Coal-waste dumps are an integral part of the environment and shape the landscape of coal
basins. This study aimed to present an analysis of environmental changes in terms of land …

Press disturbances are stressors that are extended or ongoing relative to the generation
times of community members, and, due to their longevity, have the potential to alter …

Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T‐RFLP) analysis is a polymerase chain
reaction (PCR)‐fingerprinting method that is commonly used for comparative microbial …

As an anthropogenic element of urban landscapes, coal heaps undergo changes due to
both natural and anthropogenic factors. The aim of this study was to determine the common …

In disturbance ecology, stability is composed of resistance to change and resilience towards
recovery after the disturbance subsides. Two key microbial mechanisms that can support …

Vegetation restoration is an available way to ameliorate degraded lands. In order to study
the response of soil microbes to vegetation restoration in coal mining subsidence areas, the …

Small bacterial and archaeal genomes provide insights into the minimal requirements for life
and are phylogenetically widespread. However, the precise environmental pressures that …

Long‐term (press) disturbances like the climate crisis and other anthropogenic pressures
are fundamentally altering ecosystems and their functions. Many critical ecosystem …

Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus UBT1 has been described as a moderately thermophilic
chemolithoautotroph with a novel nitrogenase enzyme that is oxygen-insensitive. We have …

Thermal ecosystems associated with areas of underground burning coal seams are rare and
poorly understood in comparison with geothermal objects. We studied the microbial …