The atmosphere has recently been recognized as a major source of energy sustaining life.
Diverse aerobic bacteria oxidize the three most abundant reduced trace gases in the …

Agriculture is a multifarious interface between plants and associated microorganisms. In
contemporary agriculture, emphasis is being given to environmentally friendly approaches …

Significance: Reducing equivalents (NAD (P) H and glutathione [GSH]) are essential for
maintaining cellular redox homeostasis and for modulating cellular metabolism. Reductive …

Ammonia oxidising archaea are among the most abundant living organisms on Earth and
key microbial players in the global nitrogen cycle. They carry out oxidation of ammonia to …

Nitrification, the oxidation of ammonia via nitrite to nitrate, has been considered to be a
stepwise process mediated by two distinct functional groups of microorganisms. The …

Recent physiological and ecological studies have challenged the long-held belief that
microbial metabolism of molecular hydrogen (H2) is a niche process. To gain a broader …

Soil microorganisms globally are thought to be sustained primarily by organic carbon
sources. Certain bacteria also consume inorganic energy sources such as trace gases, but …

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a ubiquitous atmospheric trace gas produced by natural and
anthropogenic sources. Some aerobic bacteria can oxidize atmospheric CO and …

Desert soils harbour diverse communities of aerobic bacteria despite lacking substantial
organic carbon inputs from vegetation. A major question is therefore how these communities …

The genus Mycobacterium contains several slow-growing human pathogens, including
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium leprae, and Mycobacterium avium …