Rare actinomycetes are prolific in the marine environment; however, knowledge about their
diversity, distribution and biochemistry is limited. Marine rare actinomycetes represent a …

Microbial activity is a major contributor to the biogeochemical cycles that make up the life
support system of planet Earth. A 613 m deep geomicrobiological perforation and a …

Motivation Optimal growth temperature is a fundamental characteristic of all living
organisms. Knowledge of this temperature is central to the study of a prokaryote, the thermal …

Although phosphate and carbonate are important constituents in ancient and modern
environments, it is not yet clear their biogeochemical relationships and their mechanisms of …

Acetate plays a key role as electron donor and acceptor and serves as carbon source in
oligotrophic deep subsurface environments. It can be produced from inorganic carbon by …

The drilling of the Rio Tinto basement has provided evidence of an underground microbial
community primarily sustained by the Fe and S metabolism through the biooxidation of pyrite …

One of the main objectives for astrobiology is to unravel and explore the habitability of
environments beyond Earth, paying special attention to Mars. If the combined environmental …

A novel Gram-stain-positive, non-spore-forming, irregular rod-shaped, non-motile and
facultatively anaerobic actinobacterium, designated strain YIM 101269T, was isolated from …

Eight facultatively anaerobic rod-shaped bacteria were isolated from raw milk and two other
dairy products. Results of phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences …

Facultatively anaerobic bacterial strains were isolated from samples of a methanogenic
reactor and, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, found to be affiliated with the family …