A wide array of microorganisms, including many novel, phylogenetically deeply rooted taxa,
survive and thrive in extreme environments. These unique and reduced-complexity …

Microbial populations living in environments with temperatures above 50° C (thermophiles)
have been widely studied, increasing our knowledge in the composition and function of …

Metagenomics emerged as an important field of research not only in microbial ecology but
also for human health and disease, and metagenomic studies are performed on increasingly …

High-throughput DNA sequencing-based approaches continue to revolutionise our
understanding of microbial ecosystems, including those associated with fermented foods …

Extreme ecosystems such as hot springs are of great interest as a source of novel
extremophilic species, enzymes, metabolic functions for survival and biotechnological …

Culture-independent approaches have recently shed light on the genomic diversity of
viruses of prokaryotes. One fundamental question when trying to understand their ecological …

Geothermal hot springs are a natural setting to study microbial adaptation to a wide range of
temperatures reaching up to boiling. Temperature gradients lead to distinct microbial …

We used the 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing approach to investigate the microbial diversity
and community composition in several Costa Rican hot springs alongside the latitudinal axis …

Abstract Three thermophilic Nanoarchaeota-Crenarchaeota symbiotic systems have been
described. We obtained another stable anaerobic enrichment culture at 80° C, pH 6.0 from a …

Abstract Microbial communities of Kamchatka Peninsula terrestrial hot springs were studied
using molecular, radioisotopic and cultural approaches. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene …