Microbial nitrogen cycling in Antarctic soils

M Ortiz, J Bosch, C Coclet, J Johnson, P Lebre… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Antarctic continent is widely considered to be one of the most hostile biological habitats
on Earth. Despite extreme environmental conditions, the ice-free areas of the continent …

Unifying the global phylogeny and environmental distribution of ammonia-oxidising archaea based on amoA genes

RJE Alves, BQ Minh, T Urich, A von Haeseler… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) are ubiquitous and abundant in nature and play a major
role in nitrogen cycling. AOA have been studied intensively based on the amoA gene …

A review of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in the aquaculture pond environment in China

S Lu, X Liu, C Liu, G Cheng, R Zhou, Y Li - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The excessive ammonia produced in pond aquaculture processes cannot be ignored. In this
review, we present the distribution and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and …

Variability and change in the west Antarctic Peninsula marine system: research priorities and opportunities

SF Henley, OM Schofield, KR Hendry, IR Schloss… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The west Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region has undergone significant changes in
temperature and seasonal ice dynamics since the mid-twentieth century, with strong impacts …

Phylogenetically and functionally diverse microorganisms reside under the Ross Ice Shelf

C Martínez-Pérez, C Greening, SK Bay… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Throughout coastal Antarctica, ice shelves separate oceanic waters from sunlight by
hundreds of meters of ice. Historical studies have detected activity of nitrifying …

Atmospheric chemosynthesis is phylogenetically and geographically widespread and contributes significantly to carbon fixation throughout cold deserts

AE Ray, J Zaugg, N Benaud, DS Chelliah… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cold desert soil microbiomes thrive despite severe moisture and nutrient limitations. In
Eastern Antarctic soils, bacterial primary production is supported by trace gas oxidation and …

Patterns of thaumarchaeal gene expression in culture and diverse marine environments

P Carini, CL Dupont, AE Santoro - Environmental Microbiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thaumarchaea are ubiquitous in marine habitats where they participate in carbon and
nitrogen cycling. Although metatranscriptomes suggest thaumarchaea are active microbes …

Differential co-occurrence relationships shaping ecotype diversification within Thaumarchaeota populations in the coastal ocean water column

L Reji, BB Tolar, JM Smith, FP Chavez… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Ecological factors contributing to depth-related diversification of marine Thaumarchaeota
populations remain largely unresolved. To investigate the role of potential microbial …

Integrated rice-crayfish farming system does not mitigate the global warming potential during rice season

L Guo, W Lin, C Cao, C Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Integrated rice-crayfish farming system (RCS) has become increasingly popular in China.
However, previous research has largely ignored the effect of trench around the paddy field …

Marine archaeal dynamics and interactions with the microbial community over 5 years from surface to seafloor

AE Parada, JA Fuhrman - The ISME journal, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Marine archaea are critical contributors to global carbon and nitrogen redox cycles, but their
temporal variability and microbial associations across the water column are poorly known …