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Open AccessGill-associated bacteria are homogeneously selected in amphibious mangrove crabs to sustain host intertidal adaptation
The transition from water to air is a key event in the evolution of many marine organisms to access new food sources, escape water hypoxia, and exploit the higher and temperature-independent oxygen concentrati...
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Open AccessEnzyme adaptation to habitat thermal legacy shapes the thermal plasticity of marine microbiomes
Microbial communities respond to temperature with physiological adaptation and compositional turnover. Whether thermal selection of enzymes explains marine microbiome plasticity in response to temperature rema...
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Open AccessGenomic and metabolic adaptations of biofilms to ecological windows of opportunity in glacier-fed streams
In glacier-fed streams, ecological windows of opportunity allow complex microbial biofilms to develop and transiently form the basis of the food web, thereby controlling key ecosystem processes. Using metageno...
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Open AccessRhizosheath–root system changes exopolysaccharide content but stabilizes bacterial community across contrasting seasons in a desert environment
In hot deserts daily/seasonal fluctuations pose great challenges to the resident organisms. However, these extreme ecosystems host unique microenvironments, such as the rhizosheath–root system of desert spearg...
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Diversity and Plant Growth-Promoting Properties of Microbiomes Associated with Plants in Desert Soils
Plants inhabiting desert ecosystems, also known as xerophytes, exhibits morphological and physiological adaptations to resist the abiotic stresses, such as drought and salinity. They also exploit the ecologica...
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Open AccessCompartmentalization of bacterial and fungal microbiomes in the gut of adult honeybees
The core gut microbiome of adult honeybee comprises a set of recurring bacterial phylotypes, accompanied by lineage-specific, variable, and less abundant environmental bacterial phylotypes. Several mutual inte...
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Open AccessThe role of fungi in heterogeneous sediment microbial networks
While prokaryote community diversity and function have been extensively studied in soils and sediments, the functional role of fungi, despite their huge diversity, is widely unexplored. Several studies have, n...
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Open AccessConsistent bacterial selection by date palm root system across heterogeneous desert oasis agroecosystems
Highly productive conventional agroecosystems are spatially embedded in resource-homogeneous systems and count on generally nutrient-rich soils. On the contrary, desert oases are isolated, the soil is relative...
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Open AccessFiddler crab bioturbation determines consistent changes in bacterial communities across contrasting environmental conditions
Ecosystem functions are regulated by compositional and functional traits of bacterial communities, shaped by stochastic and deterministic processes. Biogeographical studies have revealed microbial community ta...
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Open AccessRhizosheath microbial community assembly of sympatric desert speargrasses is independent of the plant host
The rhizosheath-root system is an adaptive trait of sandy-desert speargrasses in response to unfavourable moisture and nutritional conditions. Under the deserts’ polyextreme conditions, plants interact with ed...
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Open AccessBacterial polyextremotolerant bioemulsifiers from arid soils improve water retention capacity and humidity uptake in sandy soil
Water stress is a critical issue for plant growth in arid sandy soils. Here, we aimed to select bacteria producing polyextremotolerant surface-active compounds capable of improving water retention and humidity...
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Open AccessGrapevine rootstocks shape underground bacterial microbiome and networking but not potential functionality
The plant compartments of Vitis vinifera, including the rhizosphere, rhizoplane, root endosphere, phyllosphere and carposphere, provide unique niches that drive specific bacterial microbiome associations. The maj...
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Phytoremediation of a multi contaminated soil: mercury and arsenic phytoextraction assisted by mobilizing agent and plant growth promoting bacteria
The possibility of using chemical and microbial additives to enhance the phytoextraction of mercury (Hg) and arsenic (As) from a multi-contaminated soil could be very effective, leading to a significant saving...
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Open AccessRoot-associated bacteria promote grapevine growth: from the laboratory to the field
Laboratory and greenhouse experiments have shown that root-associated bacteria have beneficial effects on grapevine growth; however, these effects have not been tested in the field. Here, we aimed to demonstra...
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Plant-associated microbiomes in arid lands: diversity, ecology and biotechnological potential
Aridification is a worldwide serious threat directly affecting agriculture and crop production. In arid and desert areas, it has been found that microbial diversity is huge, built of microorganisms able to cop...
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Microbial Life in Volcanic Lakes
Lakes in the craters of active volcanoes and their related streams are often characterised by conditions considered extreme for life, such as high temperatures, low pH and very high concentrations of dissolved...
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Uneven Distribution of Halobacillus trueperi Species in Arid Natural Saline Systems of Southern Tunisian Sahara
The genetic diversity of a collection of 336 spore-forming isolates recovered from five salt-saturated brines and soils (Chott and Sebkhas) mainly located in the hyper-arid regions of the southern Tunisian Sah...
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Bacterial Communities Involved in Soil Formation and Plant Establishment Triggered by Pyrite Bioweathering on Arctic Moraines
In arctic glacier moraines, bioweathering primed by microbial iron oxidizers creates fertility gradients that accelerate soil development and plant establishment. With the aim of investigating the change of ba...
