Background Soil bacteria naturally produce antibiotics as a competitive mechanism, with a
concomitant evolution, and exchange by horizontal gene transfer, of a range of antibiotic …

African microbiomes are much neglected and previous studies have disproportionately
focused on the Global North. Africa harbours substantial genetic diversity in terms of its …

Sulfate-reducing bacteria Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator (CDA) were originally
discovered in deep fracture fluids accessed via South African gold mines and have since been …

By modulating the structure, diversity, and trophic outputs of microbial communities, phages
play crucial roles in many biomes. In oligotrophic polar deserts, the effects of katabatic winds…

Viruses are the most biologically abundant entities and may be ideal indicators of fecal
pollutants in water. Anthropogenic activities have triggered drastic ecosystem changes in rivers, …

Background Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to different living conditions is
accompanied by microevolution resulting in genomic diversity between strains of the same clonal …

The biological carbon pump (BCP) in the Southern Ocean is driven by phytoplankton productivity
and is a significant organic matter sink. However, the role of particle-attached (PA) and …

Geobacillus spp. are potential sources of novel enzymes, such as those involved in the
degradation of recalcitrant polymers. Here, we report a Geobacillus genome that may help reveal …

The members of the genus Thermoactinomyces are known for their protein degradative
capacities. Thermoactinomyces sp. strain AS95 is a Gram-positive filamentous bacterium, …

Recent discoveries suggest that the candidate superphyla Patescibacteria and DPANN
constitute a large fraction of the phylogenetic diversity of Bacteria and Archaea. Their small …