Microorganisms play a crucial role in the biogeochemical processes of Dissolved Organic
Matter (DOM), and the properties of DOM also significantly influence changes in microbial …

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

The taxonomic composition of a microbial community can be deduced by analyzing its rRNA
gene content by, eg, high-throughput DNA sequencing or DNA chips. Such methods …

Geothermal springs are model ecosystems to investigate microbial biogeography as they
represent discrete, relatively homogenous habitats, are distributed across multiple …

The response of microbial communities to long-term environmental change is poorly
understood. Here, we study bacterioplankton communities in a unique system of coastal …

Background Bacterial communities are essential to the biogeochemical cycle in riverine
ecosystems. However, little is presently known about the integrated biogeography of …

Climate effects and human impacts, that is, nutrient enrichment, simultaneously drive spatial
biodiversity patterns. However, there is little consensus about their independent effects on …

High-throughput sequencing of ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) amplicons has opened up the
door to large-scale comparative studies of microbial community structures. The short reads …

Hadal trench bottom (> 6000 m below sea level) sediments harbor higher microbial cell
abundance compared with adjacent abyssal plain sediments. This is supported by the …

Submerged macrophytes are the main primary producers in shallow lakes and play an
important role in structuring communities. Aquatic microbes are also an important …