The rebirth of culture in microbiology through the example of culturomics to study human gut microbiota

JC Lagier, P Hugon, S Khelaifia… - Clinical microbiology …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial culture was the first method used to describe the human microbiota, but this
method is considered outdated by many researchers. Metagenomics studies have since …

Present and future of culturing bacteria

J Overmann, B Abt, J Sikorski - Annual review of microbiology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The cultivation of bacteria is highly biased toward a few phylogenetic groups. Many of the
currently underexplored bacterial lineages likely have novel biosynthetic pathways and …

Cultivation and functional characterization of 79 planctomycetes uncovers their unique biology

S Wiegand, M Jogler, C Boedeker, D Pinto… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
When it comes to the discovery and analysis of yet uncharted bacterial traits, pure cultures
are essential as only these allow detailed morphological and physiological characterization …

Soil properties influence bacterial abundance and diversity under different land-use regimes in semi-arid environments

M Mhete, PN Eze, TO Rahube, FO Akinyemi - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
Bacterial diversity is known to be a driver of soil ecosystem services and it is influenced by
the natural integrity of the environments. Samples from garden soil, saline soil and sludge …

Planctomycetes as host-associated bacteria: a perspective that holds promise for their future isolations, by mimicking their native environmental niches in clinical …

OD Kaboré, S Godreuil, M Drancourt - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Traditionally recognized as environmental bacteria, Planctomycetes have just been linked
recently to human pathology as opportunistic pathogens, arousing a great interest for clinical …

Sustained bauxite residue rehabilitation with gypsum and organic matter 16 years after initial treatment

AW Bray, DI Stewart, R Courtney, SP Rout… - Environmental …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bauxite residue is a high volume byproduct of alumina manufacture which is commonly
disposed of in purpose-built bauxite residue disposal areas (BRDAs). Natural waters …

Niche-directed evolution modulates genome architecture in freshwater Planctomycetes

AŞ Andrei, MM Salcher, M Mehrshad… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Freshwater environments teem with microbes that do not have counterparts in culture
collections or genetic data available in genomic repositories. Currently, our apprehension of …

The Planctomycetia: an overview of the currently largest class within the phylum Planctomycetes

IR Vitorino, OM Lage - Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 2022 - Springer
The phylum Planctomycetes comprises bacteria with uncommon features among
prokaryotes, such as cell division by budding, absence of the bacterial tubulin-homolog cell …

Stable-isotope probing identifies uncultured Planctomycetes as primary degraders of a complex heteropolysaccharide in soil

X Wang, CE Sharp, GM Jones, SE Grasby… - Applied and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The exopolysaccharides (EPSs) produced by some bacteria are potential growth substrates
for other bacteria in soil. We used stable-isotope probing (SIP) to identify aerobic soil …

Large-scale impact of the 2016 Marine Heatwave on the plankton-associated microbial communities of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

L Doni, C Oliveri, A Lasa, A Di Cesare, S Petrin… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the world's largest coral ecosystem and is
threatened by climate change. This study investigated the impact of the 2016 Marine …