Influences of anthropogenic land use on microbial community structure and functional potentials of stream benthic biofilms

X Qu, Z Ren, H Zhang, M Zhang, Y Zhang, X Liu… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
… first observed in stream benthic biofilms. We studied the benthic biofilms in streams flowing
… in both stream water and benthic biofilms, which are closely related to the differences in the …

Successional Change in Microbial Communities of Benthic Phormidium-Dominated Biofilms

KA Brasell, MW Heath, KG Ryan, SA Wood - Microbial Ecology, 2015 - Springer
Microbial interactions are important in the formation of benthic biofilms and can lead to …
This study investigated how microbial interactions contribute to proliferation of benthic blooms …

Stability and change in estuarine biofilm bacterial community diversity

JA Moss, A Nocker, JE Lepo… - … Microbiology, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) periphytometers (24) were modified for this study to hold artificial
substrata for biofilm growth at the surface and near-benthos. Periphytometers (60 cm in length…

[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity, community structure and function of biofilms in stream ecosystems

K Besemer - Research in microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
… While the focus of this review lies on the prokaryotic diversity of biofilms in the benthic and
… most of the variation between bacterial communities inhabiting fine benthic organic matter in …

Response of estuarine biofilm microbial community development to changes in dissolved oxygen and nutrient concentrations

A Nocker, JE Lepo, LL Martin, RA Snyder - Microbial ecology, 2007 - Springer
… Biomass accumulation in benthic biofilms appeared to be … in this study influencing microbial
population dynamics, with … that nascent microbial biofilm communities cannot only change …

Bacterial community composition of stream biofilms in spatially variable-flow environments

K Besemer, G Singer, I Hödl… - … microbiology, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
benthic biofilms, we do not yet understand what drives community assembly and biodiversity
of benthic biofilms … flow heterogeneity in biofilm community composition and biodiversity in …

Longitudinal variation of microbial communities in benthic biofilms and association with hydrological and physicochemical conditions in glacier-fed streams

Z Ren, H Gao, JJ Elser - Freshwater Science, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
… Variation in microbial communities in benthic biofilms along … We characterized microbial
community structure in 2 glacier-… (r)RNA genes in benthic biofilms and documented abiotic …

Microbial biofilm community dynamics in five lowland streams

K Guo, N Wu, W Li, A Baattrup-Pedersen… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Benthic microbial communities undergo significant shifts in … Therefore, the response of the
microbial community to … understand changes in benthic biofilm community composition and …

Benthic biofilms in glacier-fed streams from Scandinavia to the Himalayas host distinct bacterial communities compared with the streamwater

L Ezzat, S Fodelianakis, TJ Kohler… - … microbiology, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… found that benthic biofilms harbor bacterial communities that are distinct from the bacterial
… in the benthic biofilms compared to the bacterial cells putatively free-living in the water. The …

Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton

J Malazarte, T Muotka, J Jyväsjärvi… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… We explored the spatiotemporal variability of bacterial communities in a subarctic stream …
Our sampling covered both benthic biofilm and water-column bacterial communities. We …