Recent analyses revealed that most of the biodiversity observed in marine microbial
communities is represented by organisms with low abundance but, nonetheless essential for …

Root microbiota is a crucial determinant of plant productivity and stress tolerance. Here, we
hypothesize that the superior halo-tolerance of seepweed Suaeda salsa is tightly linked to a …

Actinobacteria are known for their metabolic potential of producing diverse secondary
metabolites such as antibiotics. Actinobacteria also playimportant roles in biogeochemical …

Efforts to understand the environmental and biological factors that influence the dynamics of
microbial communities have received substantial attention in microbial ecology. In this study …

Background Understanding the associations among corals, their photosynthetic
zooxanthella symbionts (Symbiodinium), and coral-associated prokaryotic microbiomes is …

Much recent marine microbial research has focused on sponges, but very little is known
about how the sponge microbiome fits in the greater coral reef microbial metacommunity …

The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is a foundation species providing significant
ecosystem services. However, the roles of oyster microbiomes have not been integrated into …

Nitrification directly contributes to the ammonia removal in sponges and it plays an
indispensable role in sponge-mediated nitrogen cycle. Previous studies have demonstrated …

Understanding the maintenance and origin of beta diversity is a central topic in ecology.
However, the factors that drive diversity patterns and underlying processes remain unclear …

Marine sponges are an attractive source of bacterial strains that are tolerant to and able to
degrade toxic compounds. This study reveals the diverse bacterial communities of marine …