ReviewMicroorganisms2019
The Ecology of Subaerial Biofilms in Dry and Inhospitable Terrestrial Environments.
Review in Microorganisms, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Unraveling the diversity and functional potential of cyanosphere microbiomes assembled from terrestrial cyanobacteria.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Rosy Discolouration in an Alpine Chapel: Beyond Salt Dependence.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
- Some Like It Rock 'N' Cold: Speleomycology of Ravništarka Cave (Serbia).Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Unveiling the Subterranean Symphony: A Comprehensive Study of Cave Fungi Revealed Through National Center for Biotechnology Sequences.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A Mathematical Model of Diel Activity and Long Time Survival in Phototrophic Mixed-Species Subaerial Biofilms.Bulletin of mathematical biology · 2024Article
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- Metabolite Profile of the Micromycete Lecanicillium gracile Isolated from Plaster and Limestone.Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections · 2022Article
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Abstract
The ecological relationship between minerals and microorganisms arguably represents one of the most important associations in dry terrestrial environments, since it strongly influences major biochemical cycles and regulates the productivity and stability of the Earth's food webs. Despite being inhospitable ecosystems, mineral substrata exposed to air harbor form complex and self-sustaining communities called subaerial biofilms (SABs). Using life on air-exposed minerals as a model and taking inspiration from the mechanisms of some microorganisms that have adapted to inhospitable conditions, we illustrate the ecology of SABs inhabiting natural and built environments. Finally, we advocate the need for the convergence between the experimental and theoretical approaches that might be used to characterize and simulate the development of SABs on mineral substrates and SABs' broader impacts on the dry terrestrial environment.
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