The Mystery of Piezophiles: Understudied Microorganisms from the Deep, Dark Subsurface

A global perspective on bacterial diversity in the terrestrial deep subsurface

(2023) A. Soares et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Adaptations to high pressure of Nautilia sp. strain PV ‐1, a piezophilic Campylobacterium (aka Epsilonproteobacterium) isolated from a deep‐sea hydrothermal vent

(2022) Francesco Smedile et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Functional groups in microbial ecology: updated definitions of piezophiles as suggested by hydrostatic pressure dependence on temperature

(2021) Alberto Scoma   ISME Journal

Genome sequence analysis of deep sea Aspergillus sydowii BOBA1 and effect of high pressure on biodegradation of spent engine oil

(2021) A. Ganesh Kumar et al.   Scientific Reports

Glutamate optimizes enzymatic activity under high hydrostatic pressure in Desulfovibrio species: effects on the ubiquitous thioredoxin system

(2021) H. Gaussier et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

The Piezo-Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus piezophilus Regulates Its Energy Efficiency System to Cope With Large Hydrostatic Pressure Variations

(2021) Yann Moalic et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Pressure Adaptations in Deep-Sea Moritella Dihydrofolate Reductases: Compressibility versus Stability

(2021) Ryan W. Penhallurick et al.   Biology-Basel

Microbial Diversity in Deep-Subsurface Hot Brines of Northwest Poland: from Community Structure to Isolate Characteristics

(2020) Agnieszka Kalwasińska et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Origins of Oceanography in France: The Scientific Expeditions of Travailleur and Talisman (1880–1883)

(2020) John Dolan   OCEANOGRAPHY

Fresh groundwater discharge insignificant for the world’s oceans but important for coastal ecosystems

(2020) Elco Luijendijk et al.   Nature Communications

Distinctive gene and protein characteristics of extremely piezophilic Colwellia

(2020) Logan M. Peoples et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Responses to the Hydrostatic Pressure of Surface and Subsurface Strains of Pseudothermotoga elfii Revealing the Piezophilic Nature of the Strain Originating From an Oil-Producing Well

(2020) Marie Roumagnac et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Exploring the piezotolerant/piezophilic microbial community and genomic basis of piezotolerance within the deep subsurface Deccan traps

(2019) Avishek Dutta et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Living at the Extremes: Extremophiles and the Limits of Life in a Planetary Context

(2019) Nancy Merino et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Metabolic potential of uncultured bacteria and archaea associated with petroleum seepage in deep-sea sediments

(2019) Xiyang Dong et al.   Nature Communications

Diversity and geochemical community assembly processes of the living rare biosphere in a sand-and-gravel aquifer ecosystem in the Midwestern United States

(2019) Kyosuke Yamamoto et al.   Scientific Reports

Enzymes from piezophiles

(2018) Toshiko Ichiye   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Dynamics and Control of Flagella Assembly in Salmonella typhimurium

(2018) Chandrani Das et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction Under High Pressure by Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20

(2018) Adam J. Williamson et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

High Hydrostatic Pressure Inducible Trimethylamine N-Oxide Reductase Improves the Pressure Tolerance of Piezosensitive Bacteria Vibrio fluvialis

(2018) Qun-Jian Yin et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Complete genome sequence of Shewanella benthica DB21MT-2, an obligate piezophilic bacterium isolated from the deepest Mariana Trench sediment

(2018) Wei-Jia Zhang et al.   Marine Genomics

Exploration of deep terrestrial subsurface microbiome in Late Cretaceous Deccan traps and underlying Archean basement, India

(2018) Avishek Dutta et al.   Scientific Reports

Long-range transport of airborne microbes over the global tropical and subtropical ocean

(2017) Eva Mayol et al.   Nature Communications

Activation of Latent Dihydroorotase fromAquifex aeolicusby Pressure

(2016) Guy Hervé et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Thermococcus piezophilus sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic and piezophilic archaeon with a broad pressure range for growth, isolated from a deepest hydrothermal vent at the Mid-Cayman Rise

(2016) Cécile Dalmasso et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

High hydrostatic pressure adaptive strategies in an obligate piezophile Pyrococcus yayanosii

(2016) Grégoire Michoud et al.   Scientific Reports

A Combination of Extreme Environmental Conditions Favor the Prevalence of Endospore-Forming Firmicutes

(2016) Sevasti Filippidou et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Two Sets of DMSO Respiratory Systems of Shewanella piezotolerans WP3 Are Involved in Deep Sea Environmental Adaptation

(2016) Lei Xiong et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Molecular chaperone accumulation as a function of stress evidences adaptation to high hydrostatic pressure in the piezophilic archaeon Thermococcus barophilus

(2016) Anaïs Cario et al.   Scientific Reports

Microbial diversity and adaptation to high hydrostatic pressure in deep-sea hydrothermal vents prokaryotes

(2015) Mohamed Jebbar et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Microbiome composition and geochemical characteristics of deep subsurface high-pressure environment, Pyhäsalmi mine Finland

(2015) Hanna Miettinen et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Transcriptomics Reveal Several Gene Expression Patterns in the Piezophile Desulfovibrio hydrothermalis in Response to Hydrostatic Pressure

(2014) Amira Amrani et al.   PLoS One

Trends and future challenges in sampling the deep terrestrial biosphere

(2014) Michael J. Wilkins et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Pressure as an environmental parameter for microbial life — A review

(2013) Aude Picard et al.   BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Patterns and Processes of Microbial Community Assembly

(2013) D. R. Nemergut et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Chaperone machines for protein folding, unfolding and disaggregation

(2013) Helen Saibil   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

The First Genomic and Proteomic Characterization of a Deep-Sea Sulfate Reducer: Insights into the Piezophilic Lifestyle of Desulfovibrio piezophilus

(2013) Nathalie Pradel et al.   PLoS One

Protein Adaptations in Archaeal Extremophiles

(2013) Christopher J. Reed et al.   ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Microbial community assembly, theory and rare functions

(2013) Mujalin K. Pholchan et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Pressure dependence of activity and stability of dihydrofolate reductases of the deep-sea bacterium Moritella profunda and Escherichia coli

(2012) Eiji Ohmae et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

The transcriptional landscape of the deep-sea bacterium Photobacterium profundum in both a toxR mutant and its parental strain

(2012) Stefano Campanaro et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Effects of hydrostatic pressure on the quaternary structure and enzymatic activity of a large peptidase complex from Pyrococcus horikoshii

(2011) Eva Rosenbaum et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Flexibility, Diversity, and Cooperativity: Pillars of Enzyme Catalysis

(2011) Gordon G. Hammes et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The Role of Large-Scale Motions in Catalysis by Dihydrofolate Reductase

(2011) E. Joel Loveridge et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rapid Acquisition of Gigapascal-High-Pressure Resistance by Escherichia coli

(2011) D. Vanlint et al.   mBio

Hydrostatic pressure affects membrane and storage lipid compositions of the piezotolerant hydrocarbon-degrading Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus strain #5

(2010) Vincent Grossi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

All Three Subunits of RecBCD Enzyme Are Essential for DNA Repair and Low-Temperature Growth in the Antarctic Pseudomonas syringae Lz4W

(2010) Theetha L. Pavankumar et al.   PLoS One

Conceptual Synthesis in Community Ecology

(2010) Mark Vellend   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

The many ways of coping with pressure

(2010) Philippe M. Oger et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular evolution of the hyperthermophilic archaea of the Pyrococcus genus: analysis of adaptation to different environmental conditions

(2009) Konstantin V. Gunbin et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Importance of Proteins Controlling Initiation of DNA Replication in the Growth of the High-Pressure-Loving Bacterium Photobacterium profundum SS9

(2009) Z. W. El-Hajj et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Deep-Sea Bacterium Photobacterium profundum SS9 Utilizes Separate Flagellar Systems for Swimming and Swarming under High-Pressure Conditions

(2008) E. A. Eloe et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY