Novel insights into the diversity of halophilic microorganisms and their functioning in hypersaline ecosystems

A Oren - npj Biodiversity, 2024 - nature.com
Our understanding of the microbial diversity inhabiting hypersaline environments, here
defined as containing> 100–150 g/L salts, has greatly increased in the past five years …

Gill-associated bacteria are homogeneously selected in amphibious mangrove crabs to sustain host intertidal adaptation

M Fusi, DK Ngugi, R Marasco, JM Booth, M Cardinale… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background The transition from water to air is a key event in the evolution of many marine
organisms to access new food sources, escape water hypoxia, and exploit the higher and …

Tracking the early signals of crude oil in seawater and plankton after a major oil spill in the Red Sea

S Kottuparambil, A Ashok, A Barozzi, G Michoud… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Understanding the immediate impacts of oil spills is essential to recognizing their long-term
consequences on the marine environment. In this study, we traced the early (within one …

Candidatus Subterrananammoxibiaceae,” a New Anammox Bacterial Family in Globally Distributed Marine and Terrestrial Subsurfaces

R Zhao, S Le Moine Bauer… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria specialized in anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) are widespread in many
anoxic habitats and form an important functional guild in the global nitrogen cycle by …

Mechanisms and responses of nitrogen transformations mediated by microbial communities in constructed tailwater wetlands to salinity stress

Y Jiang, Z Yue, D Ma, W Xu, Z Li, J Wang - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
The long-term salinity stress may affect the nitrogen transformation processes and microbial
community assembly patterns in constructed wetlands treating tailwater, influencing their …

Metabolites of extracellular organic matter from Microcystis and Dolichospermum drive distinct modes of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus recycling

Z Yan, Z Liu, Z Jia, C Song, X Cao, Y Zhou - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Algal extracellular organic matter (EOM) metabolites exert considerable impact on the
carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) cycles mediated by attached bacteria. Field …

Elucidating biofouling over thermal and spatial gradients in seawater membrane distillation in hot climatic conditions

H Elcik, A Alpatova, G Gonzalez-Gil, B Blankert… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofouling is a hurdle of seawater desalination that increases water costs and energy
consumption. In membrane distillation (MD), biofouling development is complicated due to …

Oxygen supersaturation adds resistance to a cnidarian: Symbiodiniaceae holobiont under moderate warming in experimental settings

S Arossa, SG Klein, E Garuglieri… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Ocean warming reduces O2 solubility and increases organismal O2 demand, endangering
marine life. Coastal ecosystems, however, experience O2 supersaturation during peak …

Age, metabolisms, and potential origin of dominant anammox bacteria in the global oxygen-deficient zones

R Zhao, IH Zhang, A Jayakumar, BB Ward… - ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Anammox bacteria inhabiting oxygen-deficient zones (ODZs) are a major functional group
mediating fixed nitrogen loss in the global ocean. However, many basic questions regarding …

Origin, age, and metabolisms of dominant anammox bacteria in the global oxygen deficient zones

R Zhao, IH Zhang, A Jayakumar, BB Ward, AR Babbin - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Anammox bacteria inhabiting oxygen deficient zones (ODZs) are a major functional group
mediating fixed nitrogen loss and thus exerting a critical control on the nitrogen budget in the …