In the past decades, considerable attention has been directed toward anaerobic digestion
(AD), which is an effective biological process for converting diverse organic wastes into …

Despite the surge of microbial genome data, experimental testing is important to confirm
inferences about the cell biology, ecological roles and evolution of microorganisms. As the …

The accrual of genomic data from both cultured and uncultured microorganisms provides
new opportunities to develop systematic taxonomies based on evolutionary relationships …

Globally, there is increasing awareness that the implementation of 'waste to
energy'technology is one of the best means to achieve sustainable energy development …

Compared to bacteria, our knowledge of archaeal biology is limited. Historically,
microbiologists have mostly relied on culturing and single-gene diversity surveys to …

The structure and function of the soil microbiome of urban greenspaces remain largely
undetermined. We conducted a global field survey in urban greenspaces and neighboring …

Challenges in cultivating microorganisms have limited the phylogenetic diversity of currently
available microbial genomes. This is being addressed by advances in sequencing …

We present two standards developed by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) for
reporting bacterial and archaeal genome sequences. Both are extensions of the Minimum …

Methane is a key compound in the global carbon cycle that influences both nutrient cycling
and the Earth's climate. A limited number of microorganisms control the flux of biologically …

The recent recovery of genomes for organisms from phyla with no isolated representative
(candidate phyla) via cultivation-independent genomics enabled delineation of major new …