Metagenomics of thermophiles with a focus on discovery of novel thermozymes

ME DeCastro, E Rodríguez-Belmonte… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Microbial populations living in environments with temperatures above 50° C (thermophiles)
have been widely studied, increasing our knowledge in the composition and function of …

Diversity of chlorophototrophic bacteria revealed in the omics era

V Thiel, M Tank, DA Bryant - Annual review of plant biology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Because of recent advances in omics methodologies, knowledge of chlorophototrophy (ie,
chlorophyll-based phototrophy) in bacteria has rapidly increased. Chlorophototrophs …

Large-scale differences in microbial biodiversity discovery between 16S amplicon and shotgun sequencing

M Tessler, JS Neumann, E Afshinnekoo, M Pineda… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Modern metagenomic environmental DNA studies are almost completely reliant on next-
generation sequencing, making evaluations of these methods critical. We compare two next …

Metagenomic analysis of hot springs in Central India reveals hydrocarbon degrading thermophiles and pathways essential for survival in extreme environments

R Saxena, DB Dhakan, P Mittal, P Waiker… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Extreme ecosystems such as hot springs are of great interest as a source of novel
extremophilic species, enzymes, metabolic functions for survival and biotechnological …

Taxonomic novelty and distinctive genomic features of hot spring cyanobacteria

J Alcorta, T Alarcón-Schumacher, O Salgado… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Several cyanobacterial species are dominant primary producers in hot spring microbial
mats. To date, hot spring cyanobacterial taxonomy, as well as the evolution of their genomic …

Bacterial Diversity Associated With the Rhizosphere and Endosphere of Two Halophytes: Glaux maritima and Salicornia europaea

K Yamamoto, Y Shiwa, T Ishige, H Sakamoto… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Root-associated microbial communities are very important in the adaptation of halophytes to
coastal environments. However, little has been reported on microbial community structures …

Thermophiles and carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in biofilm microbial consortia that decompose lignocellulosic plant litters at high temperatures

KJ Liew, CH Liang, YT Lau, AS Yaakop, KG Chan… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The SKY hot spring is a unique site filled with a thick layer of plant litter. With the
advancement of next-generation sequencing, it is now possible to mine many new …

Taxonomic and functional characteristics of microbial communities and their correlation with physicochemical properties of four geothermal springs in Odisha, India

J Badhai, TS Ghosh, SK Das - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
This study describes microbial diversity in four tropical hot springs representing moderately
thermophilic environments (temperature range: 40–58° C; pH: 7.2–7.4) with discrete …

Assessment of carbon substrate catabolism pattern and functional metabolic pathway for microbiota of limestone caves

S Koner, JS Chen, BM Hsu, CW Tan, CW Fan… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbon utilization of bacterial communities is a key factor of the biomineralization process in
limestone-rich curst areas. An efficient carbon catabolism of the microbial community is …

Bacterial and archeal community composition in hot springs from Indo-Burma region, North-east India

AK Panda, SS Bisht, S De Mandal, NS Kumar - Amb Express, 2016 - Springer
Bacterial and archaeal diversity of two alkaline Indian hot springs, Jakrem (Meghalaya) and
Yumthang (Sikkim), were studied. Thirteen major bacterial phyla were identified of which …