Seaweeds are broadly distributed and represent an important source of secondary
metabolites (eg, halogenated compounds, polyphenols) eliciting various pharmacological …

Archaea are widespread in marine sediments, but their occurrence and relationship with
natural salinity gradients in estuarine sediments is not well understood. This study …

Urban rivers represent a unique ecosystem in which pollution occurs regularly, leading to
significantly altered of chemical and biological characteristics of the surface water and …

Coastal ecosystems are hotspots for nitrogen cycling, and specifically for nitrogen removal
from water and sediment through the coupled nitrification-denitrification process. Salinity is …

The gradient distribution of microbial communities has been detected in profiles along many
natural environments. In a mangrove seedlings inhabited mudflat, the microbes drive a …

While saline soils account for 6.5% of the total land area globally, it comprises about 70% of
the area in northwestern China. Microbiota in these saline soils are particularly important …

Modern microbial mats are potential analogues of some of Earth's earliest ecosystems.
Excellent examples can be found in Shark Bay, Australia, with mats of various morphologies …

Both planktonic and sediment bacterial assemblages are the important components of
freshwater lake ecosystems. However, their spatiotemporal shift and the driving forces …

High abundance and widespread distribution of the archaeal phylum Bathyarchaeota in
marine environment have been recognized recently, but knowledge about Bathyarchaeota …

Owing to its combination of superior natural conditions and abundant resources, the Pearl
River Delta (PRD), China, is densely populated, with concentrated industry and rapid …