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Nicole Adam-Beyer, Katja Laufer-Meiser, Sebastian Fuchs, Axel Schippers, Daniela Indenbirken, Dieter Garbe-Schoenberg, Sven Petersen, Mirjam Perner
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Chong Chen, Tzu-Hao Lin, Hiromi Kayama Watanabe, Tomonari Akamatsu, Shinsuke Kawagucci
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Blaire M. Padayhag, Michael Angelou L. Nada, Jake Ivan P. Baquiran, Marilou P. Sison-Mangus, Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone, Patrick C. Cabaitan, Cecilia Conaco
Summary: This study found that the microbial biofilm communities near mariculture areas can affect the settlement of coral larvae. The biofilm farthest from the mariculture area had a higher effectiveness in inducing the settlement of Acropora tenuis larvae. These biofilms were characterized by a greater proportion of crustose coralline algae and gammaproteobacterial taxa, while biofilms closer to the mariculture zone had a higher proportion of cyanobacteria and no crustose coralline algae. These findings suggest that nutrient enrichment from mariculture activities can alter the composition of biofilm-associated microbiome and indirectly affect coral larval settlement.
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Microbiology
Bernardo Barosa, Alessandra Ferrillo, Matteo Selci, Marco Giardina, Alessia Bastianoni, Monica Correggia, Luciano di Iorio, Giulia Bernardi, Martina Cascone, Rosaria Capuozzo, Michele Intoccia, Roy Price, Costantino Vetriani, Angelina Cordone, Donato Giovannelli
Summary: Shallow-water hydrothermal vents are unique marine environments along the coast of active volcanic regions. Primary production at these vents relies on both photoautotrophy and chemoautotrophy, supported by various geochemical regimes driven by different geological settings. This study reports the microbial diversity associated with six shallow-water hydrothermal vents in the Aeolian Islands using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and physicochemical and geochemical measurements. The results reveal highly diverse microbial communities consistent with the local geochemical regimes, highlighting the importance of including these vents in future conservation efforts.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Paraskevi Nomikou, Paraskevi N. Polymenakou, Andrea Luca Rizzo, Sven Petersen, Mark Hannington, Stephanos Pantelis Kilias, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Javier Escartin, Konstantinos Karantzalos, Theodoros J. Mertzimekis, Varvara Antoniou, Mel Krokos, Lazaros Grammatikopoulos, Francesco Italiano, Cinzia Giuseppina Caruso, Gianluca Lazzaro, Manfredi Longo, Sergio Scire Scappuzzo, Walter D'Alessandro, Fausto Grassa, Konstantina Bejelou, Danai Lampridou, Anna Katsigera, Anne Dura
Summary: Submarine hydrothermal systems along volcanic ridges and arcs are dynamic and pose risks to the environment and society. Continuous monitoring with multidisciplinary instrumentation is necessary for better risk assessment and early warning.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
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Ho-Chuan Hsu, Jung-Sheng Chen, Viji Nagarajan, Bashir Hussain, Shih-Wei Huang, Jagat Rathod, Bing-Mu Hsu
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Luana Agostini, Julio Cezar Fornazier Moreira, Amanda Goncalves Bendia, Maria Carolina Pezzo Kmit, Linda Gwen Waters, Marina Ferreira Mourao Santana, Paulo Yukio Gomes Sumida, Alexander Turra, Vivian Helena Pellizari
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Lauren N. Dykman, Carolyn K. Tepolt, Armand M. Kuris, Andrew R. Solow, Lauren S. Mullineaux
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
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Marcus C. de Goffau, D. Stephen Charnock-Jones, Gordon C. S. Smith, Julian Parkhill
Summary: The study found a batch effect that led to failure in correctly identifying Micrococcus and falsely assigning it to fetal samples. Furthermore, the particles shown in the micrographs were unlikely to be bacterial cells due to their size, and the microbes cultured from fetal samples differed significantly from those detected by sequencing.
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Lauren N. Dykman, Stace E. Beaulieu, Susan W. Mills, Andrew R. Solow, Lauren S. Mullineaux
Summary: The study of invertebrate communities in deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems revealed unique succession dynamics where large, fast-growing organisms colonized rapidly, and small, asexually reproducing organisms appeared later. Changes in traits related to feeding ecology and dispersal potential over succession were consistent with expectations from other ecosystems.
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Tessa R. Sheets, Carmen L. Wickware, Ashlyn M. Snyder, Shawna L. Weimer, Timothy A. Johnson
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FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
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Sania Arif, Corinna Willenberg, Annika Dreyer, Heiko Nacke, Michael Hoppert
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Ecology
Giuseppe Nicolosi, Jose L. Gonzalez-Pimentel, Elena Piano, Marco Isaia, Ana Z. Z. Miller
Summary: Microbial communities in lava tubes have been less studied compared to limestone caves. However, a study on four lava tubes in Mount Etna volcano reveals a diverse range of microbial cells similar to actinobacteria found in other lava tubes globally. The colored microbial mats in these lava tubes consist mainly of bacteria belonging to Actinomycetota, Pseudomonadota, Acidobacteriota, Chloroflexota, and Cyanobacteria. Specific genera, such as Crossiella, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Chujaibacter, and Sphingomonas dominate the microbial communities and are associated with carbon, nitrogen, and ammonia cycles.
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Microbiology
Katrina I. I. Twing, L. M. Ward, Zachary K. K. Kane, Alexa Sanders, Roy Edward Price, H. Lizethe Pendleton, Donato Giovannelli, William J. J. Brazelton, Shawn E. E. McGlynn
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Camila N. Signori, Vivian H. Pellizari, Alex Enrich-Prast, Stefan M. Sievert
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Jesse McNichol, Hryhoriy Stryhanyuk, Sean P. Sylva, Francois Thomas, Niculina Musat, Jeffrey S. Seewald, Stefan M. Sievert
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(2018)
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Florian Gotz, Krista Longnecker, Melissa C. Kido Soule, Kevin W. Becker, Jesse McNichol, Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Stefan M. Sievert
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Microbiology
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Noha H. Youssef, Ibrahim F. Farag, C. Ryan Hahn, Jessica Jarett, Eric Becraft, Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Jorge Lightfoot, Austin Bourgeois, Tanner Cole, Stephanie Ferrante, Mandy Truelock, William Marsh, Michael Jamaleddine, Samantha Ricketts, Ronald Simpson, Allyson McFadden, Wouter Hoff, Nikolai Ravin, Stefan Sievert, Ramunas Stepanauskas, Tanja Woyke, Mostafa Elshahed
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(2019)
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Abbie S. A. Chapman, Stace E. Beaulieu, Ana Colaco, Andrey V. Gebruk, Ana Hilario, Terue C. Kihara, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Jozee Sarrazin, Verena Tunnicliffe, Diva J. Amon, Maria C. Baker, Rachel E. Boschen-Rose, Chong Chen, Isabelle J. Cooper, Jonathan T. Copley, Laure Corbari, Erik E. Cordes, Daphne Cuvelier, Sebastien Duperron, Cherisse Du Preez, Sabine Gollner, Tammy Horton, Stephane Hourdez, Elena M. Krylova, Katrin Linse, P. A. LokaBharathi, Leigh Marsh, Marjolaine Matabos, Susan Wier Mills, Lauren S. Mullineaux, Hans Tore Rapp, William D. K. Reid, Elena Rybakova (Goroslavskaya), Tresa Remya A. Thomas, Samuel James Southgate, Sabine Stohr, Phillip J. Turner, Hiromi Kayama Watanabe, Moriaki Yasuhara, Amanda E. Bates
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(2019)
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Francois Thomas, James T. Morris, Cathleen Wigand, Stefan M. Sievert
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Microbiology
Jessica M. Labonte, Maria Pachiadaki, Elizabeth Fergusson, Jesse McNichol, Ashley Grosche, Lara K. Gulmann, Costantino Vetriani, Stefan M. Sievert, Ramunas Stepanauskas
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L. S. Mullineaux, S. W. Mills, N. Le Bris, S. E. Beaulieu, S. M. Sievert, L. N. Dykman
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(2020)
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Tyler J. Carrier, Stace E. Beaulieu, Susan W. Mills, Lauren S. Mullineaux, Adam M. Reitzel
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(2021)
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Ecology
Lauren N. Dykman, Stace E. Beaulieu, Susan W. Mills, Andrew R. Solow, Lauren S. Mullineaux
Summary: The study of invertebrate communities in deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems revealed unique succession dynamics where large, fast-growing organisms colonized rapidly, and small, asexually reproducing organisms appeared later. Changes in traits related to feeding ecology and dispersal potential over succession were consistent with expectations from other ecosystems.
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Jose H. Muelbert, Nicholas J. Nidzieko, Alicia T. R. Acosta, Stace E. Beaulieu, Angelo F. Bernardino, Elmira Boikova, Thomas G. Bornman, Bruno Cataletto, Klaas Deneudt, Erika Eliason, Alexandra Kraberg, Masahiro Nakaoka, Alessandra Pugnetti, Olivier Ragueneau, Mirco Scharfe, Thomas Soltwedel, Heidi M. Sosik, Angela Stanisci, Kremena Stefanova, Pierre Stephan, Adrian Stier, Johan Wikner, Adriana Zingone
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2019)
Review
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Nadine Le Bris, Mustafa Yucel, Anindita Das, Stefan M. Sievert, PonnaPakkam LokaBharathi, Peter R. Girguis
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2019)
Review
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FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2018)