Bacteria are an important part of every ecosystem that they inhabit on Earth. Environmental
microbiologists usually focus on a few dominant bacterial groups, neglecting less abundant …

Gemmatimonadota is a diverse bacterial phylum commonly found in environments such as
soils, rhizospheres, fresh waters, and sediments. So far, the phylum contains just six cultured …

Aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophic (AAP) bacteria represent a functional group of
prokaryotic organisms that harvests light energy using bacteriochlorophyll‐containing …

The changes in the aquatic environmental conditions often influence the microbial
community assemblages and genome repertoire. Studies investigating the aquatic diversity …

Continental freshwater systems are particularly vulnerable to environmental variation.
Climate change‐induced desertification and the anthropogenic exploitation of hydric …

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from riverine water columns with suspended particles are
important for the global N2O budget. Although sunlight is known to influence the activity of …

The exceptionally long and protracted aridity in the Atacama Desert (AD), Chile, provides an
extreme, terrestrial ecosystem that is ideal for studying microbial community dynamics under …

Thallium (Tl) is a rare and extremely toxic metal whose toxicity is significantly higher than
cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and antimony (Sb). The extensive utilization of Tl-bearing minerals …

Gemmatimonadota is a phylum-level lineage distributed widely but rarely reported. Only six
representatives of Gemmatimonadota have so far been isolated and cultured in laboratory …

Phototrophic Gemmatimonadetes evolved the ability to use solar energy following horizontal
transfer of photosynthesis-related genes from an ancient phototrophic proteobacterium. The …