Diversity and ecology of protists revealed by metabarcoding

F Burki, MM Sandin, M Jamy - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Protists are the dominant eukaryotes in the biosphere where they play key functional roles.
While protists have been studied for over a century, it is the high-throughput sequencing of …

Microbial assembly, interaction, functioning, activity and diversification: a review derived from community compositional data

J Liu, Z Meng, X Liu, XH Zhang - Marine Life Science & Technology, 2019 - Springer
Microorganisms play crucial roles in maintaining ecosystem stability. The last two decades
have witnessed an upsurge in studies on marine microbial community composition using …

Stochastic processes shape microeukaryotic community assembly in a subtropical river across wet and dry seasons

W Chen, K Ren, A Isabwe, H Chen, M Liu, J Yang - Microbiome, 2019 - Springer
Background The deep mechanisms (deterministic and/or stochastic processes) underlying
community assembly are a central challenge in microbial ecology. However, the relative …

Spatiotemporal dynamics of the archaeal community in coastal sediments: assembly process and co-occurrence relationship

J Liu, S Zhu, X Liu, P Yao, T Ge, XH Zhang - The ISME Journal, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Studies of marine benthic archaeal communities are updating our view of their taxonomic
composition and metabolic versatility. However, large knowledge gaps remain with regard to …

Untangling microbiota diversity and assembly patterns in the world's largest water diversion canal

L Zhang, W Yin, C Wang, A Zhang, H Zhang, T Zhang… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Large water diversion projects are important constructions for reallocation of human-
essential water resources. Deciphering microbiota dynamics and assembly mechanisms …

Archaeal and bacterial communities assembly and co-occurrence networks in subtropical mangrove sediments under Spartina alterniflora invasion

W Chen, D Wen - Environmental Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Mangrove ecosystems are vulnerable due to the exotic Spartina alterniflora (S.
alterniflora) invasion in China. However, little is known about mangrove sediment microbial …

Community assembly of microbial habitat generalists and specialists in urban aquatic ecosystems explained more by habitat type than pollution gradient

MA Al, Y Xue, P Xiao, J Xu, H Chen, Y Mo, J Shimeta… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban freshwater ecosystems have important ecosystem functions, provide habitats for
diverse microbial communities and are susceptible to multiple interconnected factors such …

Distribution patterns and community assembly processes of eukaryotic microorganisms along an altitudinal gradient in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo …

Q Yang, P Zhang, X Li, S Yang, X Chao, H Liu, S Ba - Water research, 2023 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic microorganisms play an important role in the biogeochemical cycles of rivers.
Dynamic hydrological processes in rivers are thought to influence the assembly processes …

Disentangling the mechanisms shaping the surface ocean microbiota

R Logares, IM Deutschmann, PC Junger, CR Giner… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background The ocean microbiota modulates global biogeochemical cycles and changes in
its configuration may have large-scale consequences. Yet, the underlying ecological …

Environmental filtering dominates bacterioplankton community assembly in a highly urbanized estuarine ecosystem

L Zhou, P Wang, S Huang, Z Li, H Gong, W Huang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Estuaries are important in terms of biodiversity, biogeochemical function, and ecological
balance due to their intense land-sea interactions. The sustainability of estuarine ecosystem …