Volume 93, Issue 12, December 2017

Dehalococcoides can survive low pH stress and recover at least partial dechlorination activity at circumneutral pH, although the duration of low pH exposure affects detoxification potential.

A Dehalococcoides-dominated chloroethene-degrading enrichment culture harboured untapped dehalogenation potential against 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene causing the emergence of an undetected native Dehalobacter population.

In contrast to current understanding, the phylogenetically distinct prokaryotic community inhabiting the gorgonian Eunicella labiata is highly amenable to cultivation, opening new avenues to study coral-microbe interactions

Triple-element compound-specific stable isotope analysis provides evidence that 1,2-dichloroethane dehalogenation involves a dihaloelimination mechanism with concerted chlorine removal that avoids the formation of toxic vinyl chloride.

The paper describes the genomes of 12 strains of Desulfitobacterium spp., the main emphasis is on linking the newly obtained genome information with metabolic features reported in earlier literature.

Shorebird embryos hatch with negligible gut microbiota, and chicks acquire a stable bacterial community within three days of hatching

Cotton plants can mediate the horizontal transmission of Rickettsia between whitefly species, and the transmission efficiencies vary with different whitefly species

Soil microbial abundance and bacterial diversity respond specifically and consistently across a continental scale to land-use and land-use changes with soil organic carbon as a key factor.

Pigment production by the pathogenic bacterium that causes cholera protects the bacterium from being consumed by the natural predatory amoeba A. castellanii.

Bacterial biogeography of pika gastrointestinal tract.

The authors examine how nectar yeasts disperse and how their populations develop cell densities sufficient to have ecological effects when faced with regular decimation by pollinator visits.

Genome analysis of two Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains enriched from polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin-contaminated river sediments revealed the possible involvement of a tetrachlorobenzene reductive dehalogenase gene homologue (cbrA) in reductive dechlorination of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins.

We have performed a meta-analysis of gut related diseases, such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, pseudomembranous colitis and colorectal cancer, aiming to identify microbial biomarkers.

P fertiliser significantly stimulated CO₂-fixation genes abundances in a P-limited paddy soil, and the response of CO₂-fixing autotrophs to P fertiliser depended on the irrigation management.

Bacterial community composition is influenced by the chemistry of the dead wood, bacterial biomass is correlated with accumulated N and the occurrence of taxa with specific ecological traits can be detected as decomposition advances.

Comparative analysis of the fecal bacterial communities of wild-captured and stranded green turtles (Chelonia mydas).

This is the first study to explore gut microbiomes of ornate spiny lobster juveniles and demonstrates that the gut-associated bacteria are influenced by gut region and developmental stage.