Volume 95, Issue 12, December 2019

This study describes the microbial communities of I. scapularis nymphs, in relation to B. burgdorferi presence/absence and identifies specific taxa associated with infection that should be further explored for their role in vector colonization by human pathogens.

An ice cave in Arctic permafrost yields subzero brines, likely ancient relic seawater, inhabited by robust microbial communities (dominated by a single strain of Marinobacter) distinctive from modern sea-ice brines.

In vitro detected antagonism does not necessarily reflect the situation in planta.

This study explores, for the first time, the anaerobic environments at Copahue volcano focusing on the enrichment and isolation of acidophilic/acid-tolerant sulfate-reducing bacteria and their characterization by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

Prokaryote communities were sampled from 17 sponge species, bacterial mats, sediment and seawater in Southeast Asian coral reef habitats in order to assign HMA or LMA status and compare compositional variation among species.

New functional and taxonomic insights into the ecosystem dynamics and survival strategies of microbial communities colonising varnish and non-varnish rock surfaces.

Initial soil bacterial abundance and richness and the activity of Mycobacterium species during SIP experiment best explained the level of phenanthrene degradation contrary to the initial soil PAH contamination.

This study addresses the impact of climate change, forest sites and tree species on microbial communities and litter decomposition process in three Mediterranean forests.

Rare microbes seem surprisingly busy on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

The brine shrimp Artemia is able to digest and assimilate haloarchaea biomass indicating that archivory may occur in hypersaline aquatic environments.

Enhancing salinity significantly reduces bacterial richness and diversity, but increases network complexity, and substantially changes bacterial community structure in Tibetan Plateau lakes.