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

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

Sulfur (S) deficiency in soils is becoming increasingly common in many areas of the world as
a result of agronomic practices, high biomass exportation and reduced S emissions to the …

The study tended to disclose the evolutionary process of bacterial community that affected
the performance of submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) for aquaculture wastewater …

Soilless revegetation is a cost-effective and eco-friendly method for the ecological
restoration of gold mine tailings. However, due to gold mine tailings are high-salty, alkaline …

An aerobic bacterial isolate, strain HN-182T, was isolated from sediments of the South
China Sea. Cells of strain HN-182T are coccoid to short rods, Gram-negative, non-spore …

Natural recovery and remediation of acid mine drainage (AMD) reduces the generation of
acidity and transport of trace elements in the runoff. A natural wetland that receives and …

Several trap plasmids (enabling positive selection of transposition events) were used to
identify a pool of functional transposable elements (TEs) residing in bacteria of the genus …

To explore the potential role of tetrathionate in the sedimentary sulfur cycle, population
ecology of microorganisms capable of metabolizing this polythionate was revealed at 15–30 …

Bacteria of the genus Paracoccus inhabit various pristine and anthropologically-shaped
environments. Many Paracoccus spp. have biotechnological value and several are …