Search Results - "Bulzu, Paul"
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Expanded Diversity and Metabolic Versatility of Marine Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria Revealed by Cultivation- and Genomics-Based Approaches
Published in Applied and environmental microbiology (28-10-2020)“…Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) are ubiquitous and abundant microorganisms that play key roles in global nitrogen and carbon biogeochemical cycling. Despite…”
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Spatio‐temporal insights into microbiology of the freshwater‐to‐hypersaline, oxic‐hypoxic‐euxinic waters of Ursu Lake
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-07-2021)“…Summary Ursu Lake is located in the Middle Miocene salt deposit of Central Romania. It is stratified, and the water column has three distinct water masses: an…”
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Freshwater genome-reduced bacteria exhibit pervasive episodes of adaptive stasis
Published in Nature communications (23-04-2024)“…The emergence of bacterial species is rooted in their inherent potential for continuous evolution and adaptation to an ever-changing ecological landscape. The…”
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Intact ribosomal DNA arrays of Potentilla origin detected in Erythronium nucleus suggest recent eudicot‐to‐monocot horizontal transfer
Published in The New phytologist (01-08-2022)“…Summary During our initial phylogenetic study of the monocot genus Erythronium (Liliaceae), we observed peculiar eudicot‐type internal transcribed spacer (ITS)…”
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Casting light on Asgardarchaeota metabolism in a sunlit microoxic niche
Published in Nature microbiology (01-07-2019)“…Recent advances in phylogenomic analyses and increased genomic sampling of uncultured prokaryotic lineages have brought compelling evidence in support of the…”
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Environmental Drivers of the Moonmilk Microbiome Diversity in Some Temperate and Tropical Caves
Published in Microbial ecology (01-11-2023)“…Moonmilk is a cave deposit that was used for medical and cosmetic purposes and has lately raised interest for its antimicrobial potential. We studied five…”
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Diversity, distribution and organic substrates preferences of microbial communities of a low anthropic activity cave in North-Western Romania
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (07-02-2023)“…Karst caves are characterized by relatively constant temperature, lack of light, high humidity, and low nutrients availability. The diversity and functionality…”
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Ecogenomics sheds light on diverse lifestyle strategies in freshwater CPR
Published in Microbiome (04-06-2022)“…The increased use of metagenomics and single-cell genomics led to the discovery of organisms from phyla with no cultivated representatives and proposed new…”
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Uncovering the genomic basis of symbiotic interactions and niche adaptations in freshwater picocyanobacteria
Published in Microbiome (10-08-2024)“…Picocyanobacteria from the genera Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, and Cyanobium are the most widespread photosynthetic organisms in aquatic ecosystems…”
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Combination therapy of simvastatin and 5, 6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid synergistically suppresses the aggressiveness of B16.F10 melanoma cells
Published in PloS one (23-08-2018)“…The major drawback of current anti-angiogenic therapies is drug resistance, mainly caused by overexpression of the transcription factor, hypoxia-inducible…”
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Heliorhodopsin Evolution Is Driven by Photosensory Promiscuity in Monoderms
Published in mSphere (22-12-2021)“…Rhodopsins are light-activated proteins displaying an enormous versatility of function as cation/anion pumps or sensing environmental stimuli and are widely…”
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Schizorhodopsins: A family of rhodopsins from Asgard archaea that function as light-driven inward H + pumps
Published in Science advances (01-04-2020)“…Schizorhodopsins (SzRs), a rhodopsin family first identified in Asgard archaea, the archaeal group closest to eukaryotes, are present at a phylogenetically…”
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Physiological response to silver toxicity in the extremely halophilic archaeon Halomicrobium mukohataei
Published in FEMS microbiology letters (01-09-2019)“…ABSTRACT Adaptive strategies responsible for heavy metal tolerance were explored in the extremely halophilic archaeon Halomicrobium mukohataei DSM 12286. The…”
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A 16S rRNA Gene-Based Metabarcoding of Phosphate-Rich Deposits in Muierilor Cave, South-Western Carpathians
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (19-05-2022)“…Muierilor Cave is one of Romania's most important show caves, with paleontological and archeological deposits. Recently, a new chamber was discovered in the…”
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Author Correction: Freshwater genome-reduced bacteria exhibit pervasive episodes of adaptive stasis
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The gut microbiome mediates adaptation to scarce food in Coleoptera
Published in Environmental microbiome (13-11-2023)“…Beetles are ubiquitous cave invertebrates worldwide that adapted to scarce subterranean resources when they colonized caves. Here, we investigated the…”
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The Evolutionary Kaleidoscope of Rhodopsins
Published in mSystems (26-10-2022)“…Rhodopsins are widely distributed across all domains of life where they perform a plethora of functions through the conversion of electromagnetic radiation…”
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Diversity and distribution of phototrophic primary producers in saline lakes from Transylvania, Romania
Published in Plant systematics and evolution (01-02-2021)“…Phototrophic primary producers are regarded as valuable indicators in aquatic habitats, since they are spread in a wide range of environmental conditions…”
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Visualization of Lokiarchaeia and Heimdallarchaeia (Asgardarchaeota) by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and Catalyzed Reporter Deposition (CARD-FISH)
Published in mSphere (29-07-2020)“…Metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) of Asgardarchaeota have been recovered from a variety of habitats, broadening their environmental distribution and…”
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Quorum-Sensing Signals from Epibiont Mediate the Induction of Novel Microviridins in the Mat-Forming Cyanobacterial Genus Nostoc
Published in mSphere (25-08-2021)“…The regulation of the production of oligopeptides is essential in understanding their ecological role in complex microbial communities, including harmful…”
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