Methanotrophs, cells that consume methane (CH4) as their sole source of carbon and
energy, play key roles in the global carbon cycle, including controlling anthropogenic and …

The rhizosphere is a biologically active zone of the soil around plant roots that contains soil-
borne microbes including bacteria and fungi. Plant–microbe interactions in the rhizosphere …

Methane oxidation can occur in both aerobic and anaerobic environments; however, these
are completely different processes involving different groups of prokaryotes. Aerobic …

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology for the clean‐up of sites contaminated with
hazardous chemicals. The term phytoremediation refers to a number of technologies that …

For simultaneous identification of members of the betaproteobacterial order “Rhodocyclales”
in environmental samples, a 16S rRNA gene-targeted oligonucleotide microarray (RHC …

Medical microbiology is a branch of medical science that deals with the prevention,
diagnosis, and therapy of infectious diseases. A clinical microbiologist is a professional …

The consequences of microbial functional diversity loss on key ecosystem processes remain
debatable due to lack of firm evidence from observational or manipulative experiments for a …

Oligonucleotide microarrays offer a fast, high-throughput alternative for the parallel detection
of microbes from virtually any sample. The application potential spreads across most sectors …

Work on soils suppressive to Thielaviopsis basicola-mediated tobacco black root rot has
focused on antagonistic pseudomonads to date. The role of non-Pseudomonas rhizosphere …

The decline of take‐all disease (Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici), which may take
place during wheat monocropping, involves plant‐protecting, root‐colonizing …