CRISPR-Cas defense systems have been naturally coopted for guide RNA-directed
transposition by Tn7 family bacterial transposons. We find cyanobacterial genomes are rich …

Bacteria and Archaea are traditionally regarded as organisms with a simple morphology
constrained to a size of 2–3 µm. Nevertheless, the history of microbial research is rich in the …

Cyanobacteria have a long evolutionary history, well documented in marine rocks. They are
also abundant and diverse in terrestrial environments; however, although phylogenies …

Prokaryotic genomes are often considered to be mosaics of genes that do not necessarily
share the same evolutionary history due to widespread horizontal gene transfers (HGTs) …

The phytochrome superfamily comprises three groups of photoreceptors sharing a
conserved GAF (cGMP-specific phosphodiesterases, cyanobacterial adenylate cyclases …

While nostocacean cyanobacteria are ubiquitous and play critical roles in terrestrial
ecosystems, their taxonomy and biogeography still entail mysteries. We isolated two Nostoc …

Abstract Two Raphidiopsis (= Cylindrospermopsis) raciborskii metagenome-assembled
genomes (MAGs) were recovered from two freshwater metagenomic datasets sampled in …

Brasilonema was separated from Scytonema only in 2007 (Fiore et al. 2007). It possesses
diagnostic morphological characteristics such as vacuole–like structures in older cells …

In arid and semiarid ecosystems, the biological soil crust (biocrust) community is
ecologically critical and it is advantageous to restore damaged biocrust. Coastal sage scrub …

The current study aimed to analyze bacterial communities' diversity and abundance in three
different deserted areas (Merzouga, Mhamid Elghizlane, and Erg lihoud) located in …