Most of the genetic, cellular, and biochemical diversity of life rests within single-celled
organisms—the prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) and microbial eukaryotes (protists) …

Flooded rice paddies are one of the major biogenic sources of atmospheric methane. Apart
from this contribution to the 'greenhouse'effect, rice paddy soil represents a suitable model …

In the rRNA-based tree of life four bacterial phyla, comprising the Planctomycetes,
Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae and Lentisphaerae, form together with the candidate phyla …

Microbial hydrolysis of polysaccharides is critical to ecosystem functioning and is of great
interest in diverse biotechnological applications, such as biofuel production and …

In Arctic marine bacterial communities, members of the phylum Verrucomicrobia are
consistently detected, although not typically abundant, in 16S rRNA gene clone libraries and …

Lateral gene transfer–the transfer of genetic material between species–has been
acknowledged as a major mechanism in prokaryotic genome evolution for some time …

The organisation of cells of the planctomycete species Pirellula marina, Isosphaera pallida,
Gemmata obscuriglobus, Planctomyces maris and" Candidatus Brocadia anammoxidans" …

In recent years it has been shown that bacteria contain a number of cytoskeletal structures.
The bacterial cytoplasmic elements include homologs of the three major types of eukaryotic …

The phylum Planctomycetes of the domain Bacteria consists of budding, peptidoglycan-less
organisms important for understanding the origins of complex cell organization. Their …

Depending on their relationship with the pelagic particulate matter, planktonic prokaryotes
have traditionally been classified into two types of communities: free-living (FL) or attached …