The high diversity of soil bacteria is attributed to the spatial complexity of soil systems, where
habitat heterogeneity promotes niche partitioning among bacterial taxa. This premise …

Much genetic diversity within a bacterial community is likely obscured by microdiversity
within operational taxonomic units (OTUs) defined by 16S rRNA gene sequences. However …

Soil microbial communities are essential for ecosystem function, but linking community
composition to biogeochemical processes is challenging because of high microbial diversity …

Bacteria have been inferred to exhibit relatively weak biogeographic patterns. To what
extent such findings reflect true biological phenomena or methodological artifacts remains …

It is well accepted that environmental heterogeneity and dispersal are key factors
determining soil bacterial community composition, yet little is known about the role of local …

Assigning ecological roles to bacterial taxa remains imperative to understanding how
microbial communities will respond to changing environmental conditions. Here we analyze …

With rapidly improving sequencing technologies, scientists have recently gained the ability
to examine diverse microbial communities at high genomic resolution, revealing that both …

For free-living bacteria and archaea, the equivalent of the biological species concept does
not exist, creating several obstacles to the study of the processes contributing to microbial …

Even though recent studies have clarified the influence and hierarchy of environmental
filters on bacterial community structure, those constraining bacterial populations variations …

Elevational gradients represent model systems for understanding the relationships between
soil microbial communities and environmental factors, but the multiple influences of plant …