Recent understanding of soil acidobacteria and their ecological significance: A critical review
Acidobacteria represents an underrepresented soil bacterial phylum whose members are pervasive and copiously distributed across nearly all ecosystems. Acidobacterial sequences are abundant in soils and represent a significant fraction of soil microbial community. Being recalcitrant and difficult-to-...
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my.utm.900452021-03-31T05:04:13Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90045/ Recent understanding of soil acidobacteria and their ecological significance: A critical review Kalam, Sadaf Basu, Anirban Ahmad, Iqbal Sayyed, R. Z. El-Enshasy, Hesham Ali Dailin, Daniel Joe Ni Luh, Suriani TP Chemical technology Acidobacteria represents an underrepresented soil bacterial phylum whose members are pervasive and copiously distributed across nearly all ecosystems. Acidobacterial sequences are abundant in soils and represent a significant fraction of soil microbial community. Being recalcitrant and difficult-to-cultivate under laboratory conditions, holistic, polyphasic approaches are required to study these refractive bacteria extensively. Acidobacteria possesses an inventory of genes involved in diverse metabolic pathways, as evidenced by their pan-genomic profiles. Because of their preponderance and ubiquity in the soil, speculations have been made regarding their dynamic roles in vital ecological processes viz., regulation of biogeochemical cycles, decomposition of biopolymers, exopolysaccharide secretion, and plant growth promotion. These bacteria are expected to have genes that might help in survival and competitive colonization in the rhizosphere, leading to the establishment of beneficial relationships with plants. Exploration of these genetic attributes and more in-depth insights into the belowground mechanics and dynamics would lead to a better understanding of the functions and ecological significance of this enigmatic phylum in the soil-plant environment. This review is an effort to provide a recent update into the diversity of genes in Acidobacteria useful for characterization, understanding ecological roles, and future biotechnological perspectives. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90045/1/HeshamAliMetwally2020_RecentUnderstandingofSoilAcidobacteriaandTheirEcologicalSignificance.pdf Kalam, Sadaf and Basu, Anirban and Ahmad, Iqbal and Sayyed, R. Z. and El-Enshasy, Hesham Ali and Dailin, Daniel Joe and Ni Luh, Suriani (2020) Recent understanding of soil acidobacteria and their ecological significance: A critical review. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11 . p. 580024. ISSN 1664-302X http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.580024 |
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Acidobacteria represents an underrepresented soil bacterial phylum whose members are pervasive and copiously distributed across nearly all ecosystems. Acidobacterial sequences are abundant in soils and represent a significant fraction of soil microbial community. Being recalcitrant and difficult-to-cultivate under laboratory conditions, holistic, polyphasic approaches are required to study these refractive bacteria extensively. Acidobacteria possesses an inventory of genes involved in diverse metabolic pathways, as evidenced by their pan-genomic profiles. Because of their preponderance and ubiquity in the soil, speculations have been made regarding their dynamic roles in vital ecological processes viz., regulation of biogeochemical cycles, decomposition of biopolymers, exopolysaccharide secretion, and plant growth promotion. These bacteria are expected to have genes that might help in survival and competitive colonization in the rhizosphere, leading to the establishment of beneficial relationships with plants. Exploration of these genetic attributes and more in-depth insights into the belowground mechanics and dynamics would lead to a better understanding of the functions and ecological significance of this enigmatic phylum in the soil-plant environment. This review is an effort to provide a recent update into the diversity of genes in Acidobacteria useful for characterization, understanding ecological roles, and future biotechnological perspectives. |
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Recent understanding of soil acidobacteria and their ecological significance: A critical review |
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