In: Genome Announcements, 2015, vol. 3, no. 4, p. e00982-15
Bacillus alveayuensis strain 24KAM51 was isolated from a marine hydrothermal vent in Milos, Greece. Its genome depicts inter-esting features of halotolerance and resistance to heavy metals.
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In: Genome Announcements, 2015, vol. 3, no. 4, p. e00981-15
The genome of strain GS3372 is the first publicly available strain of Aeribacillus pallidus. This endospore-forming thermophilic strain was isolated from a deep geothermal reservoir. The availability of this genome can contribute to the clarification of the taxonomy of the closely related Anoxybacillus, Geobacillus, and Aeribacillus genera.
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In: Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2015, vol. 13, p. 299-206
Microbial diversity studies based on metagenomic sequencing have greatly enhanced our knowledge of the microbial world. However, one caveat is the fact that not all microorganisms are equally well detected, questioning the universality of this approach. Firmicutes are known to be a dominant bacterial group. Several Firmicutes species are endospore formers and this property makes...
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In: Aquatic Sciences, 2014, vol. 76, p. 33-46
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In: Aquatic Sciences, 2014, vol. 76, p. 103-116
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In: Aquatic sciences, 2014, vol. 76, no. S1, p. 103-116
Measurements of chemical composition and biological parameters of sediment cores are used as proxies for changes in past environmental conditions and more recently the human impact on ecosystem health. In this study, endospore-forming bacteria are proposed as a new biological proxy for such paleoecological reconstructions. A sediment core providing a record for the past 90 years (137Cs...
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In: Aquatic sciences, 2014, vol. 76, no. 1S, p. 33-46
Lake sediments in areas close to the outlet of wastewater treatment plants are sinks for pollutants. Bacterial communities in sediments are likely affected by the released effluents, but in turn they might modify the distribution and bioavailability of pollutants. On the shore of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, wastewater from the City of Lausanne is treated and discharged into the lake via an outlet...
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In: Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2013, vol. 5, no. 6, p. 911-924
In this study, we developed and validated a cultureindependent method for diversity surveys to specifically detect endospore-forming Firmicutes. The global transcription regulator of sporulation (spo0A) was identified as a gene marker for endosporeforming Firmicutes. To enable phylogenetic classification, we designed a set of primers amplifying a 602 bp fragment of spo0A that we...
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In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2013, vol. 79, no. 17, p. 5302-5312
Bacterial endospores are highly specialized cellular forms that allow endospore-forming Firmicutes (EFF) to tolerate harsh environmental conditions. EFF are considered ubiquitous in natural environments, in particular, those subjected to stress conditions. In addition to natural habitats, EFF are often the cause of contamination problems in anthropogenic environments, such as industrial...
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