Multiple energy sources and metabolic strategies sustain microbial diversity in Antarctic desert soils

M Ortiz, PM Leung, G Shelley… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Numerous diverse microorganisms reside in the cold desert soils of continental Antarctica,
though we lack a holistic understanding of the metabolic processes that sustain them. Here …

Interactions of Clay Minerals with Biomolecules and Protocells Complex Structures in the Origin of Life: A Review

Y Yan, H Yang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of life (OoL) has always been a mysterious and challenging topic that puzzles
human beings. Clay minerals have unique properties and wide distribution in early Earth …

Balanced stochastic versus deterministic assembly processes benefit diverse yet uneven ecosystem functions in representative agroecosystems

W Liu, EB Graham, Y Dong, L Zhong… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological assembly processes, by influencing community composition, determine
ecosystem functions of microbiomes. However, debate remains on how stochastic versus …

Deciphering endemic rhizosphere microbiome community's structure towards the host-derived heavy metals tolerance and plant growth promotion functions in …

RS Kumar, S Koner, HC Tsai, JS Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental microbes in rhizosphere soil and surrounding plants have the potential to
alter ecosystem functions. We investigated the microbial communities inhabiting the …

Inside the Atacama Desert: uncovering the living microbiome of an extreme environment

A Bartholomäus, S Genderjahn… - Applied and …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest and most inhospitable places
on Earth. To analyze the diversity and distribution of microbial communities in such an …

Comparison of bacterial communities and their functional profiling using 16S rRNA gene sequencing between the inherent serpentine-associated sites, hyper …

V Nagarajan, HC Tsai, JS Chen, B Hussain… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to determine and compare the bacterial community and functional profiles
associated with serpentine sites, innate hyper-accumulating weed, downgradient …

Distinct microbial communities in adjacent rock and soil substrates on a high arctic polar desert

YH Choe, M Kim, YK Lee - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Understanding microbial niche variability in polar regions can provide insights into the
adaptive diversification of microbial lineages in extreme environments. Compositions of …

Exploration of pristine plate-tectonic plains and mining exposure areas for indigenous microbial communities and its impact on the mineral-microbial geochemical …

S Koner, HC Tsai, JS Chen, B Hussain… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metal release from harsh ultramafic settings influences microbial diversity and
function in soil ecology. This study aimed to determine how serpentine mineralosphere …

Characterization and assessment of the potential toxicity/pathogenicity of Russian commercial chrysotile

DD Giuseppe, A Zoboli, L Nodari, L Pasquali… - American …, 2021 - degruyter.com
Today, cancer is one of the main health issues faced in the workplace, with asbestos an
important carcinogen in the occupational environment. Among the asbestos minerals …

Genomic insights and anti-phytopathogenic potential of siderophore metabolome of endolithic Nocardia mangyaensis NH1

IV Khilyas, MI Markelova, LR Valeeva, TM Ivoilova… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Actinobacteria are one of the predominant groups that successfully colonize and survive in
various aquatic, terrestrial and rhizhospheric ecosystems. Among actinobacteria, Nocardia …