Reduction in soil fertility and depletion of natural resources due to current intensive
agricultural practices along with climate changes are the major constraints for crop …

This review is aimed at detailing and discussing biological innovations and optimizations
including upstream, mainstream, and downstream approaches in biogas production …

The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative
bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat …

Free-living amoebae feed on bacteria, fungi, and algae. However, some microorganisms
have evolved to become resistant to these protists. These amoeba-resistant microorganisms …

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

Despite its relatively short history, microbial systematics has never been static but rather
constantly subject to change. The evidence of this change is provided by many …

Abstract Al. pha. pro. te. o. bac. te′ ri. a. Gr. n. alpha name of first letter of Greek alphabet;
Gr. n. Proteus ocean god able to change shape; Gr. n. bakterion a small rod; ML fem. pl. n …

Reduced inorganic sulfur compounds are oxidized by members of the domains Arehaea
and Bacteria. These compounds are used as electron donors for anaerobic phototrophic …

We characterized 34 endophytic bacterial isolates associated to root nodules collected from
spontaneous legumes in the arid zone of Tunisia by 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction …

Abstract Between July 2000 and August 2001 forty-threeair samples were collected in the
northernCaribbean: Twenty-six in the US VirginIslands, and 17 samples aboard ship during …