For all living organisms, nitrogen is an essential element, while being the most limiting in
ecosystems and for crop production. Despite the significant contribution of synthetic …

Alginate, a group of polyuronic saccharides, has been widely used in both pharmaceutical
and food industries due to its unique physicochemical properties as well as beneficial health …

Access to fixed or available forms of nitrogen limits the productivity of crop plants and thus
food production. Nitrogenous fertilizer production currently represents a significant expense …

Legumes obtain nitrogen from air through rhizobia residing in root nodules. Some species of
rhizobia can colonize cereals but do not fix nitrogen on them. Disabling native regulation …

Lipid research represents a frontier for microbiology, as showcased by hopanoid lipids.
Hopanoids, which resemble sterols and are found in the membranes of diverse bacteria …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitously distributed opportunistic pathogen that inhabits
soil and water as well as animal-, human-, and plant-host-associated environments. The …

Alginate is a linear polysaccharide that can be used for different applications in the food and
pharmaceutical industries. These polysaccharides have a chemical structure composed of …

Biological dinitrogen (N2) fixation supplies nitrogen to the oceans, supporting primary
productivity, and is carried out by some bacteria and archaea referred to as diazotrophs …

Background Extracellular polymeric matrix (EPM) is a complex component of the organo-
mineral assemblages created by biological soil crusts (BSCs). Mainly of polysaccharidic …

Biofilms exist in a variety of habitats that are routinely or periodically not saturated with
water, and residents must integrate cues on water abundance (matric stress) or osmolarity …