An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis

O Strunecký, AP Ivanova, J Mareš - Journal of Phycology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanobacterial taxonomy is facing a period of rapid changes thanks to the ease of 16S
rRNA gene sequencing and established workflows for description of new taxa. Since the last …

Polyphasic Identification and Genomic Insights of Leptothermofonsia sichuanensis gen. sp. nov., a Novel Thermophilic Cyanobacteria Within Leptolyngbyaceae

J Tang, MR Shah, D Yao, Y Jiang, L Du… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Thermal environments are an important reservoir of thermophiles with significant ecological
and biotechnological potentials. However, thermophilic isolates remain largely unrecovered …

Polyphasic characterization of a novel hot-spring cyanobacterium Thermocoleostomius sinensis gen et sp. nov. and genomic insights into its carbon concentration …

Y Jiang, J Tang, X Liu, M Daroch - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Thermophilic cyanobacteria play a crucial role as primary producers in hot spring
ecosystems, yet their microbiological, taxonomic, and ecological characteristics are not …

Host identity is the dominant factor in the assembly of nematode and tardigrade gut microbiomes in Antarctic Dry Valley streams

JP McQueen, K Gattoni, EMS Gendron, SK Schmidt… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Recent work examining nematode and tardigrade gut microbiomes has identified species-
specific relationships between host and gut community composition. However, only a …

Diversity of cyanobacteria at the Alaska North Slope with description of two new genera: Gibliniella and Shackletoniella

O Strunecky, L Raabova, A Bernardova… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The diversity of cyanobacteria along the Alaskan North Slope was investigated. We isolated
and cultivated 57 strains of cyanobacteria and sequenced a section of their rRNA operon …

Uncovering unique green algae and cyanobacteria isolated from biocrusts in highly saline potash tailing pile habitats, using an integrative approach

V Sommer, T Mikhailyuk, K Glaser, U Karsten - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Potash tailing piles caused by fertilizer production shape their surroundings because of the
associated salt impact. A previous study in these environments addressed the functional …

Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species

D Konstantinou, E Voultsiadou, E Panteris… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are often reported as abundant components of the sponge microbiome;
however their diversity below the phylum level is still underestimated. Aiming to broaden our …

Description of four new filamentous cyanobacterial taxa from freshwater habitats in the Azores Archipelago

R Luz, R Cordeiro, J Kaštovský… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Simple filamentous cyanobacteria comprise a diverse and polyphyletic group of species,
primarily in the orders Leptolyngbyales and Oscillatoriales, that need more sampling to …

Characterization of a Novel Hot-Spring Cyanobacterium Leptodesmis sichuanensis sp. Nov. and Genomic Insights of Molecular Adaptations Into Its Habitat

J Tang, LM Du, M Li, D Yao, Y Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The newly described genus Leptodesmis comprises several strains of filamentous
cyanobacteria from diverse, primarily cold, habitats. Here, we sequenced the complete …

Cyanobacteria phylogenetic studies reveal evidence for polyphyletic genera from thermal and freshwater habitats

R Cordeiro, R Luz, V Vasconcelos, V Gonçalves… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria are among the most diverse morphological microorganisms that inhabit a
great variety of habitats. Their presence in the Azores, a volcanic archipelago of nine islands …