Where less may be more: how the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings

A Jousset, C Bienhold, A Chatzinotas… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Rare species are increasingly recognized as crucial, yet vulnerable components of Earth's
ecosystems. This is also true for microbial communities, which are typically composed of a …

The gut–lung axis in respiratory disease

BJ Marsland, A Trompette… - Annals of the American …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
Host–microorganism interactions shape local cell functionality, immune responses, and can
influence disease development. Evidence indicates that the impact of host–microbe …

Low shifts in salinity determined assembly processes and network stability of microeukaryotic plankton communities in a subtropical urban reservoir

Y Mo, F Peng, X Gao, P Xiao, R Logares, E Jeppesen… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Freshwater salinization may result in significant changes of microbial
community composition and diversity, with implications for ecosystem processes and …

New insights into human nostril microbiome from the expanded human oral microbiome database (eHOMD): a resource for the microbiome of the human …

IF Escapa, T Chen, Y Huang, P Gajare, FE Dewhirst… - Msystems, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The expanded Human Oral Microbiome Database (eHOMD) is a
comprehensive microbiome database for sites along the human aerodigestive tract that …

Lung function and microbiota diversity in cystic fibrosis

L Cuthbertson, AW Walker, AE Oliver, GB Rogers… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background Chronic infection and concomitant airway inflammation is the leading cause of
morbidity and mortality for people living with cystic fibrosis (CF). Although chronic infection in …

Conditionally rare taxa disproportionately contribute to temporal changes in microbial diversity

A Shade, SE Jones, JG Caporaso, J Handelsman… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbial communities typically contain many rare taxa that make up the majority of the
observed membership, yet the contribution of this microbial “rare biosphere” to community …

Bacterial assembly and temporal dynamics in activated sludge of a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant

F Ju, T Zhang - The ISME journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Understanding environmental and biological influences on the dynamics of microbial
communities has received great attention in microbial ecology. Here, utilizing large time …

Using network analysis to explore co-occurrence patterns in soil microbial communities

A Barberán, ST Bates, EO Casamayor… - The ISME journal, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Exploring large environmental datasets generated by high-throughput DNA sequencing
technologies requires new analytical approaches to move beyond the basic inventory …

Lung microbiota across age and disease stage in cystic fibrosis

B Coburn, PW Wang, J Diaz Caballero, ST Clark… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Understanding the significance of bacterial species that colonize and persist in cystic fibrosis
(CF) airways requires a detailed examination of bacterial community structure across a …

Insights into the ecology, evolution, and metabolism of the widespread Woesearchaeotal lineages

X Liu, M Li, CJ Castelle, AJ Probst, Z Zhou, J Pan, Y Liu… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background As a recently discovered member of the DPANN superphylum,
Woesearchaeota account for a wide diversity of 16S rRNA gene sequences, but their …