Lithotrophic sulfur oxidation is an ancient metabolic process. Ecologically and taxonomically
diverged prokaryotes have differential abilities to utilize different reduced sulfur compounds …

Phototrophic sulfur bacteria are characterized by oxidizing various inorganic sulfur
compounds for use as electron donors in carbon dioxide fixation during anoxygenic …

The subterranean world hosts up to one-fifth of all biomass, including microbial communities
that drive transformations central to Earth's biogeochemical cycles. However, little is known …

Microbial sulfur metabolism contributes to biogeochemical cycling on global scales. Sulfur
metabolizing microbes are infected by phages that can encode auxiliary metabolic genes …

High-throughput sequencing is expanding our knowledge of microbial diversity in the
environment. Still, understanding the metabolic potentials and ecological roles of rare and …

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities in the oceans and a pervasive cause of
mortality of microorganisms that drive biogeochemical cycles. Although the ecological and …

Sulfate-reducing microorganisms represent a globally important link between the sulfur and
carbon cycles. Recent metagenomic surveys expanded the diversity of microorganisms …

Deep-sea vents support productive ecosystems driven primarily by chemoautotrophs.
Chemoautotrophs are organisms that are able to fix inorganic carbon using a chemical …

Chemolithotrophy is a pervasive metabolic lifestyle for microorganisms in the dark ocean.
The SAR 324 group of D eltaproteobacteria is ubiquitous in the ocean and has been …

Zero-valent sulfur (ZVS) has been shown to be a major sulfur intermediate in the deep-sea
cold seep of the South China Sea based on our previous work, however, the microbial …