Microbial mats are horizontally stratified microbial communities, exhibiting a structure
defined by physiochemical gradients, which models microbial diversity, physiological …

Phototrophic microbial mats are ideal model systems for ecological and evolutionary
analysis of highly diverse microbial communities. Microbial mats are small-scale, nearly …

Mining and smelting activities have introduced severe potentially toxic metals (PTMs)
contamination into surrounding soil settings. Influences of PTMs on microbial diversity have …

The environment of a high altitude brackish water lake presents an unprecedented reservoir
for the microbial community with adaptability towards surviving stressful conditions …

Abstract The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) is a rare oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert in the
state of Coahuila, Mexico. It has a biological endemism similar to that of the Galapagos …

Bacteria play an important role in the fossilization of soft tissues; their metabolic activities
drive the destruction of the tissues and also strongly influence mineralization. Some …

Modern stromatolites thrive only in selected locations in the world. Socompa Lake, located in
the Andean plateau at 3570 masl, is one of the numerous extreme Andean microbial …

To date, it remains unclear how anthropogenic perturbations influence the dynamics of
microbial communities, what general patterns arise in response to disturbance, and whether …

Microbial interactions play a key role in ecosystem functioning, with nutrient availability as
an important determinant. Although phylogenetically distant bacteria and fungi commonly co …

A population of Desertifilum (Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoriales) from an oligotrophic desertic
biotope was isolated and characterized using a polyphasic approach including molecular …