolated from deep seawater
of the Mariana Trench. 16S rRNA gene analysis showed that strain D4M1T was most closely …