rhodopsin
Microbial EcologyUnexpected Abundance and Diversity of Phototrophs in Mats from Morphologically Variable Microbialites in Great Salt Lake, UtahThe earliest evidence of life on Earth is from organosedimentary structures, termed microbialites, preserved in 3.481-billion-year-old (Ga) rocks. Phototrophic microbial mats form in association with an ∼700-km2 expanse of morphologically diverse microbialites in the hypersaline Great Salt Lake (GSL), Utah. Here, we show taxonomically similar microbial mat communities are associated with morphologically diverse microbialites...
PhysiologyacI Actinobacteria Assemble a Functional Actinorhodopsin with Natively Synthesized RetinalMicrobes play critical roles in determining the quality of freshwater ecosystems, which are vital to human civilization. Because acI Actinobacteria are ubiquitous and abundant in freshwater lakes, clarifying their ecophysiology is a major step in determining the contributions that they make to nitrogen and carbon cycling. Without accurate knowledge of these cycles,...
- Environmental MicrobiologyDistribution and Diversity of Rhodopsin-Producing Microbes in the Chesapeake Bay
- Microbial EcologyProteorhodopsin-Bearing Bacteria in Antarctic Sea Ice