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• Use of population genetics to assess the ecology, evolution, and population structure of Coccidioides

  Authors:Marcus M. Teixeira and Bridget M. BarkerFrom:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 22, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20165,179 words Article 1460LDuring the past 20 years, a general picture of the genetic diversity and population structure of Coccidioides, the causal agent of coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever), has emerged. The genus consists of 2 genetically...

• Interplay of community dynamics, temperature, and productivity on the hydrogen isotope signatures of lipid biomarkers

  Authors:S. Nemiah Ladd, Nathalie Dubois, and Carsten J. SchubertFrom:Biogeosciences (Vol. 14, Issue 17) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 14, 2017407 words Brief article, Repor... The hydrogen isotopic composition ([delta].sup.2 H) of lipid biomarkers has diverse applications in the fields of paleoclimatology, biogeochemistry, and microbial community dynamics. Large changes in hydrogen isotope...

• Function of sesquiterpenes from Schizophyllum commune in interspecific interactions

  Authors:Sophia Wirth, Katrin Krause, Maritta Kunert, Selina Broska, Christian Paetz, Wilhelm Boland, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 15, 20216,583 words Report 1430LWood is a habitat for a variety of organisms, including saprophytic fungi and bacteria, playing an important role in wood decomposition. Wood inhabiting fungi release a diversity of volatiles used as signaling compounds...

• Hypoxia: A cause of acute renal failure and alteration of gastrointestinal microbial ecology

  Authors:Animesh Samanta, Arpita Patra, Shreya Mandal, Suchismita Roy, Koushik Das, Sanjay Kar, et al.From:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation (Vol. 29, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  July-August 20184,057 words Report 1620LByline: Animesh. Samanta, Arpita. Patra, Shreya. Mandal, Suchismita. Roy, Koushik. Das, Sanjay. Kar, Dilip. Nandi Oxygen is very important to the existence of life. Oxygen deficiency, defined as hypoxia, elicits...

• Exploring microbial diversity--a vast below

  Authors:T.P. Curtis and W.T. SloanFrom:Science (Vol. 309, Issue 5739) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 26, 20051,784 words Article 1310LExploring microbial diversity is becoming more like exploring outer space with soil representing a "final frontier" that harbors a largely unknown microbial universe. There are more than [10.sup.16] prokaryotes in a ton...

• Double duty

  From:Nature Medicine (Vol. 21, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 2015141 words Brief article, Repor... 1540LTwo different initiatives, both aimed at bringing together microbiome researchers, were proposed on 28 October. The first, an effort known as the Unified Microbiome Initiative (UMI), intends "to discover and advance...

• Turning point: Russell Neches

  Author:Virginia GewinFrom:Nature (Vol. 502, Issue 7469) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2013703 words Interview 1160LPhysicist turned microbiologist advances his career with a do-it-yourself approach. Author(s): Virginia Gewin Author Affiliations: Trained as a physicist, Russell Neches is now pursuing a PhD in microbial...

• New and current microbiological tools for ecosystem ecologists: towards a goal of linking structure and function

  Authors:Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Kevin P. Feris, Katharine M. Batten, and Krassimira HristovaFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 160, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20087,324 words Report 1380LInterest in the relationships between soil microbial communities and ecosystem functions is growing with increasing recognition of the key roles microorganisms play in a variety of ecosystems. With a wealth of microbial...

• The influence of season, agricultural management, and soil properties on gross nitrogen transformations and bacterial community structure

  Authors:W.R. Cookson, P. Marschner, I.M. Clark, N. Milton, M.N. Smirk, D.V. Murphy, et al.From:Australian Journal of Soil Research (Vol. 44, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20067,293 words Article 1650LThe aim of this study was to assess the influence of season, farm management (organic, biodynamic, integrated, and conventional), and soil chemical, physical, and biological properties on gross nitrogen (N) fluxes and...

• Taxonomic annotation errors incorrectly assign the family Pseudoalteromonadaceae to the order Vibrionales in Greengenes: implications for microbial community assessments

  Authors:Keri Ann Lydon and Erin K. LippFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 6) Peer-Reviewed

  July 10, 20183,214 words Report 1450LNext-generation sequencing has provided powerful tools to conduct microbial ecology studies. Analysis of community composition relies on annotated databases of curated sequences to provide taxonomic assignments;...

• Model-based quantification of metabolic interactions from dynamic microbial-community data

  Authors:Mark Hanemaaijer, Brett G. Olivier, Wilfred F. M. Roling, Frank J. Bruggeman, and Bas TeusinkFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 9, 20178,617 words Report 1430LAn important challenge in microbial ecology is to infer metabolic-exchange fluxes between growing microbial species from community-level data, concerning species abundances and metabolite concentrations. Here we apply a...

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

  Authors:Lilian Estrela Borges Baldotto and Fabio Lopes OlivaresFrom:Canadian Journal of Microbiology (Vol. 54, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20085,258 words Report Plant surfaces are a favourable niche for bacterial establishment, and hypothetically, plant species differ in their capacity to harbour epiphytic bacterial communities. This study was conducted to evaluate and describe...

• MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF THE BIVALVIA, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE FAMILY OSTREIDAE

  Authors:Melissa L. Pierce and J. Evan WardFrom:Journal of Shellfish Research (Vol. 37, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 201812,717 words Report 1420LRapid improvements in the technology used to assess microbial communities have led to an expansion of the breadth and scope of microbial ecology research over the past 20 y. The rapid increase in microbiome research,...

• High rates of apoptosis visualized in the symbiont-bearing gills of deep-sea Bathymodiolus mussels

  Authors:Berenice Piquet, Bruce Shillito, Francois H. Lallier, Sebastien Duperron, and Ann C. AndersenFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 4, 20199,466 words Report 1470LSymbiosis between Bathymodiolus and Gammaproteobacteria allows these deep-sea mussels to live in toxic environments such as hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. The quantity of endosymbionts within the gill-bacteriocytes...

• The effects of afforestation on soil bacterial communities in temperate grassland are modulated by soil chemical properties

  Authors:Shu-Hong Wu, Bing-Hong Huang, Jian Gao, Siqi Wang, and Pei-Chun LiaoFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 11, 20199,057 words Report 1540LGrassland afforestation dramatically affects the abiotic, biotic, and ecological function properties of the original ecosystems. Interference from afforestation might disrupt the stasis of soil physicochemical...

• Alkali production associated with malolactic fermentation by oral streptococci and protection against acid, oxidative, or starvation damage

  Authors:Jiangyun Sheng, Jeremiah D. Baldeck, Phuong T.M. Nguyen, Robert G. Quivey, Jr., and Robert E. MarquisFrom:Canadian Journal of Microbiology (Vol. 56, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20105,516 words Report Alkali production by oral streptococci is considered important for dental plaque ecology and caries moderation. Recently, malolactic fermentation (MLF) was identified as a major system for alkali production by oral...

• Functional microbial diversity dynamics in common effluent treatment plants of South Gujarat and hydrocarbon degradation

  Authors:Purvi Zaveri, Nasreen Munshi, Alok Vaidya, Sanjay Jha, and G. Naresh KumarFrom:Canadian Journal of Microbiology (Vol. 61, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20155,236 words Report 1490LCommon effluent treatment plants (CETPs) of South Gujarat region, India, process wastewater generated by more than 2500 industries because of the nonfeasibility of processing at the individual industrial unit. This...

• New accomplishments and approaches for assessing protistan diversity and ecology in natural ecosystems

  Author:David A. CaronFrom:BioScience (Vol. 59, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20099,925 words Report 1670LEcological research of microorganisms sensu latu (archaea, bacteria, protists, viruses) has come of age within the last few decades. This newfound importance is a consequence of a greater appreciation for the enormous...

• Patch dynamics modeling framework from pathogens' perspective: Unified and standardized approach for complicated epidemic systems

  Authors:Shi Chen, Yakubu Owolabi, Ang Li, Eugenia Lo, Patrick Robinson, Daniel Janies, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 15, 20208,657 words Report 1560LMathematical models are powerful tools to investigate, simulate, and evaluate potential interventions for infectious diseases dynamics. Much effort has focused on the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR)-type...

• Methane fluxes show consistent temperature dependence across microbial to ecosystem scales

  Authors:Gabriel Yvon-Durocher, Andrew P. Allen, David Bastviken, Ralf Conrad, Cristian Gudasz, Annick St.-Pierre, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 507, Issue 7493) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 27, 20146,485 words Report 1710LMethane (C[H.sub.4]) is an important greenhouse gas because it has 25 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide (C[O.sub.2]) by mass over a century (1). Recent calculations suggest that atmospheric C[H.sub.4]...