Covering: up to mid-2020 Terpenoids, also called isoprenoids, are the largest and most
structurally diverse family of natural products. Found in all domains of life, there are over 80 …

Lipid research represents a frontier for microbiology, as showcased by hopanoid lipids.
Hopanoids, which resemble sterols and are found in the membranes of diverse bacteria …

This paper will exemplify molecular communications in the rhizosphere, especially between
plants and bacteria, and between bacteria and bacteria. More specifically, we describe …

Sulfate reduction accounts for about a half of the remineralization of organic carbon in
anoxic marine shelf regions. Moreover, it was already a major microbial process in the very …

Cyanobacteria are ubiquitous, ecologically important and phylogenetically diverse
components of the phytoplankton of marine and freshwater environments, as well as some …

Bacteriohopanepolyols (BHPs) are membrane lipids produced by a wide range of
prokaryotes, including many methanotrophs, methylotrophs, cyanobacteria, nitrogen fixing …

Bacteria of the genus Frankia are mycelium-forming actinomycetes that are found as
nitrogen-fixing facultative symbionts of actinorhizal plants. Although soil-dwelling …

The rapid increase in soil salinization has impacted agricultural output and poses a threat to
food security. There is an urgent need to focus on improving soil fertility and agricultural …

Lipids can survive long geological intervals within sediments and provide a unique tool that
allows the reconstruction of past organismic diversity and environmental conditions. The …

Hopanoids are pentacyclic triterpenoids produced by a wide range of bacteria. Within
modern settings, hopanoids mostly occur in the biological 17β, 21β (H) configuration …