Mina Bizic

TL;DR: Unpredictable quantities of this greenhouse gas are produced in lake surfaces, indicating an overlooked global importance from oxygenated sources, according to Günthel and colleagues.

TL;DR: The potential significance of phytoplankton as methane producers, particularly through the ubiquitous process of photosynthesis, was highlighted in this paper, which investigated the taxonomic breadth of the process and the correlation of the methane emission rate with environmental factors.

TL;DR: Thiovulum, found also in other caves, is likely important to both S and N cycles in subterranean aquatic ecosystems, and it is suggested that in absence of motor-like structures along the membrane, the peritrichous flagella- like structures are type IV pili, for which genes were found in both Thiovulum genomes.

TL;DR: The functional versatility of Achromatium and its genomic features reveal alternative genetic and evolutionary mechanisms, expanding the understanding of the role and evolution of polyploidy in bacteria while challenging the bacterial species concept and drivers of bacterial speciation.