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Microbiomes 1:15005. https://doi.org/10.1038/npjbiofilms.2015.5
Escoll P, Song OR, Viana F, Steiner B, Lagache T, Olivo-Marin JC, Impens F, Brodin P, Hilbi H,
Buchrieser C (2017) Legionella pneumophila modulates mitochondrial dynamics to trigger
metabolic repurposing of infected macrophages. Cell Host Microbe 22(3):302–316.e7. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2017.07.020
Fleming A (1922) On a remarkable bacteriolytic element found in tissues and secretions. Proc
Royal Soc B 93(653):306–317
Fleming A (1929) On the antibacterial action of cultures of a Penicillium, with special reference to
their use in the isolation of B. influenzæ. Br J Exp Pathol 10:226–236
Foster K, Schluter J, Coyte K et al (2017) The evolution of the host microbiome as an ecosystem on
a leash. Nature 548:43–51. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23292
Frank AB (1877) Über die biologischen Verkältnisse des Thallus einiger Krustflechten. Beiträge
zur Biologie der Pflanzen 2:123–200
Gage DJ (2004) Infection and invasion of roots by symbiotic, nitrogen-fixing rhizobia during
nodulation of temperate legumes. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 68:280–300
Herren JK, Mbaisi L, Mararo E et al (2020) A microsporidian impairs Plasmodium falciparum
transmission in anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes. Nat Commun 11(1):2187. https://doi.org/10.
1038/s41467-020-16121-y
Hurst CJ (2016) Towards a unified understanding of evolution, habitat and niche. In: Hurst CJ
(ed) Their world: a diversity of microbial environments. Advances in environmental microbiology, vol 1. Springer, Cham, pp 1–33
Kannan MS, Lenca N (2013) Field guide to algae and other “scums” in ponds, lakes, streams and
rivers, 2nd edn. Boone and Kenton County Conservation Districts, Burlington, Kentucky;
Campbell County conservtion Districts, Alexandria, Kentucky
Khan N, Martínez-Hidalgo P, Humm EA, Maymon M, Kaplan D, Hirsch AM (2020) Inoculation
with a microbe isolated from the Negev Desert enhances corn growth. Front Microbiol 11:1149.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01149
Li X, He X-L, Zhou Y, Hou Y-T, Zuo Y-L (2019) Effects of dark Septate Endophytes on the
performance of Hedysarum scoparium under water deficit stress. Front PlantSci 10:903. https://
doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00903
Miller SL (1953) A production of amino acids under possible primitive earth conditions. Science
117:528–529. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.117.3046.528
Miller SL, Urey HC (1959) Organic compound synthesis on the primitive earth. Science
130:245–251. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.130.3370.245
Moore GT (1905) Soil Inoculation for Legumes; Reports Upon the Successful Use of Artificial
Cultures by Practical Farmers. Bureau Of Plant Industry Bulletin No. 71. U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington
Nowack ECM, Melkonian M (2010) Endosymbiotic associations within protists. Phil Trans R Soc
B 365:699–712. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0188
Plominsky AM, Henríquez-Castillo C, Delherbe N, Podell S, Ramirez-Flandes S, Ugalde JA,
Santibañez JF, van den Engh G, Hanselmann K, Ulloa O, De la Iglesia R, Allen EE, Trefault
N (2018) Distinctive Archaeal composition of an artisanal crystallizer pond and functional
insights into salt-saturated Hypersaline environment adaptation. Front Microbiol 9:1800. https://
doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01800
van Leewenhoeck A (1677) Observations, communicated to the Publisher by Mr. Antony van
Leewenhoeck, in a Dutch letter of the 9th of Octob. 1676. Here English'd: concerning little
animals by him observed in rain-Well-Sea. And snow water; as also in water wherein pepper had
lain infused. Philosophical Transactions Philos Trans R Soc Lond 12(133):821–831
Waksman SA (1927) Principles of soil microbiology. In: Bailliere. Tindall and Cox, Covent Garden
Waksman SA, Reilly HC, Johnstone DB (1946) Isolation of streptomycin-producing strains of
Streptomyces griseus. J Bacteriol 52:393–397
1 Our Living World Rests upon a Foundation of Microorganisms: The Constant. . .
17