ReviewApplied and environmental microbiology2015
Atmospheric hydrogen scavenging: from enzymes to ecosystems.
Review in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.
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- Adaptations in electron transport chain complexes of clinical Rhodococcus equi revealed through comparative genomics.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Article
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- Atmospheric hydrogen consumption is regulated by glycerol-mediated catabolite repression in mycobacteria.mSystems · 2026Article
- Search for the role of a Huc-type [NiFe]-hydrogenase of the soil thermophileFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- The prevalence and distribution ofFrontiers in microbiomes · 2026Article
- Hydrogen Oxidation Benefits Alphaproteobacterial Methanotrophs Under Severe Methane Limitation.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Increased survival of Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius, a thermophilic soil bacterium, in a rhizosphere milieu.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Adaptive responses of Rhodococcus aetherivorans L13 to oligotrophy: genome and transcriptomic analysis.Current genetics · 2025Article
- The potential biofertilization effect of HPeerJ · 2025Article
- Microbiome associated to an HEnvironmental microbiome · 2024Article
- Trace gas oxidation sustains energy needs of a thermophilic archaeon at suboptimal temperatures.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Effect of bioaugmentation on gas production and microbial community during anaerobic digestion in a low-temperature fixed-bed reactor.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- "Freezing" Thermophiles: From One Temperature Extreme to Another.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Implementation of a high cell density fed-batch for heterologous production of active [NiFe]-hydrogenase in Escherichia coli bioreactor cultivations.Microbial cell factories · 2022Article
- Out of Thin Air? Astrobiology and Atmospheric Chemotrophy.Astrobiology · 2022Review
- Sensitivity of soil hydrogen uptake to natural and managed moisture dynamics in a semiarid urban ecosystem.PeerJ · 2022Article
- Chemosynthetic and photosynthetic bacteria contribute differentially to primary production across a steep desert aridity gradient.The ISME journal · 2021Article
- Hazardous gases sustain microbes underfoot.Nature microbiology · 2021Article
- Acidobacteria are active and abundant members of diverse atmospheric HThe ISME journal · 2021Article
- Distribution of Mixotrophy and Desiccation Survival Mechanisms across Microbial Genomes in an Arid Biological Soil Crust Community.mSystems · 2021Article
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Abstract
We have known for 40 years that soils can consume the trace amounts of molecular hydrogen (H2) found in the Earth’s atmosphere.This process is predicted to be the most significant term in the global hydrogen cycle. However, the organisms and enzymes responsible for this process were only recently identified. Pure culture experiments demonstrated that several species of Actinobacteria, including streptomycetes and mycobacteria, can couple the oxidation of atmospheric H2 to the reduction of ambient O2. A combination of genetic, biochemical, and phenotypic studies suggest that these organisms primarily use this fuel source to sustain electron input into the respiratory chain during energy starvation. This process is mediated by a specialized enzyme, the group 5 [NiFe]-hydrogenase, which is unusual for its high affinity, oxygen insensitivity, and thermostability. Atmospheric hydrogen scavenging is a particularly dependable mode of energy generation, given both the ubiquity of the substrate and the stress tolerance of its catalyst. This minireview summarizes the recent progress in understanding how and why certain organisms scavenge atmospheric H2. In addition, it provides insight into the wider significance of hydrogen scavenging in global H2 cycling and soil microbial ecology.
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