Nutrient deficiency, especially bio-available nitrogen deficiency, often impedes the
bioremediation efforts of mining generated tailings. Biological nitrogen fixation is a critical …

Nitrogen (N) fixation is the conversion of inert nitrogen gas (N2) to bioavailable N essential
for all forms of life. N2-fixing microorganisms (diazotrophs), which play a key role in global N …

Thiotrophic symbioses between sulphur‐oxidizing bacteria and various unicellular and
metazoan eukaryotes are widespread in reducing marine environments. The giant colonial …

In this study, we investigated the composition of the gill tissue relative to the reproductive
status of the lucinid clam Loripes orbiculatus (sensus Poli, 1791) according to seasonal as …

Freshwater unionid mussels, as ecosystem engineers, modify the environment through
feeding and burrowing, improving water clarity and nutrient cycling. They clear particulate …

Many species of marine clams from the family Thyasiridae form symbioses with sulfur
oxidizing bacteria, which are maintained externally on gill epithelial cells. Transmission …

A diverse range of marine invertebrates have evolved associations with intracellular,
chemosynthetic bacteria that provide them with nutrition. The specificity of these interactions …

This thesis explores the role of the root microbiome in facilitating seagrass growth and
survival and endeavours to develop novel microbial indicators for improved seagrass …

Assessing diversity in environmental microbial communities remains challenging and
demanding despite fundamental progress made in sequencing techniques over the past …