Microbiologically influenced corrosion and current mitigation strategies: a state of the art review

R Jia, T Unsal, D Xu, Y Lekbach, T Gu - International biodeterioration & …, 2019 - Elsevier
In nature, microbes tend to form synergistic biofilms on a wide range of materials using
extracellular polymeric substances to embed sessile cells. Problematic biofilms provide …

The organic geochemistry of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids: A review

S Schouten, EC Hopmans, JSS Damsté - Organic geochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids are membrane lipids which were long
thought to be synthesized mainly by archaea, organisms thought to be limited to extreme …

Cell biology and molecular basis of denitrification

WG Zumft - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Denitrification is a distinct means of energy conservation, making use of N oxides as
terminal electron acceptors for cellular bioenergetics under anaerobic, microaerophilic, and …

Hyperthermophilic enzymes: sources, uses, and molecular mechanisms for thermostability

C Vieille, GJ Zeikus - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Enzymes synthesized by hyperthermophiles (bacteria and archaea with optimal growth
temperatures of> 80° C), also called hyperthermophilic enzymes, are typically thermostable …

Archaea in biogeochemical cycles

P Offre, A Spang, C Schleper - Annual review of microbiology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Archaea constitute a considerable fraction of the microbial biomass on Earth. Like Bacteria
they have evolved a variety of energy metabolisms using organic and/or inorganic electron …

Energetics of overall metabolic reactions of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic Archaea and Bacteria

JP Amend, EL Shock - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Thermophilic and hyperthermophilic Archaea and Bacteria have been isolated from marine
hydrothermal systems, heated sediments, continental solfataras, hot springs, water heaters …

Enzymes and associated electron transport systems that catalyse the respiratory reduction of nitrogen oxides and oxyanions

BC Berks, SJ Ferguson, JWB Moir… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 1995 - Elsevier
Nitrogen is present in the environment in a number of oxidation states (Fig. 1).
Interconversion between these oxidation states is predominantly biological (Fig. 1). In this …

Ecology of denitrifying prokaryotes in agricultural soil

L Philippot, S Hallin, M Schloter - Advances in agronomy, 2007 - Elsevier
Denitrification is a microbial respiratory process during which soluble nitrogen oxides are
used as an alternative electron acceptor when oxygen is limiting. It results in considerable …

Genomic evidence for distinct carbon substrate preferences and ecological niches of B athyarchaeota in estuarine sediments

CS Lazar, BJ Baker, K Seitz, AS Hyde… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Investigations of the biogeochemical roles of benthic A rchaea in marine sediments are
hampered by the scarcity of cultured representatives. In order to determine their metabolic …

Bacterial respiration: a flexible process for a changing environment

DJ Richardson - Microbiology, 2000 - microbiologyresearch.org
The respiration of oxygen is fundamental to the life of higher animals and plants. The basic
respiratory process in the mitochondria of these organisms involves the donation of …