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 …

Viral community-wide auxiliary metabolic genes differ by lifestyles, habitats, and hosts

XQ Luo, P Wang, JL Li, M Ahmad, L Duan, LZ Yin… - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background Viral-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) are important toolkits for
modulating their hosts' metabolisms and the microbial-driven biogeochemical cycles …

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 …

Differences in metabolic potential between particle-associated and free-living bacteria along Pearl River Estuary

Y Liu, Q Lin, J Feng, F Yang, H Du, Z Hu… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Particulate organic matter (POM) in aquatic ecosystem is critical for biogeochemical cycling
and host distinct communities of microbes, compared to its surrounding water. In this study …

Impacts of bio-stimulants on pyrene degradation, prokaryotic community compositions, and functions

M Ahmad, P Wang, JL Li, R Wang, L Duan, X Luo… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bio-stimulation of the indigenous microbial community is considered as an effective strategy
for the bioremediation of polluted environments. This examination explored the near effects …

Full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing reveals spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial community in a heavily polluted estuary, China

M Hongxia, F Jingfeng, L Jiwen, W Zhiyi, W Yantao… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the bacterial community structure of the river estuary could provide insights
into the resident microorganisms in response to environmental pollution. In this study, the …

Habitat-dependent prokaryotic microbial community, potential keystone species, and network complexity in a subtropical estuary

L Duan, JL Li, LZ Yin, XQ Luo, M Ahmad, BZ Fang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbes (eg, bacteria and archaea) are indispensable components for the key biological
processes of estuarine ecosystems and three main habitats (sediment, particle, and water) …

Unraveling bacteria-mediated degradation of lignin-derived aromatic compounds in a freshwater environment

J Li, P Wang, N Salam, X Li, M Ahmad, Y Tian… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Terrestrial organic carbon-lignin plays a crucial role in the global carbon balance. However,
limited studies presented the functional and ecological traits of lignin decomposers …

Role of particle resuspension in maintaining hypoxic level in the Pearl River Estuary

Y Cui, J Wu, E Tan, SJ Kao - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Eutrophication‐induced seasonal hypoxia in the coastal ocean has widely been attributed to
the excessive oxygen consumption induced by settling and deposition of organic particles …

Salinity and seasonality shaping free-living and particle-associated bacterioplankton community assembly in lakeshores of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

J Zhang, H Shen, H Wang, W Zhang, X Deng… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microorganisms in lakeshore zones are essential for pollution interception and biodiversity
maintenance. However, the biogeographic patterns of bacterioplankton communities in …