Lipid molecules are organic compounds, insoluble in water, and based on carbon-carbon
chains that form an integral part of biological cell membranes. As such, lipids are ubiquitous …

Continent‐scale biogeography has been extensively studied in soils and marine systems,
but little is known about biogeographical patterns in non‐marine sediments. We used …

Microbes are difficult to culture. Consequently, the primary source of information about a
fundamental evolutionary topic, life's diversity, is the environmental distribution of gene …

Abstract Both Bacteria and Archaea might be involved in various biogeochemical processes
in lacustrine sediment ecosystems. However, the factors governing the intra-lake distribution …

We employed culture-dependent and-independent techniques to study microbial diversity in
Lake Chaka, a unique hypersaline lake (32.5% salinity) in northwest China. It is situated at …

The ability of anaerobic microorganisms to proliferate under extreme conditions is of
widespread importance for microbial physiology, remediation, industry, and evolution. The …

Studies of hypersaline ecosystems often yield novel organisms and contribute to our
understanding of extreme environments. Soils and sediments from La Sal del Rey, a …

Glaciers serve as effective reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and viruses for
millions of years. Climate change and anthropogenic activity have accelerated the melting of …

The diversity of filamentous fungi that can grow at high ambient pH values (ie, 8–11)
remains largely understudied. Here we study 100 alkalitolerant and alkaliphilic isolates from …

Past studies have revealed the important roles of certain types of microbes in precipitating
dolomite in coastal hypersaline lakes and lagoons, and marine sediments, however, it is still …