The importance of subterranean microbes

Here we apply terabase-scale cultivation-independent metagenomics to aquifer sediments and groundwater, and reconstruct 2,540 draft-quality, near-complete and complete strain-resolved genomes that represent the majority of known bacterial phyla as well as 47 newly discovered phylum-level lineages. Metabolic analyses spanning this vast phylogenetic diversity and representing up to 36% of organisms detected in the system are used to document the distribution of pathways in coexisting organisms.

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Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system : Nature Communications

Ocean biomass with human pathogens increases

Some dangerous form of life are increasing in the world oceans. The reason seems that are related to global climate change.

Climate change is having a dramatic impact on marine animal and plant communities but little is known of its influence on marine prokaryotes, which represent the largest living biomass in the world oceans and play a fundamental role in maintaining life on our planet.

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Climate influence on Vibrio and associated human diseases during the past half-century in the coastal North Atlantic