Cyanobacteria and green algae are phototrophic microorganisms showing high diversity in
their cellular structure in response to the environmental conditions of the niche where they …

Arsenic (As) presence in different environments is attributed to anthropogenic, biogenic and
geogenic activities, and it exhibits different toxicity levels depending on its oxidative state …

Various ecological functions of biocrusts are mostly determined by their bacterial and fungal
abundance and community diversity, which has not yet been fully investigated. To provide …

Arid and semi-arid ecosystems are characterized by patchy vegetation and variable
resource availability. The interplant spaces of these ecosystems are very often covered by …

Numerous studies have examined bacterial communities in biological soil crusts (BSCs)
associated with warm arid to semiarid ecosystems. Few, however, have examined bacterial …

In drylands, soil surfaces in interplant spaces are usually covered by biocrusts, which consist
of communities of heterotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacteria, cyanobacteria, mosses …

Cyanobacteria associated with biological soil crusts (BSCs) have important attributes, such
as nitrogen fixation and soil stabilisation. However, research on these organisms has been …

The world is presently faced to the many calamities, mainly the increased and rapidly
developing environmental changes, soil degradation as an example of such environmental …

Biological soil crusts (BSCs) have important ecological functions in arid and semiarid lands,
but they remain poorly understood in terms of the changes in microbial communities during …

Cyanobacteria are a key constituent of biocrusts, communities dominated by lichens,
mosses and associated microorganisms, which are prevalent in drylands worldwide and that …