Highlights•Acidic microbiomes are tractable model systems in biogeochemical cycling
studies.•Their spatial diversity patterns have been resolved at several different scales.•The …

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a unique ecological niche for acid-and toxic-metals-adapted
microorganisms. These low-complexity systems offer a special opportunity for the ecological …

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the leading causes of environmental pollution and is
linked to public health and ecological consequences. Microbes-mineral interaction …

Since biofilms are an important issue in the fields of medicine and health, several recent
microbiological studies have focused on their formation and their contribution to toxic …

Mine drainage is an important environmental disturbance that affects the chemical and
biological components in natural resources. However, little is known about the effects of …

Disposal of untreated and treated mining wastes and tailings exerts a significant threat and
hazard for environmental contamination including groundwater, surface water, wetlands …

Two microbial mats found inside two old (gold and uranium) mines in Zloty Stok and Kowary
located in SW Poland seem to form a natural barrier that traps heavy metals leaking from …

Deciphering the biotic and abiotic factors that control microbial community structure over
time and along an environmental gradient is a pivotal question in microbial ecology …

Pollutions associated with mining activities are environmentally challenging worldwide,
particularly in Sub Saharan African countries due to extreme climatic conditions, influencing …

Metagenomic approach permits us to obtain the latent resources from culturable and
unculturable microorganisms in ecosystem. In this study, high-throughput sequencing was …