Phototrophic microbial mats are ideal model systems for ecological and evolutionary
analysis of highly diverse microbial communities. Microbial mats are small-scale, nearly …

This review provides a synthesis of limnological data and conclusions from studies on ponds
and small lakes at our research sites in Subarctic and Arctic Canada, Alaska, northern …

Microorganisms drive much of the Earth's nitrogen (N) cycle, but we still lack a global
overview of the abundance and composition of the microorganisms carrying out soil N …

Abstracta Voluminous parallel sequencing datasets, especially metagenomic experiments,
require distributed computing for de novo assembly and taxonomic profiling. Ray Meta is a …

We applied molecular, microscopic, and culture techniques to characterize the microbial
communities in snow and air at remote sites in the Canadian High Arctic (Ward Hunt Island …

In glacier-fed streams, ecological windows of opportunity allow complex microbial biofilms to
develop and transiently form the basis of the food web, thereby controlling key ecosystem …

Polar and alpine microbial communities experience a variety of environmental stresses,
including perennial cold and freezing; however, knowledge of genomic responses to such …

In the current context, there is a growing interest in reducing the use of chemical fertilizers
and pesticides to promote ecological agriculture. The use of biochar and plant growth …

Coastal microbial mats are small-scale and largely closed ecosystems in which a plethora of
different functional groups of microorganisms are responsible for the biogeochemical cycling …

Background Metagenomes can be analysed using different approaches and tools. One of
the most important distinctions is the way to perform taxonomic and functional assignment …