Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of microbial metal sulfide oxidation–part A

M Vera, A Schippers, S Hedrich, W Sand - Applied microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Bioleaching of metal sulfides is performed by diverse microorganisms. The dissolution of
metal sulfides occurs via two chemical pathways, either the thiosulfate or the polysulfide …

Microbial communities, processes and functions in acid mine drainage ecosystems

L Chen, L Huang, C Méndez-García, J Kuang… - Current opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•AMD microbial community is studied as a model system for microbial
ecology.•The taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of AMD microorganisms.•Functional and …

Growth temperature and chromatinization in archaea

A Hocher, G Borrel, K Fadhlaoui, JF Brugère… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
DNA in cells is associated with proteins that constrain its structure and affect DNA-templated
processes including transcription and replication. HU and histones are the main constituents …

Expanded Diversity and Phylogeny of mer Genes Broadens Mercury Resistance Paradigms and Reveals an Origin for MerA Among Thermophilic Archaea

CA Christakis, T Barkay, ES Boyd - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic element due to its high affinity for protein sulfhydryl groups,
which upon binding, can destabilize protein structure and decrease enzyme activity …

Insights into ecological role of a new deltaproteobacterial order Candidatus Acidulodesulfobacterales by metagenomics and metatranscriptomics

S Tan, J Liu, Y Fang, BP Hedlund, ZH Lian… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Several abundant but yet uncultivated bacterial groups exist in extreme iron-and sulfur-rich
environments, and the physiology, biodiversity, and ecological roles of these bacteria …

Identification of two archaeal GDGT lipid–modifying proteins reveals diverse microbes capable of GMGT biosynthesis and modification

AA Garcia, GL Chadwick, XL Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Archaea produce unique membrane-spanning lipids (MSLs), termed glycerol dialkyl glycerol
tetraethers (GDGTs), which aid in adaptive responses to various environmental challenges …

Metabolic versatility of small archaea Micrarchaeota and Parvarchaeota

LX Chen, C Méndez-García, N Dombrowski… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Small acidophilic archaea belonging to Micrarchaeota and Parvarchaeota phyla are known
to physically interact with some Thermoplasmatales members in nature. However, due to a …

Prospective biodegradation of organic and nitrogenous pollutants from palm oil mill effluent by acidophilic bacteria and archaea

A Ratnasari, NS Zaidi, A Syafiuddin, R Boopathy… - Bioresource Technology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Palm oil mill effluent (POME) is one of the environmentally hazardous sources of acidic
wastewater containing a high quantity of toxic organic and nitrogenous pollutants. A proper …

'ARMAN'archaea depend on association with euryarchaeal host in culture and in situ

OV Golyshina, SV Toshchakov, KS Makarova… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Intriguing, yet uncultured 'ARMAN'-like archaea are metabolically dependent on
other members of the microbial community. It remains uncertain though which hosts they rely …

Multiple evidence for methylotrophic methanogenesis as the dominant methanogenic pathway in hypersaline sediments from the Orca Basin, Gulf of Mexico

GC Zhuang, FJ Elling, LM Nigro, V Samarkin… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Among the most extreme habitats on Earth, dark, deep, anoxic brines host unique microbial
ecosystems that remain largely unexplored. As the terminal step of anaerobic degradation of …