Frequent and persistent heavy metal pollution has profound effects on the composition and
activity of microbial communities. Heavy metals select for metal resistance but can also co …

Human activities are causing a global proliferation of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms
(CHABs), yet we have limited understanding of how these events affect freshwater bacterial …

One major goal in microbial ecology is to establish the importance of deterministic and
stochastic processes for community assembly. This is relevant to explain and predict how …

The bacteria in the water column and surface sediments are inherently intertwined and
inseparable in aquatic ecosystems, yet little is known about the integrated spatiotemporal …

Background The widespread nature of plastic pollution has given rise to wide scientific and
social concern regarding the capacity of these materials to serve as vectors for pathogenic …

Background Residual disinfection is often used to suppress biological growth in drinking
water distribution systems (DWDSs), but not without undesirable side effects. In this study …

The primary aspiration in the microbial observatory is to advance the understanding of
freshwater bacterioplankton, whose diversity and population dynamics are currently the …

Background Cyanobacteria are the major prokaryotic primary producers occupying a range
of aquatic habitats worldwide that differ in levels of salinity, making them a group of interest …

Microbes in various aquatic ecosystems play a key role in global energy fluxes and
biogeochemical processes. However, the detailed patterns on the functional structure and …

Water quality monitoring is essential to safeguard human and environmental health. The
advent of next-generation sequencing techniques in recent years, which allow a more in …