Potato Microbiome: Relationship with Environmental Factors and Approaches for Microbiome Modulation.

Every land plant exists in a close relationship with microbial communities of several niches: rhizosphere, endosphere, phyllosphere, etc. The growth and yield of potato-a critical food crop worldwide-highly depend on the diversity and structure of the bacterial and fungal communities with which the potato plant coexists. The potato plant has a specific part, tubers, and the soil near the tubers as a sub-compartment is usually called the "geocaulosphere", which is associated with the storage process and tare soil microbiome.

Viral Diversity in Samples of Freshwater Gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Benedictiidae) Revealed by Total RNA-Sequencing.

Previously, the main studies were focused on viruses that cause disease in commercial and farmed shellfish and cause damage to food enterprises (for example, , and ). Advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies have extended the studies to natural populations of mollusks (and other invertebrates) as unexplored niches of viral diversity and possible sources of emerging diseases. These studies have revealed a huge diversity of mostly previously unknown viruses and filled gaps in the evolutionary history of viruses.

Drought Tolerance of Legumes: Physiology and the Role of the Microbiome.

Water scarcity and global warming make drought-tolerant plant species more in-demand than ever. The most drastic damage exerted by drought occurs during the critical growth stages of seed development and reproduction. In the course of their evolution, plants form a variety of drought-tolerance mechanisms, including recruiting beneficial microorganisms.

Short Interrupted Repeat Cassette (SIRC)-Novel Type of Repetitive DNA Element Found in .

Short interrupted repeat cassette (SIRC)-a novel DNA element found throughout the nuclear genome. SIRCs are represented by short direct repeats interrupted by diverse DNA sequences. The maxima of SIRC's distribution are located within pericentromeric regions.

sp. Strain SLB01 as Pathogenic Bacteria for Sponge .

Sponges (phylum Porifera) are ancient, marine and inland water, filter feeding metazoans. In recent years, diseased sponges have been increasingly occurring in marine and freshwater environments. Endemic freshwater sponges of the Lubomirskiidae family are widely distributed in the coastal zone of Lake Baikal.

Metagenomic Assessment of DNA Viral Diversity in Freshwater Sponges, .

Sponges (type Porifera) are multicellular organisms that give shelter to a variety of microorganisms: fungi, algae, archaea, bacteria, and viruses. The studies concerning the composition of viral communities in sponges have appeared rather recently, and the diversity and role of viruses in sponge holobionts remain largely undisclosed. In this study, we assessed the diversity of DNA viruses in the associated community of the Baikal endemic sponge, , using a metagenomic approach, and compared the virome data from samples of sponges and Baikal water (control sample).

16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing Data of Bacterial Community of Freshwater Sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis.

Our study was devoted to investigating the mass disease and mortality of freshwater sponges (Lubomirskiidae) in Lake Baikal. The first sights of the disease were discovered in 2011 and were associated with a shift in sponge microbial diversity. To study the microbiome, we performed sequencing of the 16S rRNA amplicon DNA extracted from the freshwater sponges.

Extended Evaluation of Viral Diversity in Lake Baikal through Metagenomics.

Lake Baikal is a unique oligotrophic freshwater lake with unusually cold conditions and amazing biological diversity. Studies of the lake's viral communities have begun recently, and their full diversity is not elucidated yet. Here, we performed DNA viral metagenomic analysis on integral samples from four different deep-water and shallow stations of the southern and central basins of the lake.

Complete Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus qingshengii Strain VKM Ac-2784D, Isolated from Elytrigia repens Rhizosphere.

Rhizosphere bacteria are considered to be promising destructors of oil and its components. Bacterial species of the genus can degrade a variety of hydrocarbons and are widely used for the bioremediation of polluted environments. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of strain VKM Ac-2784D.

Virome Analysis of Near-Bottom Coastal Water of Lake Baikal.

In recent years, Lake Baikal has undergone significant changes in the composition of coastal communities associated with the increasing anthropogenic influence and global climate changes. In this context, we carried out metagenomic sequencing of the DNA viral community of an integral near-bottom water sample from the littoral zone of the lake.

Cooperative Interaction of sp. SLB01 and sp. SLB02 in the Diseased Sponge .

Endemic freshwater sponges (demosponges, Lubomirskiidae) dominate in Lake Baikal, Central Siberia, Russia. These sponges are multicellular filter-feeding animals that represent a complex consortium of many species of eukaryotes and prokaryotes. In recent years, mass disease and death of has been a significant problem in Lake Baikal.

Draft Genome Sequence of sp. Strain SLB02, Isolated from the Diseased Sponge .

There are significant changes in the consortium of microorganisms of freshwater Baikal sponges during their mass death, which began in 2011. The alleged cause of disease is a significant increase in the number of opportunistic microorganisms. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of sp.