The recent discovery of completely nitrifying Nitrospira demands a re‐examination of nitrifying
environments to evaluate their contribution to nitrogen cycling. To approach this challenge…

Rapid gravity sand filtration is a drinking water production technology widely used around the
world. Microbially catalyzed processes dominate the oxidative transformation of ammonia, …

The description of comammox Nitrospira spp., performing complete ammonia-to-nitrate
oxidation, and their co-occurrence with canonical β-proteobacterial ammonia oxidizing bacteria (…

Varicocele is an elongation, dilatation, and tortuosity of the veins of the pampiniform plexus.
The spermatic vein is usually the only one affected, though the deferential or cremasteric …

The global rise and spread of antibiotic resistance greatly challenge the treatment of
bacterial infections. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) harbor and discharge antibiotic …

Microbially mediated inorganic-methylated arsenic (As) transformation in paddy soil is crucial
to rice safety; however, the linkages between the microbial As methylation process and …

Microbial protein is proposed as an alternative protein source with low environmental impact.
Methane oxidizing bacteria are already produced at commercial scale from natural gas. …

It has been demonstrated that antibiotic resistance could be induced and selected under
high antibiotic concentrations in biological wastewater treatment systems. However, little is …

Plant parasitic nematodes associated with peach, pear and apple trees in the Bajo Cinca
dbtrict. A total of 43 nematode species belonging to 32 genus were found in 49 samples taken …

Micron-scale resolution can help to reliably identify true taxon-taxon interactions in complex
microbial communities. Despite widespread recognition of the critical role of metabolic …