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A clinically important, plasmid-borne antibiotic resistance gene (β-lactamase TEM-116) present in desert soils

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

A novel bacterial Water Hypersensitivity-like protein shows in vivo protection against cold and freeze damage

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

A novel thermostable nitrile hydratase

scientific article published in August 1998

A novel, extremely alkaliphilic and cold-active esterase from Antarctic desert soil

scientific article

A reservoir of 'historical' antibiotic resistance genes in remote pristine Antarctic soils.

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond

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A sequential co-extraction method for DNA, RNA and protein recovery from soil for future system-based approaches

scientific article published on 11 June 2014

Abiotic factors influence microbial diversity in permanently cold soil horizons of a maritime-associated Antarctic Dry Valley

scientific article

Actinobacterial Diversity Associated with Antarctic Dry Valley Mineral Soils

Advanced Photogrammetry to Assess Lichen Colonization in the Hyper-Arid Namib Desert

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

Agulhas Current properties shape microbial community diversity and potential functionality.

scientific article published on 12 July 2018

Airborne microbial transport limitation to isolated Antarctic soil habitats

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

An unusual feruloyl esterase belonging to family VIII esterases and displaying a broad substrate range

Ancient landscapes of the Namib Desert harbor high levels of genetic variability and deeply divergent lineages for Collembola

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

Ancient oncogenesis, infection and human evolution.

scientific article

Antarctic Dry Valley mineral soils contain unexpectedly high levels of microbial biomass

scientific article published on 30 July 2002

Antarctic psychrophiles: models for understanding the molecular basis of survival at low temperature and responses to climate change

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Aquisalibacillus elongatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium of the family Bacillaceae isolated from a saline lake.

scientific article

Aquisalimonas asiatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from an alkaline, saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China.

scientific article

Arable agriculture changes soil microbial communities in the South African Grassland Biome

Assembling metagenomes, one community at a time

scientific article

Assessment of temporal and spatial evolution of bacterial communities in a biological sand filter mesocosm treating winery wastewater.

scientific article published on 15 April 2013

Atmospheric chemosynthesis is phylogenetically and geographically widespread and contributes significantly to carbon fixation throughout cold deserts

scientific article published in 2022

Bacterial and archaeal diversity in two hot spring microbial mats from the geothermal region of Tengchong, China.

scientific article

Bacterial diversity in the rhizosphere of Proteaceae species

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Bacterial diversity in three different Antarctic Cold Desert mineral soils.

scientific article published on 5 April 2006

Balancing redox cofactor generation and ATP synthesis: key microaerobic responses in thermophilic fermentations

scientific article

Biocatalysis in organic solvent systems using thermostable enzymes: esterase-catalysed transesterification of Z-L-tyrosine p-nitrophenyl ester

article published in 1990

Biodegradation of high-concentration isopropanol by a solvent-tolerant thermophile, Bacillus pallidus

scientific article published on 26 March 2002

Biodiversity: So much more than legs and leaves

article published in 2013

Biogeography of bacterial communities in hot springs: a focus on the actinobacteria

scientific article

Biotechnology of the Archaea

scientific article published on September 1, 1992

Biotic interactions are an unexpected yet critical control on the complexity of an abiotically driven polar ecosystem

scientific article published in 2019

Bleaching response of corals and their Symbiodinium communities in southern Africa

article

Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

CO-dependent hydrogen production by the facultative anaerobe Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius

scientific article published on 09 July 2018

Caldalkalibacillus thermarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkalithermophilic bacterium from a hot spring in China.

scientific article

Capturing global metabolism

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Carbohydrate active enzyme domains from extreme thermophiles: components of a modular toolbox for lignocellulose degradation.

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Characterisation of the arsenic resistance genes in Bacillus sp. UWC isolated from maturing fly ash acid mine drainage neutralised solids

article

Characterization and homology modelling of a novel multi-modular and multi-functional Paenibacillus mucilaginosus glycoside hydrolase

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Characterization of bacterial communities in lithobionts and soil niches from Victoria Valley, Antarctica

scientific article

Characterization of nitride thin films by electron backscatter diffraction.

scientific article

Characterization, crystallization and preliminary X-ray investigation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.

scientific article published in July 1998

Cloning and sequencing of a gene from the archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus with high homology to a gene encoding phosphoenolpyruvate synthetase from Escherichia coli.

scientific article published on July 1995

Cloning, expression and characterization of thermostable YdaP from Bacillus licheniformis 9A

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Cobalt Uptake and Resistance to Trace Metals inComamonas testosteroniIsolated From a Heavy-Metal Contaminated Site in the Zambian Copperbelt

scholarly article by Sarah Staniland et al published 12 October 2010 in Geomicrobiology Journal

Comparative Metagenomic Analysis Reveals Mechanisms for Stress Response in Hypoliths from Extreme Hyperarid Deserts

scientific article published on 8 August 2016

Comparative analysis of the Geobacillus hemicellulose utilization locus reveals a highly variable target for improved hemicellulolysis

scientific article

Comparative biology of mesophilic and thermophilic nitrile hydratases.

scientific article

Comparative genomic analysis of Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius strains with distinct hydrogenogenic capacities

scientific article published on 06 December 2018

Comparative genomic analysis of the flagellin glycosylation island of the Gram-positive thermophile Geobacillus.

scientific article

Comparative investigations on thermostable pyrimidine nucleoside phosphorylases from Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius and Thermus thermophilus

Conservation. Challenges to the future conservation of the Antarctic

scientific article

Contrasting assembly processes in a bacterial metacommunity along a desiccation gradient.

scientific article

Correction: The Gut Microbiomes of Two Pachysoma MacLeay Desert Dung Beetle Species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Feeding on Different Diets.

scientific article published on 19 October 2016

Correlation between microbial protein thermostability and resistance to denaturation in aqueous: organic solvent two-phase systems

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Corrigendum to "Phylogenomic re-assessment of the thermophilic genus Geobacillus" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39 (2016) 527-533]

scientific article published on 10 July 2018

Cryptic microbial communities in Antarctic deserts

scientific article

Cyanobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria May Facilitate Cooperative Interactions in Niche Communities

scientific article

Cyanobacteria drive community composition and functionality in rock-soil interface communities.

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Degradation of low rank coal by Trichoderma atroviride ES11

Degradation of low rank coal by Trichoderma atroviride ES11.

scientific article published on 29 June 2007

Delivering 21st century Antarctic and Southern Ocean science

Developments in nitrile and amide biotransformation processes.

scientific article

Diel-scale temporal dynamics recorded for bacterial groups in Namib Desert soil.

scientific article published on 10 January 2017

Dissemination and survival of non-indigenous bacterial genomes in pristine Antarctic environments

scientific article published on 10 June 2005

Dissimilatory sulphate reduction in hypersaline coastal pans: an integrated microbiological and geochemical study.

scientific article published on 4 February 2013

Distribution and abiotic influences on hypolithic microbial communities in an Antarctic Dry Valley

Diverse hypolithic refuge communities in the McMurdo Dry Valleys

Diversity and Ecology of Viruses in Hyperarid Desert Soils.

scientific article

Diversity of bacteria and archaea from two shallow marine hydrothermal vents from Vulcano Island

scientific article published on 10 May 2017

Draft Genome Sequence of Microbacterium sp. Strain CH12i, Isolated from Shallow Groundwater in Cape Hallett, Antarctica

scientific article

Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingomonas sp. Strain Ant20, Isolated from Oil-Contaminated Soil on Ross Island, Antarctica

scientific article

Draft Genome Sequence of Thermophilic Geobacillus sp. Strain Sah69, Isolated from Saharan Soil, Southeast Algeria

scientific article

Draft Genome Sequence of Williamsia sp. Strain D3, Isolated From the Darwin Mountains, Antarctica

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Draft Genome Sequence of the Antarctic Polyextremophile Nesterenkonia sp. Strain AN1.

scientific article published on 27 March 2014

Draft Genome Sequence of the Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium Sphingobium sp. Strain Ant17, Isolated from Antarctic Soil

scientific article published on 10 April 2014

Draft Genome Sequences of Geobacillus sp. Strains CAMR5420 and CAMR12739.

scientific article

Draft Genome Sequences of the Onion Center Rot Pathogen Pantoea ananatis PA4 and Maize Brown Stalk Rot Pathogen P. ananatis BD442.

scientific article

Draft genome sequence of Thermoactinomyces sp. strain AS95 isolated from a Sebkha in Thamelaht, Algeria

scientific article

Draft genomic DNA sequence of the multi-resistant Sphingomonas sp. strain AntH11 isolated from an Antarctic hypolith

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Ecology and biogeochemistry of cyanobacteria in soils, permafrost, aquatic and cryptic polar habitats

scholarly article by Thulani P. Makhalanyane et al published 10 March 2015 in Biodiversity and Conservation

Editorial: Biotech in South Africa

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Editorial: Thematic issue on polar and alpine microbiology

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Effects of different operating parameters on hydrogen production by Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius DSM 6285

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Endangered antarctic environments

scientific article

Endolithic microbial colonization of limestone in a high-altitude arid environment

scientific article published on 25 November 2009

Energy from thin air

scientific article published on 01 December 2017

Engineering pyruvate decarboxylase-mediated ethanol production in the thermophilic host Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius.

scientific article published on 26 November 2013

Enhancing the functional properties of thermophilic enzymes by chemical modification and immobilization ⬇️

scientific article published on 06 July 2011

Environmental drivers of viral community composition in Antarctic soils identified by viromics

scientific article

Erratum: Evidence for successional development in Antarctic hypolithic bacterial communities

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Evidence for successional development in Antarctic hypolithic bacterial communities.

scientific article

Evidence of microbial rhodopsins in Antarctic Dry Valley edaphic systems.

scientific article published on 28 July 2017

Evidence of novel plant-species specific ammonia oxidizing bacterial clades in acidic South African fynbos soils.

scientific article published on 27 February 2015

Evidence of species recruitment and development of hot desert hypolithic communities.

scientific article

Evidence of variability in the structure and recruitment of rhizospheric and endophytic bacterial communities associated with arable sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench)

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Exploring South Africa’s southern frontier: A 20-year vision for polar research through the South African National Antarctic Programme

scholarly article by Isabelle J. Ansorge et al published 30 May 2017 in South African Journal of Science

Exploring Viral Diversity in a Unique South African Soil Habitat

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Extracellular alpha-amylase from Thermus filiformis Ork A2: purification and biochemical characterization.

scientific article published in January 1998

Extremophiles in biofuel synthesis

scientific article published on July 2010

First Report of a Potyvirus Infecting Albuca rautanenii in the Namib Desert

scientific article published on 01 December 2014

Flashy flagella: flagellin modification is relatively common and highly versatile among the Enterobacteriaceae

scientific article

Genetic diversity among populations of Antarctic springtails (Collembola) within the Mackay Glacier ecotone

scientific article

Genetic diversity of soil invertebrates corroborates timing estimates for past collapses of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

Genetic signatures indicate widespread antibiotic resistance and phage infection in microbial communities of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, East Antarctica

scholarly article by Sean T. S. Wei et al published 8 February 2015 in Polar Biology

Genetic tool development underpins recent advances in thermophilic whole-cell biocatalysts.

scientific article published on 10 February 2011

Genome sequence of temperate bacteriophage Psymv2 from Antarctic Dry Valley soil isolate Psychrobacter sp. MV2.

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

Genomic analysis of six new Geobacillus strains reveals highly conserved carbohydrate degradation architectures and strategies

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

Genomics of Alkaliphiles

scientific article published on 23 February 2019

Genotoxicity of metal based engineered nanoparticles in aquatic organisms: A review.

scientific article published on 4 June 2017

Gracilibacillus orientalis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in Inner Mongolia, China.

scientific article

Habitat heterogeneity and connectivity shape microbial communities in South American peatlands

scientific article (publication date: 10 May 2016)

Halalkalicoccus tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a novel genus of haloalkaliphilic archaea

scientific article

Halopiger xanaduensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from saline Lake Shangmatala in Inner Mongolia, China.

scientific article

Halorubrum luteum sp. nov., isolated from Lake Chagannor, Inner Mongolia, China.

scientific article

Halorubrum orientale sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from Lake Ejinor, Inner Mongolia, China.

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Halovivax asiaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from Inner Mongolia, China.

scientific article

Halovivax ruber sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from Lake Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China.

scientific article

High 16S rDNA bacterial diversity in glacial meltwater lake sediment, Bratina Island, Antarctica

scientific article

High Quality Draft Genomes of the Type Strains Geobacillus thermocatenulatus DSM 730T, G. uzenensis DSM 23175T And Parageobacillus galactosidasius DSM 18751T.

scientific article published on 3 February 2018

High-level diversity of tailed phages, eukaryote-associated viruses, and virophage-like elements in the metaviromes of antarctic soils.

scientific article

Hypolithic and soil microbial community assembly along an aridity gradient in the Namib Desert.

scientific article

Hypolithic communities: important nitrogen sources in Antarctic desert soils.

scientific article published on 16 June 2011

Hypolithic microbial communities of quartz rocks from Miers Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

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Hypolithic microbial communities: between a rock and a hard place.

scientific article

Hypolithic microbial community of quartz pavement in the high-altitude tundra of central Tibet.

scientific article

Identification and characterization of a novel Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius bacteriophage, GVE3.

scientific article

Identification of a novel alkaliphilic esterase active at low temperatures by screening a metagenomic library from antarctic desert soil

scientific article

Identification of eukaryotic open reading frames in metagenomic cDNA libraries made from environmental samples

scientific article published in January 2006

Immobilization of Geobacillus pallidus RAPc8 nitrile hydratase (NHase) reduces substrate inhibition and enhances thermostability

Immobilization of functionally unstable catechol-2,3-dioxygenase greatly improves operational stability

scientific article published in May 2000

Improving the production of a thermostable amidase through optimising IPTG induction in a highly dense culture of recombinant Escherichia coli

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In planta expression of hyperthermophilic enzymes as a strategy for accelerated lignocellulosic digestion.

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

In silico characterization of the global Geobacillus and Parageobacillus secretome

scientific article published on 03 October 2018

Increased temperatures alter viable microbial biomass, ammonia oxidizing bacteria and extracellular enzymatic activities in Antarctic soils

scientific article published on 10 April 2020

Integrative conjugative elements of the ICEPan family play a potential role in Pantoea ananatis ecological diversification and antibiosis

scientific article published on 8 June 2015

Islands in the sand: Are all hypolithic microbial communities the same?

scientific article published on 17 October 2020

Isolation and partial characterization of a novel thermostable carboxylesterase from a thermophilic Bacillus

Key microbial taxa in the rhizosphere of sorghum and sunflower grown in crop rotation

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

LEA Proteins and the Evolution of the WHy Domain

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

Liquid Phase Multiplex High-Throughput Screening of Metagenomic Libraries Using p-Nitrophenyl-Linked Substrates for Accessory Lignocellulosic Enzymes

scientific article

Lithobionts: Cryptic and Refuge Niches

Meeting report: 1st international functional metagenomics workshop may 7-8, 2012, st. Jacobs, ontario, Canada

scientific article

Metagenomic analysis of the viral community in Namib Desert hypoliths

scientific article

Metagenomic analysis provides insights into functional capacity in a hyperarid desert soil niche community

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

Metagenomic gene discovery: how far have we moved into novel sequence space?

scientific article

Metagenomic gene discovery: past, present and future.

scientific article published in June 2005

Metagenomics of extreme environments

scientific article published on June 2015

Metagenomics, gene discovery and the ideal biocatalyst.

scientific article published in April 2004

Metagenomics: Microbial Community Genomes Revealed

Metaviromes of Extracellular Soil Viruses along a Namib Desert Aridity Gradient

scientific article

Metaviromics of Namib Desert Salt Pans: A Novel Lineage of Haloarchaeal Salterproviruses and a Rich Source of ssDNA Viruses.

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Micro-eukaryotic diversity in hypolithons from miers valley, antarctica

scientific article

Microbial Nitrogen Cycling in Antarctic Soils

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Microbial biogeography of six salt lakes in Inner Mongolia, China, and a salt lake in Argentina

scientific article published on 31 July 2009

Microbial community structure stability, a key parameter in monitoring the development of constructed wetland mesocosms during start-up ⬇️

scientific article published on October 13, 2011

Microbial dispersal limitation to isolated soil habitats in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica

Microbial diversity and functional capacity in polar soils

scientific article

Microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of continental Antarctic soils.

scientific article published on 09 April 2014

Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems.

scientific article

Microbial genomes – the untapped resource

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Microbial responses to solvent and alcohol stress.

scientific article

Microbiomics of Namib Desert habitats

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

Molecular adaptations to psychrophily: the impact of 'omic' technologies

scientific article published on 18 June 2010

Molecular analysis of the nitrile catabolism operon of the thermophile Bacillus pallidus RAPc8.

scientific article

Molecular characterisation of a novel thermophilic nitrile hydratase

scientific article published in April 1999

Molecular characterization of a novel family VIII esterase from Burkholderia multivorans UWC10.

scientific article

Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15th century Middle Iron Age Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the 'ancestral' sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome

scientific article published on 06 May 2020

Namib Desert Soil Microbial Community Diversity, Assembly, and Function Along a Natural Xeric Gradient.

scientific article published on 24 June 2017

Namib Desert dune/interdune transects exhibit habitat-specific edaphic bacterial communities.

scientific article

Namib Desert edaphic bacterial, fungal and archaeal communities assemble through deterministic processes but are influenced by different abiotic parameters.

scientific article

Namib Desert primary productivity is driven by cryptic microbial community N-fixation

scientific article published on 2 May 2018

Nanoarchaeal 16S rRNA gene sequences are widely dispersed in hyperthermophilic and mesophilic halophilic environments

scientific article published on 14 June 2008

Natrinema ejinorense sp. nov., isolated from a saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China.

scientific article

Neotropical termite microbiomes as sources of novel plant cell wall degrading enzymes

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Niche-dependent genetic diversity in Antarctic metaviromes

scientific article published on 16 December 2014

Niche-partitioning of edaphic microbial communities in the Namib Desert gravel plain Fairy Circles

scientific article

Nitrile biotransformations using free and immobilized cells of a thermophilic Bacillus spp.

scientific article published in March 2000

Non-indigenous microorganisms in the Antarctic: assessing the risks

scientific article

Normalization of environmental metagenomic DNA enhances the discovery of under-represented microbial community members.

scientific article published on 15 January 2015

Novel lichen-dominated hypolithic communities in the Namib Desert

scientific article published on 27 July 2021

Nutrient Acquisition, Rather Than Stress Response Over Diel Cycles, Drives Microbial Transcription in a Hyper-Arid Namib Desert Soil

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

On the rocks: the microbiology of Antarctic Dry Valley soils

scientific article

Optimising the recovery of recombinant thermostable proteins expressed in mesophilic hosts.

scientific article

PCR-based detection of non-indigenous microorganisms in 'pristine' environments

scientific article

Phages Actively Challenge Niche Communities in Antarctic Soils

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Phenolic removal processes in biological sand filters, sand columns and microcosms.

scientific article

Phylogenetic analysis of actinobacterial populations associated with Antarctic Dry Valley mineral soils

scientific article

Phylogenomic re-assessment of the thermophilic genus Geobacillus

scientific article

Phylogenomic, Pan-genomic, Pathogenomic and Evolutionary Genomic Insights into the Agronomically Relevant Enterobacteria Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea stewartii

scientific article published on 14 September 2017

Phylogeny, classification and metagenomic bioprospecting of microbial acetyl xylan esterases.

scientific article published on 29 July 2016

Physical ecology of hypolithic communities in the central Namib Desert: The role of fog, rain, rock habitat, and light

scientific article

Plants of the fynbos biome harbour host species-specific bacterial communities

scientific article

Polar soils exhibit distinct patterns in microbial diversity and dominant phylotypes

scientific article published in 2022

Pollution shapes the microbial communities in river water and sediments from the Olifants River catchment, South Africa

scientific article published on 13 September 2020

Protection of Antarctic microbial communities - 'out of sight, out of mind'.

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

Purification and partial characterization of a novel thermophilic carboxylesterase with high mesophilic specific activity.

scientific article published in September 1995

Purification and some properties of an extracellular protease (caldolysin) from an extreme thermophile.

scientific article published on August 1982

Rapid microbial response to the presence of an ancient relic in the Antarctic Dry Valleys.

scientific article

Rapid purification of two thermophilic proteinases using dye-ligand chromatography.

scientific article published in January 1996

Recombinant hyperthermophilic enzyme expression in plants: a novel approach for lignocellulose digestion.

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Reorganising the order Bacillales through phylogenomics

scientific article published on 26 October 2018

Retrieval of Full-Length Functional Genes Using Subtractive Hybridization Magnetic Bead Capture ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Review and re-analysis of domain-specific 16S primers ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2003

Rhizosheath microbial community assembly of sympatric desert speargrasses is independent of the plant host

article

Salsuginibacillus kocurii gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from soda-lake sediment.

scientific article

Seasonal shifts of the microbial community structure in a winery waste-impacted wetland soil

Selection of Clostridium spp. in biological sand filters neutralizing synthetic acid mine drainage

scientific article

Selection of diazotrophic bacterial communities in biological sand filter mesocosms used for the treatment of phenolic-laden wastewater

scientific article

Sequence analysis of an Archaeal virus isolated from a hypersaline lake in Inner Mongolia, China

scientific article

Shotgun metagenomics reveals distinct functional diversity and metabolic capabilities between 12 000-year-old permafrost and active layers on Muot da Barba Peider (Swiss Alps)

scientific article published in 2021

Soil fungal diversity and assembly along a xeric stress gradient in the central Namib Desert

scientific article published in 2023

Soil nutritional status and biogeography influence rhizosphere microbial communities associated with the invasive tree Acacia dealbata. ⬇️

scientific article

Some like it cold: understanding the survival strategies of psychrophiles

scientific article

Some observations on the inhibition and activation of a thermophilic protease.

scientific article

Sources of edaphic cyanobacterial diversity in the Dry Valleys of Eastern Antarctica

scientific article

South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges

scholarly article by Anne M. Treasure et al published 2013 in South African Journal of Science

Specific Microbial Communities Associate with the Rhizosphere of Welwitschia mirabilis, a Living Fossil

scientific article

Stability of ATP in Antarctic mineral soils

Streptomyces hypolithicus sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic hypolith community

scientific article

Structural and biochemical characterization of a nitrilase from the thermophilic bacterium, Geobacillus pallidus RAPc8.

scientific article

Structural characterization and directed evolution of a novel acetyl xylan esterase reveals thermostability determinants of the Carbohydrate Esterase 7 family.

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Structure and functional characterization of pyruvate decarboxylase from Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus

scientific article

Structure of an aliphatic amidase from Geobacillus pallidus RAPc8

scientific article published on 19 September 2007

Subtractive hybridization magnetic bead capture: a new technique for the recovery of full-length ORFs from the metagenome

scientific article published in January 2007

Temporal dynamics of hot desert microbial communities reveal structural and functional responses to water input

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

Temporal shifts of fungal communities in the rhizosphere and on tubers in potato fields

scientific article published on 06 June 2018

The Functional Potential of the Rhizospheric Microbiome of an Invasive Tree Species, Acacia dealbata

scientific article published on 09 June 2018

The Geobacillus Pan-Genome: Implications for the Evolution of the Genus

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

The Gut Microbiomes of Two Pachysoma MacLeay Desert Dung Beetle Species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Feeding on Different Diets

scientific article

The Healthy Human Blood Microbiome: Fact or Fiction?

scholarly article by Diego J Castillo et al published 2019 in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

The Mechanism of the Amidases: MUTATING THE GLUTAMATE ADJACENT TO THE CATALYTIC TRIAD INACTIVATES THE ENZYME DUE TO SUBSTRATE MISPOSITIONING

scientific article

The ecological assembly of bacterial communities in Antarctic wetlands varies across levels of phylogenetic resolution

scientific article published in 2022

The effect of the particulate phase on coal biosolubilisation mediated by Trichoderma atroviride in a slurry bioreactor

The genome of Alcaligenes aquatilis strain BU33N: Insights into hydrocarbon degradation capacity

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

The genome of the Antarctic polyextremophile Nesterenkonia sp. AN1 reveals adaptive strategies for survival under multiple stress conditions

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

The influence of surface soil physicochemistry on the edaphic bacterial communities in contrasting terrain types of the Central Namib Desert.

scientific article published on 4 May 2015

The plant rhizosheath–root niche is an edaphic “mini-oasis” in hyperarid deserts with enhanced microbial competition

scientific article published in 2022

The quaternary structure of the amidase from Geobacillus pallidus RAPc8 is revealed by its crystal packing

scientific article

The search for the ideal biocatalyst ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2002

The soil and plant determinants of community structures of the dominant actinobacteria in Marion Island terrestrial habitats, Sub-Antarctica

article

The soil microbiomics of intact, degraded and partially-restored semi-arid succulent thicket (Albany Subtropical Thicket)

scientific article published on 06 October 2021

The spatial structures of hypolithic communities in the Dry Valleys of East Antarctica

Thermophilic ethanologenesis: future prospects for second-generation bioethanol production.

scientific article published on 28 May 2009

Thermophilic proteins: Stability and function in aqueous and organic solvents ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 1997

Threat management priorities for conserving Antarctic biodiversity

scientific article published in 2022

Three novel bacteriophages isolated from the East African Rift Valley soda lakes

scientific article published on 03 December 2016

Time-Course Transcriptome of Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius DSM 6285 Grown in the Presence of Carbon Monoxide and Air

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity

scientific article

Treatment of high ethanol concentration wastewater by biological sand filters: enhanced COD removal and bacterial community dynamics

article

Trophic Selective Pressures Organize the Composition of Endolithic Microbial Communities From Global Deserts

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Understanding and protecting the world's biodiversity: the role and legacy of the SCAR programme "Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic".

scientific article

Understanding diversity patterns in bacterioplankton communities from a sub-Antarctic peatland

scientific article published on 8 April 2015

Understanding physiological responses to pre-treatment inhibitors in ethanologenic fermentations.

scientific article published on 14 February 2012

Unique Aliphatic Amidase from a Psychrotrophic and Haloalkaliphilic Nesterenkonia Isolate

scientific article

Unique Microbial Phylotypes in Namib Desert Dune and Gravel Plain Fairy Circle Soils

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Uracil-DNA glycosylase activities in hyperthermophilic micro-organisms

scientific article published on 01 October 1996

Use your neighbour's genes

scientific article published in Nature

Using signature genes as tools to assess environmental viral ecology and diversity

scientific article

Water inputs across the Namib Desert: implications for dryland edaphic microbiology

scientific article published in 2022

Water regime history drives responses of soil Namib Desert microbial communities to wetting events

scientific article published on 21 July 2015

Xerotolerant bacteria: surviving through a dry spell.

scientific article

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