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Human‐induced salinity changes impact marine organisms and ecosystems
Global Change Biology, Volume 29, Issue 17, Page 4731-4749, September 2023., 2023 Salinity changes and their influence on ecosystem structure and function. Increasing temperatures enhance hydrological cycling, resulting in increased meltwater and shifts in evaporation and precipitation patterns that affect global ocean salinity patterns. Local impacts, such as land use practice further modulate terrestrial runoff patterns, affecting
Till Röthig +7 more
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Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 16, Issue 8, Page 1603-1610, August 2023., 2023 By considering recent literature, we discuss how dryland microorganisms could notably be used in the protection of the soil and, in general, the dryland environment and improve world food production. More specifically, we expose our vision on why and how drylands—among the most dominant terrestrial biome surface‐wise—are expanding under the threat of ...
Ramona Marasco +4 more
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Genomic Blueprint of Glycine Betaine Metabolism in Coral Metaorganisms and Their Contribution to Reef Nitrogen Budgets [PDF]
iScience, 2020 The osmolyte glycine betaine (GB) ranks among the few widespread biomolecules in all three domains of life. In corals, tissue concentrations of GB are substantially higher than in the ambient seawater. However, the synthetic routes remain unresolved, questioning whether intracellular GB originates from de novo synthesis or heterotrophic input.
David Kamanda Ngugi +3 more
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Regular Wounding in a Natural System : Bacteria Associated With Reproductive Organs of Bedbugs and Their Quorum Sensing Abilities [PDF]
, 2017 During wounding, tissues are disrupted so that bacteria can easily enter the host and trigger a host response. Both the host response and bacterial communication can occur through quorum sensing (QS) and quorum sensing inhibition (QSI).
Deines, Peter +3 more
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Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont in a sponge
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 5, May 2023., 2023 Transmission of microbes from mother to offspring is a widespread feature of metazoan life‐history and, despite this, little is known about which quantitative strategies are taken to maintain symbioses across generations. Here, we observed that the sponge Halichondria panicea has a maternal pool of an obligate symbiont that is provisioned ...
Tyler J. Carrier +4 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Soil pollution is a pressing problem requiring solutions that can be applied without large-scale side effects directly in the field. Phytoremediation is an effective strategy combining plant and root-associated microbiome to immobilize, degrade, and ...
Maria Tartaglia +6 more
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Ancient Darwinian replicators nested within eubacterial genomes
BioEssays, Volume 45, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023 REPINs are mobile genetic elements that have evolved from the terminal repeats of a parasitic transposon and replicate by virtue of interaction with RAYTs. Uniquely, the REPIN‐RAYT system is widespread among eubacteria, has persisted for millions of years, is vertically transmitted – therefore beneficial to hosts – and reminiscent of mutualistic ...
Frederic Bertels, Paul B. Rainey
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Gut microbiota as a trigger of accelerated directional adaptive evolution. Acquisition of herbivory in the context of extracellular vesicles, microRNAs and inter-kingdom crosstalk [PDF]
, 2017 According to a traditional view, the specific diet in vertebrates is one of the key factors structuring the composition of the gut microbiota. In this interpretation, the microbiota assumes a subordinate position, where the larger host shapes, through ...
Romano, Marco
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Towards evolutionary predictions: Current promises and challenges
Evolutionary Applications, Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 3-21, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Evolution has traditionally been a historical and descriptive science, and predicting future evolutionary processes has long been considered impossible. However, evolutionary predictions are increasingly being developed and used in medicine, agriculture, biotechnology and conservation biology. Evolutionary predictions may be used for different
Meike T. Wortel +35 more
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Microbiome structure of the fungid coral Ctenactis echinataaligns with environmental differences [PDF]
, 2015 The significance of bacteria for eukaryotic functioning is increasingly recognized. Coral reef ecosystems critically rely on the relationship between coral hosts and their intracellular photosynthetic dinoflagellates, but the role of the associated ...
Aranda, Manuel +4 more
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