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Ecology and evolution of seafloor and subseafloor microbial communities

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The biomass distribution on Earth

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Active microbial biofilms in deep poor porous continental subsurface rocks

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The biomass and biodiversity of the continental subsurface

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Archaeal biofilm formation

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Bacterial Community Composition in the Sea Surface Microlayer Off the Peruvian Coast

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Ups and Downs in the Ocean: Effects of Biofouling on Vertical Transport of Microplastics

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Characteristics of Naturally Grown Biofilms in Deep Groundwaters and Their Heavy Metal Sorption Property in a Deep Subsurface Environment

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Microbial life on a sand grain: from bulk sediment to single grains

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Diversity and community composition of particle-associated and free-living bacteria in mesopelagic and bathypelagic Southern Ocean water masses: Evidence of dispersal limitation in the Bransfield Strait

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Embracing the unknown: disentangling the complexities of the soil microbiome

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Microbial community assembly and evolution in subseafloor sediment

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Methyl-compound use and slow growth characterize microbial life in 2-km-deep subseafloor coal and shale beds

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Hindered erosion: The biological mediation of noncohesive sediment behavior

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Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPSs) in Ocean Systems

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Stabilizing Effects of Bacterial Biofilms: EPS Penetration and Redistribution of Bed Stability Down the Sediment Profile

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The Phyllosphere: Microbial Jungle at the Plant–Climate Interface

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Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

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Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life

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The ecology and biogeochemistry of stream biofilms

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Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body

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Greater than the sum of their parts: characterizing plant microbiomes at the community-level

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Marine microplastic-associated biofilms – a review

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The dynamics of attached and free-living bacterial population in tropical coastal waters

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Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine Environments

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Microbial hotspots and hot moments in soil: Concept & review

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Microbial biofilms and the human intestinal microbiome

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Colonization in the Photic Zone and Subsequent Changes during Sinking Determine Bacterial Community Composition in Marine Snow

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Spatial Ecology of Bacteria at the Microscale in Soil

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Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

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Global rates of marine sulfate reduction and implications for sub-sea-floor metabolic activities

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Chemolithotrophy in the continental deep subsurface: Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), USA

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Archaeal Biofilms: The Great Unexplored

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Bacterial Communities Associated with Subsurface Geochemical Processes in Continental Serpentinite Springs

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Meta-Analysis of Quantification Methods Shows that Archaea and Bacteria Have Similar Abundances in the Subseafloor

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Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris

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Weighing the deep continental biosphere

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High rates of microbial carbon turnover in sediments in the deepest oceanic trench on Earth

(2013) Ronnie N. Glud et al.   Nature Geoscience

Microbial life under extreme energy limitation

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Present and future global distributions of the marine Cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus

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Rapid quantification of bacteria and viruses in influent, settled water, activated sludge and effluent from a wastewater treatment plant using flow cytometry

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Microbial activity in the marine deep biosphere: progress and prospects

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Heterotrophic Archaea Contribute to Carbon Cycling in Low-pH, Suboxic Biofilm Communities

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Isolation and identification of bacteria able to form biofilms from deep subsurface environments

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The Second Skin: Ecological Role of Epibiotic Biofilms on Marine Organisms

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Primary biological aerosol particles in the atmosphere: a review

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Influence of biological aggregating agents associated with microbial population on soil aggregate stability

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Characterization of bacterial diversity to a depth of 1500 m in the Outokumpu deep borehole, Fennoscandian Shield

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Microbial oceanography of the dark ocean's pelagic realm

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Microbial Ecology of the Dark Ocean above, at, and below the Seafloor

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Under the sea: microbial life in volcanic oceanic crust

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Global Patterns and Predictions of Seafloor Biomass Using Random Forests

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The role of biofilms in subsurface transport processes

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Dolomite formation within microbial mats in the coastal sabkha of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

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Microbial Provinces in the Subseafloor

(2009) Matthew O. Schrenk et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Diversity of total and active free-living vs. particle-attached bacteria in the euphotic zone of the NW Mediterranean Sea

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Prokaryotic Populations and Activities in an Interbedded Coal Deposit, Including a Previously Deeply Buried Section (1.6–2.3 km) Above ∼ 150 Ma Basement Rock

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Microbial-induced heterogeneity in the acoustic properties of porous media

(2009) Caroline A. Davis et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The genomic basis of trophic strategy in marine bacteria

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Microbial biomineralization processes forming modern Ca:Mg carbonate stromatolites

(2009) ALESSANDRA SPADAFORA et al.   SEDIMENTOLOGY

Bacteria Associated with Benthic Diatoms from Lake Constance: Phylogeny and Influences on Diatom Growth and Secretion of Extracellular Polymeric Substances

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Phylloepiphytic interaction between bacteria and different plant species in a tropical agricultural system

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The gelatinous nature of the sea-surface microlayer

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Abundance and diversity of microbial life in ocean crust

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Significant contribution of Archaea to extant biomass in marine subsurface sediments

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