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Metagenomics of Methanogenic Communities in Rice Paddy; the Importance of Methanocella
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere that has shown nearly tripled increase since the preindustrial era. Paddy fields represent an...
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Metagenomics of Methanogenic Communities in Rice Paddy: The Importance of Methanocella
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere that has shown nearly tripled increase since the preindustrial era. Paddy fields represent an...
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Microbial (Enzymatic) Degradation of Cyanide to Produce Pterins as Cofactors
Cyanide is one of the most poisonous substances in the environment, which may have originated from natural and anthropogenic sources. There are many...
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Dynamics of the cytosol soluble carbohydrates and membrane lipids in response to ambient pH in alkaliphilic and alkalitolerant fungi
Comparative composition of lipids and cytosol soluble carbohydrates at different ambient pH values was studied for two obligately alkaliphilic fungi (
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Diversity and Taxonomy of Methanogens
Methanogens are strictly anaerobic, methane-producing archaea. All characterized members belong to the phylum Euryarchaeota, but methanogenesis...
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A review of the mechanisms of mineral-based metabolism in early Earth analog rock-hosted hydrothermal ecosystems
Prior to the advent of oxygenic photosynthesis ~ 2.8–3.2 Ga, life was dependent on chemical energy captured from oxidation–reduction reactions...
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Surface and Subsurface Coal Environments: From Environmental Formation and Chemistry to Microbial Communities
Coal and coal extracts fuel a large portion of global trade by contributing to industries in energy production, infrastructure development, and...
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Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria)
Palaeontologically, eubacteria are > 3× older than neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Cell biology contrasts ancestral eubacterial murein...
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Diversity and Phylogeny of Described Aerobic Methanotrophs
Aerobic methanotrophs are metabolically unique bacteria that are able to utilize methane as a sole source of energy. They occur in a wide range of...
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Proposal of the reverse flow model for the origin of the eukaryotic cell based on comparative analyses of Asgard archaeal metabolism
The origin of eukaryotes represents an unresolved puzzle in evolutionary biology. Current research suggests that eukaryotes evolved from a merger...
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Anaerobic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Deltaproteobacteria
Despite being a remarkably biodiverse taxon, the class Deltaproteobacteria includes relatively few model hydrocarbonoclastic isolates. These...
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Classification of Culturable Bifidobacterial Population from Colonic Samples of Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa) Based on Three Molecular Genetic Methods
Occurrence of bifidobacteria, known as health-promoting probiotic microorganisms, in the digestive tract of wild pigs ( Sus scrofa ) has not been...
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Permanent draft genome of Thiobacillus thioparus DSM 505T, an obligately chemolithoautotrophic member of the Betaproteobacteria
Thiobacillus thioparus DSM 505 T is one of first two isolated strains of inorganic sulfur-oxidising Bacteria . The original strain of T. thioparus was...
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Phylogeny and Biodiversity of Prokaryotes
Creating a hierarchical system for microbes began as soon as microbes were discovered and has been constantly evolving ever since. The larger...
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Microbial diversity in acidic thermal pools in the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka
Microbial communities of four acidic thermal pools in the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Russia, were studied using amplification and pyrosequencing of 16S...
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MycoNews 2020: President’s message, news, reports, awards, personalia, book news, and correspondence
This second annual edition of MycoNews starts with a message from IMA President Wieland Meyer regarding the steps being taken to legally incorporate...
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Bioprospecting of Extremophiles for Biotechnology Applications
This chapter aims to acquaint the readers with basic concepts about extremophiles, extremophilic bioprocesses, and their advantages over other...
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Diversity of Sulfur-Oxidizing and Sulfur-Reducing Microbes in Diverse Ecosystems
Sulfur (S) is one of the most important elements, of which the organosulfur compounds and/or metal sulfides are considered essential for life....
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Prokaryotic Hydrocarbon Degraders
Hydrocarbons have been part of the biosphere for millions of years, and a diverse group of prokaryotes has evolved to use them as a source of carbon...
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Exopolysaccharide-Producing Microorganisms from Extreme Areas: Chemistry and Application
EPS-producing microorganisms have been isolated from different natural sources of both aquatic and terrestrial environments, like freshwater, marine...