[HTML][HTML] Microbial mat ecosystems: structure types, functional diversity, and biotechnological application

CM Prieto-Barajas, E Valencia-Cantero… - Electronic Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbial mats are horizontally stratified microbial communities, exhibiting a structure
defined by physiochemical gradients, which models microbial diversity, physiological …

Nutrient dependent cross-kingdom interactions: fungi and bacteria from an oligotrophic desert oasis

P Velez, L Espinosa-Asuar, M Figueroa… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microbial interactions play a key role in ecosystem functioning, with nutrient availability as
an important determinant. Although phylogenetically distant bacteria and fungi commonly co …

Microbial mats as model to decipher climate change effect on microbial communities through a mesocosm study

C Mazière, R Duran, C Dupuy… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Marine environments are expected to be one of the most affected ecosystems by climate
change, notably with increasing ocean temperature and ocean acidification. In marine …

In vitro anticancer activity of methanolic extract of Granulocystopsis sp., a microalgae from an oligotrophic oasis in the Chihuahuan desert

F Tavares-Carreón, S De la Torre-Zavala… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
With the purpose of discovering new anticancer molecules that might have fewer side effects
or reduce resistance to current antitumor drugs, a bioprospecting study of the microalgae of …

Warming weakens facilitative interactions between decomposers and detritivores, and modifies freshwater ecosystem functioning

TN Bernabé, PM de Omena, VP Santos… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Warming is among the major drivers of changes in biotic interactions and, in turn, ecosystem
functioning. The decomposition process occurs in a chain of facilitative interactions between …

Diversity of an uncommon elastic hypersaline microbial mat along a small-scale transect

L Espinosa-Asuar, C Monroy-Guzmán… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
We evaluated the microbial diversity and metabolome profile of an uncommon hypersaline
elastic microbial mat from Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) in the Chihuahuan Desert of …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable control of Microcystis aeruginosa, a harmful cyanobacterium, using Selaginella tamariscina extracts

W Kim, Y Park, M Kim, Y Cha, J Jung, CO Jeon… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Eco-friendly reagents derived from plants represent a promising strategy to mitigate the
occurrence of toxic cyanobacterial blooms. The use of an amentoflavone-containing …

In the beginning, there was fire: Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) and the long history of life on earth

V Souza, LE Eguiarte - Cuatro Ciénegas ecology, natural history and …, 2018 - Springer
To understand the biodiversity of the Cuatro Cienegas Basin (CCB), we realized that some
historical context was needed. In this case, the history reaches far back in geological time …

Multivariate and phylogenetic analyses assessing the response of bacterial mat communities from an ancient oligotrophic aquatic ecosystem to different scenarios of …

S Pajares, V Souza, LE Eguiarte - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the response of bacterial communities to environmental change is extremely
important in predicting the effect of biogeochemical modifications in ecosystem functioning …

[PDF][PDF] Aquatic bacterial assemblage structure in Pozas Azules, Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Mexico: deterministic vs. stochastic processes

L Espinosa-Asuar, AE Escalante, J Gasca-Pineda… - Int Microbiol, 2015 - core.ac.uk
The aim of this study was to determine the contributions of stochastic vs. deterministic
processes in the distribution of microbial diversity in four ponds (Pozas Azules) within a …