Microbially mediated barite dissolution in anoxic brines

A study of cellulose dissolution in ionic liquid- water brines

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Dissolution of Nontronite in Brines and Implications for Habitable

Microbially Mediated Plant Functional Traits

Plants are rife with bacteria and fungi that colonize roots and shoots both externally and internally. By providing novel nutritional and defense pathways and influencing plant biochemical pathways, microbes can fundamentally alter plant phenotypes. Here we review the widespread nature of microbially mediated plant functional traits. We highlight that there is likely fitness conflict between ho...

Microbially Driven Redox Reactions in Anoxic Environments: Pathways, Energetics, and Biochemical Consequences

After consumption of molecular oxygen, anaerobic microbial communities can use a continuum of alternative electron acceptors such as nitrate, manganese oxides, iron oxides, sulfate or CO2, with decreasing spans of available free energy. The electron transfer to insoluble metal oxides or to partner organisms such as methanogens may require the employment of electron carrier systems such as soil ...

First Insights into the Viral Communities of the Deep-sea Anoxic Brines of the Red Sea

The deep-sea brines of the Red Sea include some of the most extreme and unique environments on Earth. They combine high salinities with increases in temperature, heavy metals, hydrostatic pressure, and anoxic conditions, creating unique settings for thriving populations of novel extremophiles. Despite a recent increase of studies focusing on these unusual biotopes, their viral communities remai...