Tanzanian Soda Lake Reveals 27 Bacterial Species in First Metagenomic Survey
A first shotgun metagenomic survey of Small Momela Lake in Tanzania identified 27 bacterial species and abundant genes for pH ...
Tag: extremophiles
Quorum Sensing in Extremophiles Remains Underexplored, Mini Review Argues
A mini review argues that quorum sensing in extremophiles is underexplored and proposes phytochemicals as a largely untested inhibition strategy.
Antarctic Pond Bacterium Survives Calcium Levels Once Thought Fatal to Life
A bacterium isolated from ephemeral microbial mats at Antarctica's Don Juan Pond survived three months in 3.0 molar calcium chloride ...
Scientists Say Engineered Soil Microbes Could Anchor One Health in the Anthropocene
A new opinion paper argues that microbiome functional diversity is the missing biological link between soil health and One Health, ...
DNA Marker Choice Skews Fungal Maps of Europe’s Saltiest Lagoon Sediments
A study of Spain's hypersaline Chiprana lagoon reveals that the choice between ITS1 and ITS2 DNA markers shapes fungal diversity ...
Extreme Microbes Can Clean the World’s Harshest Waste, So Why Aren’t They in the Field?
A new review finds that extremophile microbes capable of degrading pollutants in saline, hot, acidic, and alkaline waste streams are ...
Chilling Sensations: The Fascinating World of Cryorhodopsins
In the vast, frozen realms of Earth’s coldest environments—ranging from the sprawling glaciers of Greenland and the pristine icy aquifers ...
