ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2013
Shallow breathing: bacterial life at low O(2).
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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123 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 243 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Widespread occurrence of dissolved oxygen anomalies, aerobic microbes, and oxygen-producing metabolic pathways in apparently anoxic environments.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024Review
- The energy metabolism ofApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Virulence and transmission biology of the widespread, ecologically important pathogen of zooplankton,Applied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Competition for molecular oxygen (O(2)) among respiratory microorganisms is intense because O(2) is a potent electron acceptor. This competition leads to the formation of microoxic environments wherever microorganisms congregate in aquatic, terrestrial and host-associated communities. Bacteria can harvest O(2) present at low, even nanomolar, concentrations using high-affinity terminal oxidases. Here, we report the results of surveys searching for high-affinity terminal oxidase genes in sequenced bacterial genomes and shotgun metagenomes. The results indicate that bacteria with the potential to respire under microoxic conditions are phylogenetically diverse and intriguingly widespread in nature. We explore the implications of these findings by highlighting the importance of microaerobic metabolism in host-associated bacteria related to health and disease.
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