We review the biogeography of microorganisms in light of the biogeography of
macroorganisms. A large body of research supports the idea that free-living microbial taxa …

Recently, microbiologists have established the existence of biogeographic patterns among a
wide range of microorganisms. The focus of the field is now shifting to identifying the …

Bringing together the viewpoints of leading experts in taxonomy, ecology and biogeography
of different taxa, this book synthesises discussion surrounding the so-called'everything is …

Microbes inhabit a wide range of habitats, from hot springs to the deep subsurface, and it is
highly improbable that one will be able to observe similar biogeographical patterns across …

The biogeographic variation of life has predominantly been studied using taxonomy, but this
focus is changing. There is a resurging interest in understanding patterns in the distribution …

The identification of geographical patterns in microbial distributions has begun to challenge
purely ecological explanations of biogeography and the underlying principle of “everything …

Abstract Analysis of patterns in the distribution of taxa can provide important insights into
ecological and evolutionary processes. Microbial biogeographic patterns almost always …

Introduction Rapidly advancing technologies and accumulating information about microbial
communities across the globe allow the quantification of microbial properties and functions …

New questions about microbial ecology and diversity combined with significant improvement
in the resolving power of molecular tools have helped the reemergence of the field of …

Macroecological rules have been developed for plants and animals that describe large-
scale distributional patterns and attempt to explain the underlying physiological and …