The microbial rare biosphere: current concepts, methods and ecological principles

F Pascoal, R Costa, C Magalhães - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Our ability to describe the highly diverse pool of low abundance populations present in
natural microbial communities is increasing at an unprecedented pace. Yet we currently lack …

Metabolic flexibility allows bacterial habitat generalists to become dominant in a frequently disturbed ecosystem

YJ Chen, PM Leung, JL Wood, SK Bay… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Ecological theory suggests that habitat disturbance differentially influences distributions of
habitat generalist and specialist species. While well-established for macroorganisms, this …

Depth effects on bacterial community assembly processes in paddy soils

W Li, Y Kuzyakov, Y Zheng, P Li, G Li, M Liu… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial communities in soil play a key role in carbon (C) and nutrient cycling. Unravelling
how bacterial community assemble and distribute with soil depth is a prerequisite for …

Chemosynthetic and photosynthetic bacteria contribute differentially to primary production across a steep desert aridity gradient

SK Bay, DW Waite, X Dong, O Gillor… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Desert soils harbour diverse communities of aerobic bacteria despite lacking substantial
organic carbon inputs from vegetation. A major question is therefore how these communities …

Vertical diversity and association pattern of total, abundant and rare microbial communities in deep‐sea sediments

Y Zhang, P Yao, C Sun, S Li, X Shi… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial abundance and community composition in marine sediments have been widely
explored. However, high‐resolution vertical changes of benthic microbial diversity and co …

Hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria are abundant in desert soils and strongly stimulated by hydration

K Jordaan, R Lappan, X Dong, IJ Aitkenhead, SK Bay… - Msystems, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
How the diverse bacterial communities inhabiting desert soils maintain energy and carbon
needs is much debated. Traditionally, most bacteria are thought to persist by using organic …

Macrophysiology for decision‐making

SL Chown - Journal of Zoology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In an 1854 lecture, TH Huxley suggested that physiology should be measured by its
contribution to science, its practical worth and the extent to which it should be made a …

Soil and bark biodiversity forms discrete islands between vineyards that are not affected by distance or management regime

L Jiraska, B Jones, SJ Knight, J Lennox… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Within geographic regions, the existing data suggest that physical habitat (bark, soil, etc.) is
the strongest factor determining agroecosystem microbial community assemblage, followed …

Biotic and abiotic factors distinctly drive contrasting biogeographic patterns between phyllosphere and soil resistomes in natural ecosystems

ZZ Yan, QL Chen, CY Li, BA Thi Nguyen… - ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The phyllosphere and soil are two of the most important reservoirs of antibiotic resistance
genes (ARGs) in terrestrial ecosystems. However, comparative studies on the biogeographic …

Expanding Antarctic biogeography: microbial ecology of Antarctic island soils

PH Lebre, J Bosch, C Coclet, R Hallas, ID Hogg… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of islands surrounding the Antarctic continent are poorly characterized in terms
of microbial macroecology due to their remote locations, geographical isolation and access …