Studies based on protein-coding genes are essential to describe the diversity within
bacterial functional groups. In the case of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria …

Background Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria are heterotrophic bacteria that
supply their metabolism with light energy harvested by bacteriochlorophyll-a-containing …

Traditional culture techniques usually retrieve a small fraction of the marine microbial
diversity, which mainly belong to the so-called rare biosphere. However, this paradigm has …

Microbial growth and mortality are major determinants of soil carbon cycling. We measured
in situ growth dynamics of individual bacterial taxa in cropped and successional soils in …

By combining qualitative 16S metabarcoding and quantitative CARD-FISH methods with
neural gas analysis, different patterns of the picoplankton community were revealed at finer …

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria harvest light energy using
bacteriochlorophyll-containing reaction centers to supplement their mostly heterotrophic …

Marine prokaryotes play crucial roles in ocean biogeochemical cycles, being their
contribution strongly influenced by their growth rates. Hence, elucidating the variability and …

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria are a common part of microbial
communities in the sunlit ocean. They contain bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a)‐based …

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria are an important component of freshwater
bacterioplankton. They can support their heterotrophic metabolism with energy from light …

Plastic debris in the ocean releases chemical compounds that can be toxic to marine fauna.
It was recently found that some marine bacteria can degrade such leachates, but information …