The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is the oldest and most arid nonpolar environment on
Earth. It is a coastal desert covering approximately 180,000 km2, and together with the …

While photosynthetic processes have become increasingly understood in cyanobacterial
model strains, differences in the spatial distribution of thylakoid membranes among various …

Biocrusts are associations of various prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms in the top
millimeters of soil, which can be found in every climate zone on Earth. They stabilize soils …

The systematics of single‐celled cyanobacteria represents a major challenge due to
morphological convergence and application of various taxonomic concepts. The genus …

Cyanobacteria are crucial ecosystem components in dryland soils. Advances in describing α–
level taxonomy are needed to understand what drives their abundance and distribution. We …

The cyanobacteria are an ancient lineage of photo-oxygenic bacteria. Globally responsible
for much of the primary productivity and nitrogen fixation, they are also evolutionarily …

Cyanobacteria are good candidates for various martian applications as a potential source of
food, fertilizer, oxygen, and biofuels. However, the increased levels of highly toxic …

Soil cyanobacteria are crucial components of biological soil crusts and carry out many
functions in dryland ecosystems. Despite this importance, their taxonomy and population …

Cyanobacteria have exerted a profound influence on the progressive oxygenation of Earth.
As a complementary approach to examining the geologic record—phylogenomic and trait …

The polyphasic approach has been widely applied in cyanobacterial taxonomy, which
frequently led to additions to the species inventory. Increasing our knowledge about species …