Engineering the genetic code of an organism has been proposed to provide a firewall from
natural ecosystems by preventing viral infections and gene transfer,,,,–. However, numerous …

Industrial biomining has been extensively used for many years to recover valuable metals
such as copper, gold, uranium and others. Furthermore, microorganisms involved in these …

High-throughput genomic technologies are accelerating progress in understanding the
diversity of microbial life in many environments. Here we highlight advances in genomics …

Microbial solubilizing of metals in acid environments is successfully used in industrial
bioleaching of ores or biomining to extract metals such as copper, gold, uranium and others …

The recent revision of the Acidithiobacillia class using genomic taxonomy methods has
shown that, in addition to the existence of previously unrecognized genera and species …

Type IV CRISPR-Cas are a distinct variety of highly derived CRISPR-Cas systems that
appear to have evolved from type III systems through the loss of the target-cleaving nuclease …

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are relevant agents in bacterial adaptation and
evolutionary diversification. Stable appropriation of these DNA elements depends on host …

The acidithiobacilli are sulfur-oxidizing acidophilic bacteria that thrive in both natural and
anthropogenic low pH environments. They contribute to processes that lead to the …

Members of the genus Acidithiobacillus, now ranked within the class Acidithiobacillia, are
model bacteria for the study of chemolithotrophic energy conversion under extreme …

Background Acidithiobacillus caldus is a sulfur oxidizing extreme acidophile and the only
known mesothermophile within the Acidithiobacillales. As such, it is one of the preferred …