Thermophilic bacterial communities inhabiting the microbial mats of “indifferent” and chalybeate (iron‐rich) thermal springs: Diversity and biotechnological analysis

R Selvarajan, T Sibanda, M Tekere - Microbiologyopen, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial mats are occasionally reported in thermal springs and information on such mats is
very scarce. In this study, microbial mats were collected from two hot springs (Brandvlei (BV) …

Bacterial and archaeal diversity in hypersaline cyanobacterial mats along a transect in the intertidal flats of the Sultanate of Oman

JC Vogt, RMM Abed, DC Albach, KA Palinska - Microbial ecology, 2018 - Springer
Hypersaline intertidal zones are highly dynamic ecosystems that are exposed to multiple
extreme environmental conditions including rapidly and frequently changing parameters …

Industrial wastewaters harbor a unique diversity of bacterial communities revealed by high-throughput amplicon analysis

R Selvarajan, T Sibanda, S Venkatachalam… - Annals of …, 2018 - Springer
Industrial wastewater effluents present a major source of water pollution, and can potentially
alter the microbial ecological landscape. While there are numerous reports on the microbial …

Brown biotechnology: a powerful toolbox for resolving current and future challenges in the development of arid lands

K Rodríguez-Núñez, F Rodríguez-Ramos… - SN Applied …, 2020 - Springer
The aim of this study was to link the biotechnological advances made in arid lands, which
are known as “brown biotechnology,” to the current environmental challenges facing these …

Industrial effluents harbor a unique diversity of fungal community structures as revealed by high-throughput sequencing analysis

R Selvarajan, T Sibanda, S Sekar… - Polish Journal of …, 2019 - pjoes.com
The actual extent of fungal diversity in different environmental media is still a subject of
ongoing research. Little is currently known about the diversity of fungal populations in …

Cyanobacterial diversity in mat sample obtained from hypersaline desert, Rann of Kachchh

HM Patel, RP Rastogi, U Trivedi, D Madamwar - 3 Biotech, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Rann of Kachchh (RoK) is a unique geoformation, which is exposed to dynamic
environmental changes such as salinity, temperature, and nutrients throughout the year. In …

Characterization of microbial mats from a desert Wadi ecosystem in the Sultanate of Oman

RMM Abed, KA Palinska, J Köster - Geomicrobiology Journal, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Desert wadis are widespread in the Arabian Peninsula and play a vital role in the ecology of
the region; nevertheless, these ecosystems are among the least studied. Various types of …

Substratum‐Associated Microbiota

PC Furey, A Deininger, A Liess - Water Environment Research, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This survey of literature on substratum associated microbiota from 2015 highlights research
findings associated with benthic algae and bacteria from a variety of aquatic environments …

Latitudinal gradient of cyanobacterial diversity in tidal flats

JC Vogt, RMM Abed, DC Albach, KA Palinska - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Latitudinal diversity gradients are well-known for plants and animals, but only recently
similar patterns have been described for some specific microbial communities in distinct …

Cold-adapted bacterial diversity in mingyong glacier based on combination analysis of fatty acids and 16S rRNA gene sequence

W Sun, W Li, X Ji, H Li, K Qin, Y Wei - Microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Mingyong Glacier is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. The
area, including the cold temperate zone, the middle temperate zone, and the warm …