The deep biosphere is the largest microbial habitat on Earth and features abundant bacterial
endospores. Whereas dormancy and survival at theoretical energy minima are hallmarks of …

Upstream oil and gas systems are negatively impacted by microbial activities that produce
hydrogen sulfide gas, enhance corrosion rates of metals, and cause costly damage to …

Selection by the local, contemporary environment plays a prominent role in shaping the
biogeography of microbes. However, the importance of historical factors in microbial …

Cold marine sediments harbor endospores of fermentative and sulfate-reducing,
thermophilic bacteria. These dormant populations of endospores are believed to accumulate …

Endospore‐forming bacteria make up an important and numerically significant component of
microbial communities in a range of settings including soils, industry, hospitals and marine …

Dormant endospores of anaerobic, thermophilic bacteria found in cold marine sediments
offer a useful model for studying microbial biogeography, dispersal, and survival. The …

Microbially mediated processes in a given habitat tend to be catalyzed by abundant
populations that are ecologically adapted to exploit specific environmental characteristics …

Thermospores, the dormant resting stages of thermophilic bacteria, have been shown to be
frequent but enigmatic components of cold marine sediments around the world. Multiple …

This paper examined the reservoir souring induced by the sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB)
inhabiting the reservoir brine of an oilfield in Japan. Although the concentration of sulfate of …

Endospores of anaerobic thermophilic bacteria (thermospores) are ubiquitous in cold
marine sediments. These misplaced thermophiles likely originate from warm environments …