The microbiome of cryospheric ecosystems

M Bourquin, SB Busi, S Fodelianakis, H Peter… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The melting of the cryosphere is among the most conspicuous consequences of climate
change, with impacts on microbial life and related biogeochemistry. However, we are …

Genomic and metabolic adaptations of biofilms to ecological windows of opportunity in glacier-fed streams

SB Busi, M Bourquin, S Fodelianakis… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In glacier-fed streams, ecological windows of opportunity allow complex microbial biofilms to
develop and transiently form the basis of the food web, thereby controlling key ecosystem …

Progress on microbial species diversity, community assembly and functional traits

C Gao, LD Guo - Biodiversity Science, 2022 - biodiversity-science.net
Background: Microbes, collectively bacteria, fungi, archaea, and viruses, are the organisms
that are widely distributed on earth, with a huge number of individuals and high diversity of …

微生物物种多样性, 群落构建与功能性状研究进展

高程, 郭良栋 - 生物多样性, 2022 - biodiversity-science.net
微生物主要包括细菌, 真菌, 古菌, 病毒等类群, 是地球上出现时间最早, 分布最广泛,
个体数量最多, 以及物种和基因多样性十分丰富的生物类群. 为了适应各种生境 …

Unexpected functional diversity of stream biofilms within and across proglacial floodplains despite close spatial proximity

G Michoud, TJ Kohler, H Peter… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High‐mountain streams are particularly vulnerable to climate change because they
intimately interface with the cryosphere. As glaciers shrink and snowpack diminishes …

Glacier shrinkage will accelerate downstream decomposition of organic matter and alters microbiome structure and function

TJ Kohler, S Fodelianakis, G Michoud… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The shrinking of glaciers is among the most iconic consequences of climate change. Despite
this, the downstream consequences for ecosystem processes and related microbiome …

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… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbial life in glacier-fed streams (GFSs) is dominated by benthic biofilms which fulfill
critical ecosystem processes. However, it remains unclear how the bacterial communities of …

Spatial patterns of benthic biofilm diversity among streams draining proglacial floodplains

J Brandani, H Peter, SB Busi, TJ Kohler… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Glacier shrinkage opens new proglacial terrain with pronounced environmental gradients
along longitudinal and lateral chronosequences. Despite the environmental harshness of …

The dark side of the moon: first insights into the microbiome structure and function of one of the last glacier-fed streams in Africa

G Michoud, TJ Kohler, L Ezzat… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The glaciers on Africa's 'Mountains of the Moon'(Rwenzori National Park, Uganda) are
predicted to disappear within the next decades owing to climate change. Consequently, the …

[PDF][PDF] Disturbance by soil mixing decreases microbial richness and supports homogenizing community assembly processes

JR West, T Whitman - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The spatial heterogeneity of soil's microhabitats warrants the study of ecological patterns
and community assembly processes in the context of physical disturbance that disrupts the …