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 …

Bacteriophages (or phages), the most abundant viral entity of the planet, are omni-present in
all the ecosystems. On the basis of their unique characteristics and anti-bacterial property …

Rapidly thawing permafrost harbors∼ 30 to 50% of global soil carbon, and the fate of this
carbon remains unknown. Microorganisms will play a central role in its fate, and their viruses …

The discovery of the numerical importance of viruses in a variety of (aquatic) ecosystems
has changed our perception of their importance in microbial processes. Bacteria and A …

Abstract The European AstRoMap project (supported by the European Commission Seventh
Framework Programme) surveyed the state of the art of astrobiology in Europe and beyond …

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) possess the property of inherent flexibility and can be
distinguished from other proteins in terms of lack of any fixed structure. Such dynamic …

The idea that bacteriophage transduction plays a role in the horizontal transfer of antibiotic
resistance genes is gaining momentum. Such transduction might be vital in horizontal …

The possibility of life elsewhere in the universe has fascinated humankind for ages. To the
best of our knowledge, life, as we know it, is limited to planet Earth; yet current investigation …

Over the last two decades, viruses in aquatic systems have been observed to modify,
influence and control aquatic systems. Since the determination decades ago that viruses …

This paper demonstrates the first microbiological sampling of the Outokumpu deep borehole
(2516 m deep) aiming at characterizing the bacterial community composition and diversity of …