Determining the structure and dynamics of microbial communities is a core component of
microbial ecology. Traditionally, microbiologists used timeconsuming cultivation-based …

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

After the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) had voted to include
the rank of phylum in the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes …

Although considerable progress has been made in recent years regarding the classification
of bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes, there remains a need to further clarify …

The history of microbial evolution in the oceans is probably as old as the history of life itself.
In contrast to terrestrial ecosystems, microorganisms are the main form of biomass in the …

Traditionally recognized as environmental bacteria, Planctomycetes have just been linked
recently to human pathology as opportunistic pathogens, arousing a great interest for clinical …

The majority of microorganisms from natural environments cannot be grown in the
laboratory. The diffusion-chamber-based approach is an alternative method that allows …

Abstract Background The phylum Verrucomicrobia is a widespread but poorly characterized
bacterial clade. Although cultivation-independent approaches detect representatives of this …

Determining which microbial taxa are out there, where they live, and what they are doing is a
driving approach in marine microbial ecology. The importance of these questions is …

Resolving the ecological niches of coexisting marine microbial taxa is challenging due to the
high species richness of microbial communities and the apparent functional redundancy in …