Mineral–microbe interactions play important roles in environmental change, biogeochemical
cycling of elements and formation of ore deposits. Minerals provide both beneficial (physical …

Bacteria are an important part of every ecosystem that they inhabit on Earth. Environmental
microbiologists usually focus on a few dominant bacterial groups, neglecting less abundant …

Numerous diverse microorganisms reside in the cold desert soils of continental Antarctica,
though we lack a holistic understanding of the metabolic processes that sustain them. Here …

Cultivation-independent surveys have shown that the desert soils of Antarctica harbour
surprisingly rich microbial communities,,. Given that phototroph abundance varies across …

For centuries ecologists have studied how the diversity and functional traits of plant and
animal communities vary across biomes. In contrast, we have only just begun exploring …

Much of the Earth's surface, both marine and terrestrial, is either periodically or permanently
cold. Although habitats that are largely or continuously frozen are generally considered to be …

Archaea, primarily Crenarchaeota, are common in soil; however, the structure of soil
archaeal communities and the factors regulating their diversity and abundance remain …

The nature of the early martian climate is one of the major unanswered questions of
planetary science. Key challenges remain, but a new wave of orbital and in situ observations …

A significant proportion of the Earth's surface is desert or in the process of desertification.
The extreme environmental conditions that characterize these areas result in a surface that …

Bacteria belonging to phylum Gemmatimonadetes comprise approximately 2% of soil
bacterial communities. However, little is known of their ecology due to a lack of cultured …