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Evolutionary patterns of archaea predominant in acidic environment
BackgroundArchaea of the order Thermoplasmatales are widely distributed in natural acidic areas and are amongst the most acidophilic prokaryotic...
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Taxonomic Characteristics of Dominant Microbial Communities in Hot Spring Sediments in Western Georgia
Hot springs are one of the extreme environments where only specific populations of microbes, thermophiles can thrive. Microbial diversity of thermal...
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Statistical Modelling of Thermostable Cellulase Production Conditions of Thermophilic Geobacillus sp. TP-1 Isolated from Tapovan Hot Springs of the Garhwal Himalayan Mountain Ranges, India
A thermo-alkali stable cellulase from Geobacillus sp. TP-1 was isolated from Tapovan hot spring soil sample. The BLASTn sequence analysis of 16S rRNA...
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Mining thermophiles for biotechnologically relevant enzymes: evaluating the potential of European and Caucasian hot springs
The development of sustainable and environmentally friendly industrial processes is becoming very crucial and demanding for the rapid implementation...
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Microbial diversity associated with the natural spring water of Western Himalayas
Springs in the Himalayan landscape are vital sources of potable water for millions of inhabitants who use it for domestic and farming purposes. The...
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Diversity of Thermophilic Prokaryotes Inhabiting Russian Natural Hot Springs
AbstractIn this review, we highlight the key results of studies on the diversity of thermophilic prokaryotes inhabiting the Russian Federation’s hot...
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Hot springs viruses at Yellowstone National Park have ancient origins and are adapted to thermophilic hosts
Geothermal springs house unicellular red algae in the class Cyanidiophyceae that dominate the microbial biomass at these sites. Little is known about...
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Prokaryotic diversity across a pH gradient in the “El Chichón” crater-lake: a naturally thermo-acidic environment
The "El Chichón" crater-lake in Mexico is a thermo-acidic environment whose microorganisms have been scarcely studied. In this study, we surveyed the...
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Active lithoautotrophic and methane-oxidizing microbial community in an anoxic, sub-zero, and hypersaline High Arctic spring
Lost Hammer Spring, located in the High Arctic of Nunavut, Canada, is one of the coldest and saltiest terrestrial springs discovered to date. It...
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Higher diversity of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria based on soxB gene sequencing in surface water than in spring in Wudalianchi volcanic group, NE China
IntroductionSulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) play a key role in the biogeochemical cycling of sulfur.
ObjectivesTo explore SOB diversity,...
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Network-directed efficient isolation of previously uncultivated Chloroflexi and related bacteria in hot spring microbial mats
The perplexity of the complex multispecies community interactions is one of the many reasons why majority of the microorganisms are still...
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Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic sulfur- and iron-reducing thaumarchaeote from a terrestrial acidic hot spring
A deep-branching clade of Thaumarchaeota , conventionally called Terrestrial hot spring creanarchaeotic group (THSCG), is a missing link between...
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Hot and Cold Bacteria of Sikkim: Biodiversity and Enzymology
The obnubilated macrocosm of microbes are influential, herculean, and is an enigma to us “the humans”—supposedly the wisest species to be evolved...
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Isolation and Molecular Identification of Xylanase and Glucose-Isomerase Producer Geobacillus and Brevibacillus Strains from Hot Springs in Turkey
AbstractSome hot springs located in west of Turkey were investigated with respect to presence of thermophilic microorganisms. Based on the 16S rRNA...
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Characterization of novel metagenomic–derived lipase from Indian hot spring
Extreme environments are the main source of industrially suitable biocatalysts. The non-cultivable approach of searching enzymes is known to provide...
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Characterization of a novel xylanase from an extreme temperature hot spring metagenome for xylooligosaccharide production
In this study, the metagenomic resource generated from an aquatic habitat of extreme temperature was screened for the identification of a novel...
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Extreme and Heterogeneous Conditions of the Desert Wetland Chott Ech Chergui (Algeria) Allow Isolating Halophilic, Alkalophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria
Wetlands concentrate biodiversity, particularly in arid regions. Chott Ech Chergui (Algeria), one of the biggest wetlands of the north African...
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Photosynthetic Organisms in Extreme Environments
Various extreme habitats such as thermal springs, deserts, hypersaline environment, polar regions, and acidic pools are present in the Earth, and...
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MArVD2: a machine learning enhanced tool to discriminate between archaeal and bacterial viruses in viral datasets
Our knowledge of viral sequence space has exploded with advancing sequencing technologies and large-scale sampling and analytical efforts. Though...
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Thermophilic, Thermotolerant Microorganisms
Thermophilic microorganisms are heat-loving microorganisms and grow optimally at temperatures above 50 °C and maximum 80 °C. Thermophilic...