The fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe , is a popular eukaryal model organism for
cell division and cell cycle studies. With this extensive knowledge of its cell and molecular …

In this thesis, we initially evaluated a wide range of reconstruction tools to determine their
optimal performance in various cases. By utilizing the appropriate reconstruction tools, we …

Oenococcus oeni is one of the most important lactic acid bacteria that develops during
winemaking. It is responsible of carrying out malolactic fermentation, which significantly affects the …

2.1 Abstract Wine fermentation is an ancient biotechnological process mediated by different
microorganisms such as yeast and bacteria. Understanding of the metabolic and …

The Atacama Desert is the most arid desert on Earth, focus of important research activities
related to microbial biodiversity studies. In this context, metabolic characterization of arid soil …

Tree diversity and composition in Amazonia are known to be strongly determined by the water
supplied by precipitation. Nevertheless, within the same climatic regime, water availability …

Aim To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic
distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, …

The extent to which pre-Columbian societies altered Amazonian landscapes is hotly debated.
We performed a basin-wide analysis of pre-Columbian impacts on Amazonian forests by …

Gap junctions (GJs) mediate intercellular communication between adjacent cells. Previously,
we showed that connexin 43 (Cx43), the main GJ protein in the immune system, mediates …

Amazonian forests are extraordinarily diverse, but the estimated species richness is very
much debated. Here, we apply an ensemble of parametric estimators and a novel technique …