Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics


Publications
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Culturing the ubiquitous freshwater actinobacterial acI lineage by supplying a biochemical ‘helper’ catalase

Citation
Kim et al. (2019). The ISME Journal 13 (9)
Names
“Planktophila aquatilis” “Planktophila rubra”
Abstract
Abstract The actinobacterial acI lineage is among the most successful and ubiquitous freshwater bacterioplankton found on all continents, often representing more than half of all microbial cells in the lacustrine environment and constituting multiple ecotypes. However, stably growing pure cultures of the acI lineage have not been established despite various cultivation efforts based on ecological and genomic studies on the lineage, which is in contrast to the ocean from which abun

Comparative Genomics Reveals Ecological and Evolutionary Insights into Sponge-Associated Thaumarchaeota

Citation
Zhang et al. (2019). mSystems 4 (4)
Names
“Cenoporarchaeum stylissae” “Cenoporarchaeum”
Abstract
Sponges represent ecologically important models to understand the evolution of symbiotic interactions of metazoans with microbial symbionts. Thaumarchaeota are commonly found in sponges, but their potential adaptations to a host-associated lifestyle are largely unknown. Here, we present three novel sponge-associated thaumarchaeal species and compare their genomic and predicted functional features with those of closely related free-living counterparts. We foun