Thermophiles in the genomic era: Biodiversity, science, and applications

MS Urbieta, ER Donati, KG Chan, S Shahar… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermophiles and hyperthermophiles are present in various regions of the Earth, including
volcanic environments, hot springs, mud pots, fumaroles, geysers, coastal thermal springs …

Impact of single-cell genomics and metagenomics on the emerging view of extremophile “microbial dark matter”

BP Hedlund, JA Dodsworth, SK Murugapiran, C Rinke… - Extremophiles, 2014 - Springer
Despite> 130 years of microbial cultivation studies, many microorganisms remain resistant
to traditional cultivation approaches, including numerous candidate phyla of bacteria and …

A comprehensive census of microbial diversity in hot springs of Tengchong, Yunnan Province China using 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing

W Hou, S Wang, H Dong, H Jiang, BR Briggs… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The Rehai and Ruidian geothermal fields, located in Tengchong County, Yunnan Province,
China, host a variety of geochemically distinct hot springs. In this study, we report a …

Genomic inference of the metabolism and evolution of the archaeal phylum Aigarchaeota

ZS Hua, YN Qu, Q Zhu, EM Zhou, YL Qi, YR Yin… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Microbes of the phylum Aigarchaeota are widely distributed in geothermal environments, but
their physiological and ecological roles are poorly understood. Here we analyze six …

Diversity of thermophiles in a Malaysian hot spring determined using 16S rRNA and shotgun metagenome sequencing

CS Chan, KG Chan, YL Tay, YH Chua… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The Sungai Klah (SK) hot spring is the second hottest geothermal spring in Malaysia. This
hot spring is a shallow, 150-m-long, fast-flowing stream, with temperatures varying from 50 …

Is post-polyploidization diploidization the key to the evolutionary success of angiosperms?

S Dodsworth, MW Chase… - Botanical Journal of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Advances in recent years have revolutionized our understanding of both the context and
occurrence of polyploidy in plants. Molecular phylogenetics has vastly improved our …

Control of temperature on microbial community structure in hot springs of the Tibetan Plateau

S Wang, W Hou, H Dong, H Jiang, L Huang, G Wu… - PLoS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The Tibetan Plateau in Northwest China hosts a number of hot springs that represent a
biodiversity hotspot for thermophiles, yet their diversity and relationship to environmental …

Single-cell and metagenomic analyses indicate a fermentative and saccharolytic lifestyle for members of the OP9 lineage

JA Dodsworth, PC Blainey, SK Murugapiran… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
OP9 is a yet-uncultivated bacterial lineage found in geothermal systems, petroleum
reservoirs, anaerobic digesters and wastewater treatment facilities. Here we use single-cell …

Phylogeny and physiology of candidate phylum 'Atribacteria'(OP9/JS1) inferred from cultivation-independent genomics

MK Nobu, JA Dodsworth, SK Murugapiran… - The ISME …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The 'Atribacteria'is a candidate phylum in the Bacteria recently proposed to include
members of the OP9 and JS1 lineages. OP9 and JS1 are globally distributed, and in some …

Chemolithotrophy in the continental deep subsurface: Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), USA

MR Osburn, DE LaRowe, LM Momper… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The deep subsurface is an enormous repository of microbial life. However, the metabolic
capabilities of these microorganisms and the degree to which they are dependent on …