Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems

S Louca, MF Polz, F Mazel, MBN Albright… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Microbial communities often exhibit incredible taxonomic diversity, raising questions
regarding the mechanisms enabling species coexistence and the role of this diversity in …

Ecology and exploration of the rare biosphere

MDJ Lynch, JD Neufeld - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
The profound influence of microorganisms on human life and global biogeochemical cycles
underlines the value of studying the biogeography of microorganisms, exploring microbial …

Resource aromaticity affects bacterial community successions in response to different sources of dissolved organic matter

L Zhou, Y Zhou, X Tang, Y Zhang, KS Jang, AJ Székely… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbe-mediated transformation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) contributes
substantially to the carbon dynamics and energy flow of aquatic ecosystems; yet, the …

Deterministic processes guide long-term synchronised population dynamics in replicate anaerobic digesters

I Vanwonterghem, PD Jensen, PG Dennis… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
A replicate long-term experiment was conducted using anaerobic digestion (AD) as a model
process to determine the relative role of niche and neutral theory on microbial community …

Mass-immigration determines the assembly of activated sludge microbial communities

G Dottorini, TY Michaelsen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The assembly of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is affected
by immigration via wastewater streams, but the impact and extent of bacterial immigrants are …

Diversity and assembly patterns of activated sludge microbial communities: a review

Y Xia, X Wen, B Zhang, Y Yang - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding diversity and assembly patterns of microbial communities in activated sludge
(AS) is pivotal for addressing fundamental ecological questions and wastewater treatment …

Deterministic assembly and diversity gradient altered the biofilm community performances of bioreactors

Z Zhang, Y Deng, K Feng, W Cai, S Li… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Community assembly process (determinism vs stochasticity) determines the composition
and diversity of a microbial community, and then shapes its functions. Understanding this …

The importance of neutral and niche processes for bacterial community assembly differs between habitat generalists and specialists

J Liao, X Cao, L Zhao, J Wang, Z Gao… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The mechanisms of community assembly are a central focus in the field of microbial ecology.
However, to what extent these mechanisms differ in importance by traits of groups is poorly …

Terrestrial dissolved organic matter inputs drive the temporal dynamics of riverine bacterial ecological networks and assembly processes

L Zhou, Y Wu, Y Zhou, Y Zhang, H Xu, KS Jang… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Rivers receive, transport, and are reactors of terrestrial dissolved organic matter (DOM) and
are highly influenced by changes in hydrological conditions and anthropogenic …

Dispersal-based microbial community assembly decreases biogeochemical function

EB Graham, JC Stegen - Processes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Ecological mechanisms influence relationships among microbial communities, which in turn
impact biogeochemistry. In particular, microbial communities are assembled by deterministic …