Ecology and exploration of the rare biosphere

MDJ Lynch, JD Neufeld - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
The profound influence of microorganisms on human life and global biogeochemical cycles
underlines the value of studying the biogeography of microorganisms, exploring microbial …

Cobalt: an essential micronutrient for plant growth?

X Hu, X Wei, J Ling, J Chen - Frontiers in plant science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cobalt is a transition metal located in the fourth row of the periodic table and is a neighbor of
iron and nickel. It has been considered an essential element for prokaryotes, human beings …

Vitamin B12 sources and microbial interaction

F Watanabe, T Bito - Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Vitamin B 12 is synthesized only by certain bacteria and archaeon, but not by plants. The
synthesized vitamin B 12 is transferred and accumulates in animal tissues, which can occur …

Sharing vitamins: Cobamides unveil microbial interactions

OM Sokolovskaya, AN Shelton, ME Taga - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Nearly every plant, animal, and environment on earth is host to a diverse
community of microorganisms that influence each other and their environment …

Genomic and proteomic characterization of “Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus brevis”: An ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from the open ocean

AE Santoro, CL Dupont, RA Richter… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Thaumarchaeota are among the most abundant microbial cells in the ocean, but difficulty in
cultivating marine Thaumarchaeota has hindered investigation into the physiological and …

Nitrosopumilus maritimus gen. nov., sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus cobalaminigenes sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus oxyclinae sp. nov., and Nitrosopumilus ureiphilus sp. nov., four marine …

W Qin, KR Heal, R Ramdasi… - … of systematic and …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
Four mesophilic, neutrophilic, and aerobic marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea, designated
strains SCM1T, HCA1T, HCE1T and PS0T, were isolated from a tropical marine fish tank …

Phytoplankton–bacterial interactions mediate micronutrient colimitation at the coastal Antarctic sea ice edge

EM Bertrand, JP McCrow, A Moustafa… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Southern Ocean primary productivity plays a key role in global ocean biogeochemistry and
climate. At the Southern Ocean sea ice edge in coastal McMurdo Sound, we observed …

Taxonomic and carbon metabolic diversification of Bathyarchaeia during its coevolution history with early Earth surface environment

J Hou, Y Wang, P Zhu, N Yang, L Liang, T Yu, M Niu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Bathyarchaeia, as one of the most abundant microorganisms on Earth, play vital roles in the
global carbon cycle. However, our understanding of their origin, evolution, and ecological …

Proteomics and comparative genomics of Nitrososphaera viennensis reveal the core genome and adaptations of archaeal ammonia oxidizers

M Kerou, P Offre, L Valledor, SS Abby… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are among the most abundant microorganisms and key
players in the global nitrogen and carbon cycles. They share a common energy metabolism …

Two distinct pools of B12 analogs reveal community interdependencies in the ocean

KR Heal, W Qin, F Ribalet… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Organisms within all domains of life require the cofactor cobalamin (vitamin B12), which is
produced only by a subset of bacteria and archaea. On the basis of genomic analyses …