The terrestrial subsurface contains nearly all of Earth’s freshwater reserves and harbours the
majority of our planet’s total prokaryotic biomass. Although genetic surveys suggest these …

Anaerobic methane metabolism is among the hallmarks of Archaea, originating very early in
their evolution. Here, we show that the ancestor of methane metabolizers was an …

Background The highly diverse Cand. Patescibacteria are predicted to have minimal
biosynthetic and metabolic pathways, which hinders understanding of how their populations …

CRISPR–Cas systems defend prokaryotic cells from invasive DNA of viruses, plasmids and
other mobile genetic elements. Here, we show using metagenomics, metatranscriptomics …

Resolving bacterial and archaeal genomes from metagenomes has revolutionized our
understanding of Earth's biomes yet producing high‐quality genomes from assembled fragments …

The continental subsurface houses a major portion of life’s abundance and diversity, yet little
is known about viruses infecting microbes that reside there. Here, we use a combination of …

… Figure S15a resolves the nucleotide level phylogenetic placement of binned … level, while
95.8% identical to other ABT and Ca. Nitrosocosmicus amoA genes at the amino acid level. The …

DPANN archaea have reduced metabolic capacities and are diverse and abundant in deep
aquifer ecosystems, yet little is known about their interactions with other microorganisms that …

The existence of microbial activity hotspots in temperate regions of Earth is driven by soil
heterogeneities, especially the temporal and spatial availability of nutrients. Here we …

Organisms of the candidate phylum Saccharibacteria have frequently been detected as
active members of hydrocarbon degrading communities, yet their actual role in hydrocarbon …