In the aquatic environment, biofilms on solid surfaces are omnipresent. The outer body
surface of marine organisms often represents a highly active interface between host and …

Rapidly declining biodiversity may be a contributing factor to another global megatrend—the
rapidly increasing prevalence of allergies and other chronic inflammatory diseases among …

Bacterial Biogeochemistry, Third Edition focuses on bacterial metabolism and its relevance
to the environment, including the decomposition of soil, food chains, nitrogen fixation …

Bacterioplankton communities regulate energy and matter fluxes fundamental to all aquatic
life. The Baltic Sea offers an outstanding ecosystem for interpreting causes and …

Soil microbes play a key role in controlling ecosystem functions and providing ecosystem
services. Yet, microbial communities in urban green space soils remain poorly …

Immune‐mediated diseases have increased during the last decades in urban environments.
The hygiene hypothesis suggests that increased hygiene level and reduced contacts with …

Most raw poultry sold in Finland at the retail level is mixed with marinades containing oil,
sugar, spices and acetic acid and packaged under modified atmosphere. Premature …

Dissimilatory manganese reduction dominates anaerobic carbon oxidation in marine
sediments with high manganese oxide concentrations, but the microorganisms responsible …

Accumulation of volatile organic compounds was monitored in association with sensory
quality, bacterial concentrations and culture-independent microbial community analyses in …

Growth of large phytoplankton is considered to be diffusion limited at low nutrient
concentrations, yet their constraints and contributions to carbon (C) and nitrogen fluxes in …