Pelagic microbes have adopted distinct strategies to inhabit the pelagial of lakes and
oceans and can be broadly categorized in two groups: free‐living, specialized oligotrophs …

The terrestrial subsurface hosts microbial communities that, collectively, are predicted to
comprise as many microbial cells as global surface soils. Although initially thought to be …

Practical experiments drive important scientific discoveries in biology, but theory‐based
research studies also contribute novel—sometimes paradigm‐changing—findings. Here, we …

Background When deep-sea hydrothermal fluids mix with cold oxygenated fluids, minerals
precipitate out of solution and form hydrothermal deposits. These actively venting deep-sea …

Each prokaryotic domain, Bacteria and Archaea, contains a large and diverse group of
organisms characterized by their ultrasmall cell size and symbiotic lifestyles (potentially …

Patescibacteria, also known as the candidate phyla radiation (CPR), are a diverse group of
bacteria that constitute a disproportionately large fraction of microbial dark matter. Its few …

Background The increased use of metagenomics and single-cell genomics led to the
discovery of organisms from phyla with no cultivated representatives and proposed new …

Deciphering unclear microbial interactions is key to improving biological wastewater
treatment processes. Microbial predation and parasitism in wastewater treatment …

The bacterial cell envelope is a complex multilayered structure conserved across all
bacterial phyla. It is categorized into two main types based on the number of membranes …

Patescibacteria are widely distributed in various environments and often detected in
activated sludge. However, limited information is currently available on their phylogeny …