Bacteria are an important part of every ecosystem that they inhabit on Earth. Environmental
microbiologists usually focus on a few dominant bacterial groups, neglecting less abundant …

The organisms thriving under extreme conditions better than any other organism living on
Earth, fascinate by their hostile growing parameters, physiological features, and their …

Argonaute proteins are the central effectors of RNA-guided RNA silencing pathways in
eukaryotes, playing crucial roles in gene repression and defense against viruses and …

Microorganisms play important roles in the biogeochemical cycling of sulphur (S), an
essential element in the Earth's biosphere. Shotgun metagenome sequencing has opened a …

Eukaryotic genomes are known to have garnered innovations from both archaeal and
bacterial domains but the sequence of events that led to the complex gene repertoire of …

The bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes contains members capable of performing
bacteriochlorophyll-based phototrophy (chlorophototrophy). However, only one strain of …

Gemmatimonadota is a diverse bacterial phylum commonly found in environments such as
soils, rhizospheres, fresh waters, and sediments. So far, the phylum contains just six cultured …

Common culturing techniques and priorities bias our discovery towards specific traits that
may not be representative of microbial diversity in nature. So far, these biases have not been …

The increasing environmental and human health concerns about lead in the environment
have stimulated scientists to search for microbial processes as innovative bioremediation …

Background and aims Phosphorus (P) fertilization affects plant diversity and ecosystem
function by changing the abundance and composition of functional soil microorganisms and …