Historically, appreciation for the roles of resource gradients in biology has fluctuated
inversely to the popularity of genetic mechanisms. Nevertheless, in microbiology specifically …

Microbial mats are horizontally stratified microbial communities, exhibiting a structure
defined by physiochemical gradients, which models microbial diversity, physiological …

Most methanogenic archaea can reduce CO2 with H2 to methane, and it is generally
assumed that the reactions and mechanisms of energy conservation that are involved are …

Microbial mats are ecosystems that arguably greatly affected the conditions of the biosphere
on Earth through geological time. These laminated organosedimentary systems, which date …

The ecologically and economically important arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, crucial in
the ecology and physiology of land plants, and the endocytobiotic fungus, Geosiphon …

▪ Abstract This paper reviews the Precambrian history of atmospheric oxygen, beginning
with a brief discussion of the possible nature and magnitude of life before the evolution of …

Nanoparticles are a class of materials with properties distinctively different from their bulk
and molecular counterparts. A critical review of the very broad topic of environmental …

Introduction to Geomicrobiology is a timely and comprehensive overview of how microbial
life has affected Earth's environment through time. It shows how the ubiquity of …

Lithification in microbial ecosystems occurs when precipitation of minerals outweighs
dissolution. Although the formation of various minerals can result from microbial metabolism …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …