Living Lithic and Sublithic Bacterial Communities in Namibian Drylands

Bacillus subtilis Spore Resistance to Simulated Mars Surface Conditions

(2019) Marta Cortesão et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Nutrient Acquisition, Rather Than Stress Response Over Diel Cycles, Drives Microbial Transcription in a Hyper-Arid Namib Desert Soil

(2019) Carlos León-Sobrino et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Identification of Molecular Markers That Are Specific to the Class Thermoleophilia

(2019) Danyu Hu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Interactions between elevated CO2 levels and floating aquatic plants on the alteration of bacterial function in carbon assimilation and decomposition in eutrophic waters

(2019) Man Shi et al.   WATER RESEARCH

The use of extracellular DNA as a proxy for specific microbial activity

(2018) Magdalena Nagler et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Photoautotrophic organisms control microbial abundance, diversity, and physiology in different types of biological soil crusts

(2018) Stefanie Maier et al.   ISME Journal

Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

(2018) Dirk Schulze-Makuch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differences in weathering pattern, stress resistance and community structure of culturable rock-weathering bacteria between altered rocks and soils

(2018) Jun Xi et al.   RSC Advances

Namib Desert primary productivity is driven by cryptic microbial community N-fixation

(2018) Jean-Baptiste Ramond et al.   Scientific Reports

Microbial Community Responses to Modern Environmental and Past Climatic Conditions in Omongwa Pan, Western Kalahari: A Paired 16S rRNA Gene Profiling and Lipid Biomarker Approach

(2018) S. Genderjahn et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Alteration of rocks by endolithic organisms is one of the pathways for the beginning of soils on Earth

(2018) Nikita Mergelov et al.   Scientific Reports

Desiccation- and Saline-Tolerant Bacteria and Archaea in Kalahari Pan Sediments

(2018) Steffi Genderjahn et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The influence of human exploration on the microbial community structure and ammonia oxidizing potential of the Su Bentu limestone cave in Sardinia, Italy

(2017) Stefan Leuko et al.   PLoS One

Protection and consolidation of stone heritage by self-inoculation with indigenous carbonatogenic bacterial communities

(2017) Fadwa Jroundi et al.   Nature Communications

Cyanobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria May Facilitate Cooperative Interactions in Niche Communities

(2017) Marc W. Van Goethem et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Preservation and Significance of Extracellular DNA in Ferruginous Sediments from Lake Towuti, Indonesia

(2017) Aurèle Vuillemin et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mechanisms and Regulation of Extracellular DNA Release and Its Biological Roles in Microbial Communities

(2017) Alejandra L. Ibáñez de Aldecoa et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mineral Types and Tree Species Determine the Functional and Taxonomic Structures of Forest Soil Bacterial Communities

(2016) Y. Colin et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Soil compartment is a major determinant of the impact of simulated rainfall on desert microbiota

(2016) Shazia N. Aslam et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Root-Associated Microbial Community of the World’s Highest Growing Vascular Plants

(2016) Roey Angel et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Endolithic microbial diversity in sandstone and granite from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

(2016) Stephen D. J. Archer et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Actinobacteria from Arid and Desert Habitats: Diversity and Biological Activity

(2016) Fatemeh Mohammadipanah et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Ecology of Acidobacteria: Moving beyond Genes and Genomes

(2016) Anna M. Kielak et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Relic DNA is abundant in soil and obscures estimates of soil microbial diversity

(2016) Paul Carini et al.   Nature Microbiology

Metagenomic analysis provides insights into functional capacity in a hyperarid desert soil niche community

(2015) Surendra Vikram et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Changes in the Weathering Activity and Populations of Culturable Rock-Weathering Bacteria from the Altered Purple Siltstone and the Adjacent Soil

(2015) Wei Chen et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

Stone-dwelling actinobacteria Blastococcus saxobsidens, Modestobacter marinus and Geodermatophilus obscurus proteogenomes

(2015) Haïtham Sghaier et al.   ISME Journal

Origin, dynamics, and implications of extracellular DNA pools in marine sediments

(2015) Andrea Torti et al.   Marine Genomics

Microbiology of wind-eroded sediments: Current knowledge and future research directions

(2015) V. Acosta-Martínez et al.   Aeolian Research

Chemoautotrophic growth of ammonia-oxidizing Thaumarchaeota enriched from a pelagic redox gradient in the Baltic Sea

(2015) Carlo Berg et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

A procedure for separate recovery of extra- and intracellular DNA from a single marine sediment sample

(2014) Mashal Alawi et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Description of two new thermophilic species of the genus Rubrobacter, Rubrobacter calidifluminis sp. nov. and Rubrobacter naiadicus sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Rubrobacter and the species Rubrobacter bracarensis

(2014) Luciana Albuquerque et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Depth-Related Changes in Community Structure of Culturable Mineral Weathering Bacteria and in Weathering Patterns Caused by Them along Two Contrasting Soil Profiles

(2013) Jing Huang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

PEAR: a fast and accurate Illumina Paired-End reAd mergeR

(2013) J. Zhang et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Hypolithic and soil microbial community assembly along an aridity gradient in the Namib Desert

(2013) Francesca Stomeo et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Bacterial succession in Antarctic soils of two glacier forefields on Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

(2013) Felizitas Bajerski et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Short-Read Assembly of Full-Length 16S Amplicons Reveals Bacterial Diversity in Subsurface Sediments

(2013) Christopher S. Miller et al.   PLoS One

Colonization patterns of soil microbial communities in the Atacama Desert

(2013) Alexander Crits-Christoph et al.   Microbiome

Streptomyces bullii sp. nov., isolated from a hyper-arid Atacama Desert soil

(2012) Rakesh Santhanam et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Correlation of the Abundance of Betaproteobacteria on Mineral Surfaces with Mineral Weathering in Forest Soils

(2012) C. Lepleux et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Hypolithic microbial communities: between a rock and a hard place

(2012) Yuki Chan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Contrasted resistance of stone-dwelling Geodermatophilaceae species to stresses known to give rise to reactive oxygen species

(2012) Maher Gtari et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Endolithic Bacterial Communities in Dolomite and Limestone Rocks from the Nanjiang Canyon in Guizhou Karst Area (China)

(2012) Yuan Tang et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

Precipitation of carbonates by bacteria isolated from wastewater samples collected in a conventional wastewater treatment plant

(2012) A. Rivadeneyra Torres et al.   International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Bacillus strains isolated from rhizosphere showed plant growth promoting and antagonistic activity against phytopathogens

(2012) Pankaj Kumar et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Thermotolerant and thermophilic actinomycetes from soils of Mongolia desert steppe zone

(2012) A. I. Kurapova et al.   MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial colonization and controls in dryland systems

(2012) Stephen B. Pointing et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

(2012) Christian Quast et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Evidence of species recruitment and development of hot desert hypolithic communities

(2012) Thulani P. Makhalanyane et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

The Genetics of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation: Comparative Genomics of 14 Rhizobia Strains by Resolution of Protein Clusters

(2012) Michael Black et al.   Genes

Laboratory experiments on bacterial weathering of granite and its constituent minerals

(2011) Wonsuh Song et al.   Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement

Microvirga lupini sp. nov., Microvirga lotononidis sp. nov. and Microvirga zambiensis sp. nov. are alphaproteobacterial root-nodule bacteria that specifically nodulate and fix nitrogen with geographically and taxonomically separate legume hosts

(2011) J. K. Ardley et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Hypolithic microbial communities of quartz rocks from Miers Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

(2011) Nuraan Khan et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Bacterial weathering and its contribution to nutrient cycling in temperate forest ecosystems

(2011) Stéphane Uroz et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular monitoring of the microbial dynamics occurring on historical limestone buildings during and after the in situ application of different bio-consolidation treatments

(2011) Jörg Ettenauer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Weathering-Associated Bacteria from the Damma Glacier Forefield: Physiological Capabilities and Impact on Granite Dissolution

(2010) B. Frey et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Hypolithic Microbial Community of Quartz Pavement in the High-Altitude Tundra of Central Tibet

(2010) Fiona K. Y. Wong et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

Global patterns of 16S rRNA diversity at a depth of millions of sequences per sample

(2010) J. G. Caporaso et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Experimental discrimination and molecular characterization of the extracellular soil DNA fraction

(2009) Maria Teresa Ceccherini et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Sequential extraction and genetic fingerprinting of a forest soil metagenome

(2009) J. Ascher et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Microclimate and limits to photosynthesis in a diverse community of hypolithic cyanobacteria in northern Australia

(2009) Christopher R. Tracy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Growth of phototrophic biofilms from limestone monuments under laboratory conditions

(2009) Ana Zélia Miller et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Lechevalieria atacamensis sp. nov., Lechevalieria deserti sp. nov. and Lechevalieria roselyniae sp. nov., isolated from hyperarid soils

(2009) C. K. Okoro et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Endolithic Microbial Colonization of Limestone in a High-altitude Arid Environment

(2009) Fiona K. Y. Wong et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Highly specialized microbial diversity in hyper-arid polar desert

(2009) S. B. Pointing et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Efficient mineral weathering is a distinctive functional trait of the bacterial genus Collimonas

(2009) S. Uroz et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Diversity of culturable actinomycetes in hyper-arid soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile

(2008) Chinyere K. Okoro et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Extracellular DNA in soil and sediment: fate and ecological relevance

(2008) G. Pietramellara et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Isolation and characterization of silicate mineral-solubilizing Bacillus globisporus Q12 from the surfaces of weathered feldspar

(2008) Xia Fang Sheng et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Plant host habitat and root exudates shape soil bacterial community structure

(2008) Feth el Zahar Haichar et al.   ISME Journal

Evidence of a microbial community associated with rock varnish at Yungay, Atacama Desert, Chile

(2008) Kimberly R. Kuhlman et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Touchdown PCR for increased specificity and sensitivity in PCR amplification

(2008) Darren J Korbie et al.   Nature Protocols

Isolation of five Rubrobacter strains from biodeteriorated monuments

(2008) L. Laiz et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN