Natural products have a huge value in pharmaceuticals industry as molecules or templates
for discovery or further development of new drugs. It is predicted that, if the marine resources …

Microorganisms inhabit very different soil habitats in the ice-free areas of Antarctica, playing
a major role in nutrient cycling in cold environments. We studied the soil characteristics and …

Petroleum pollution is a major concern in Antarctica due to the persistent nature of its
hydrocarbon components coupled with the region's extreme environmental conditions …

Quantifying the occurrence of Antarctic antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) is essential for
assessing the level of pollution and assessing the “baseline” or background level of ARB in …

In this study, using NextGen sequencing of the collective 16S rRNA genes obtained from two
sets of samples collected from Lake Obersee, Antarctica, we compared and contrasted two …

Since the advent of 16S rRNA gene-based molecular analysis, an increasing amount of
work has been conducted on the Antarctic soil bacterial community. The majority of such …

Antarctica has the greatest diversity of lakes types on the planet including freshwater,
brackish, saline and hypersaline systems, epishelf lakes, ice shelf lakes and lakes and …

It has been proposed that Antarctic environments select microorganisms with unique
biochemical adaptations, based on the tenet 'Everything is everywhere, but, the environment …

Although ice-free areas cover only about 0.1% of Antarctica and are characterized by harsh
environmental conditions, these regions provide quite diverse conditions for the soil-forming …

Microbes are the key components of the soil environment, playing important roles during soil
development. Soil parent material provides the foundation elements that comprise the basic …