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Open AccessHidden diversity and potential ecological function of phosphorus acquisition genes in widespread terrestrial bacteriophages
Phosphorus (P) limitation of ecosystem processes is widespread in terrestrial habitats. While a few auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) in bacteriophages from aquatic habitats are reported to have the potential t...
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Functional Guilds, Community Assembly, and Co-occurrence Patterns of Fungi in Metalliferous Mine Tailings Ponds in Mainland China
Metalliferous mine tailings ponds are generally characterized by low levels of nutrient elements, sustained acidic conditions, and high contents of toxic metals. They represent one kind of extreme environments...
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Open AccessMetagenomic and metatranscriptomic insights into sulfate-reducing bacteria in a revegetated acidic mine wasteland
The widespread occurrence of sulfate-reducing microorganisms (SRMs) in temporarily oxic/hypoxic aquatic environments indicates an intriguing possibility that SRMs can prevail in constantly oxic/hypoxic terrest...
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Metagenomic Assembly: Reconstructing Genomes from Metagenomes
Assembly of metagenomic sequence data into microbial genomes is of critical importance for disentangling community complexity and unraveling the functional capacity of microorganisms. The rapid development of ...
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Contrasting soil fungal communities at different habitats in a revegetated copper mine wasteland
Little is known about the responses of soil fungal communities to revegetation of mine wastelands, representing a major gap in the knowledge needed to improve the performances of revegetation schemes for mine ...
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Open AccessDiverse alkane hydroxylase genes in microorganisms and environments
AlkB and CYP153 are important alkane hydroxylases responsible for aerobic alkane degradation in bioremediation of oil-polluted environments and microbial enhanced oil recovery. Since their distribution in natu...
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Characterization of a CYP153 alkane hydroxylase gene in a Gram-positive Dietzia sp. DQ12-45-1b and its “team role” with alkW1 in alkane degradation
CYP153 and AlkB-like hydroxylases were recently discovered in Gram-positive alkane-degrading bacteria. However, it is unclear whether they cooperate with each other in alkane degradation as they do in Gram-neg...
