The microbial rare biosphere: current concepts, methods and ecological principles

F Pascoal, R Costa, C Magalhães - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Our ability to describe the highly diverse pool of low abundance populations present in
natural microbial communities is increasing at an unprecedented pace. Yet we currently lack …

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 …

Distinct patterns and processes of abundant and rare eukaryotic plankton communities following a reservoir cyanobacterial bloom

Y Xue, H Chen, JR Yang, M Liu, B Huang… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Plankton communities normally consist of few abundant and many rare species, yet little is
known about the ecological role of rare planktonic eukaryotes. Here we used a 18S …

Biogeographic patterns of abundant and rare bacterioplankton in three subtropical bays resulting from selective and neutral processes

Y Mo, W Zhang, J Yang, Y Lin, Z Yu, S Lin - The ISME journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Unraveling the relative importance of ecological processes regulating microbial community
structure is a central goal in microbial ecology. Here, we used high-throughput sequencing …

Protist diversity and function in the dark ocean–Challenging the paradigms of deep-sea ecology with special emphasis on foraminiferans and naked protists

AJ Gooday, A Schoenle, JR Dolan, H Arndt - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The dark ocean and the underlying deep seafloor together represent the largest
environment on this planet, comprising about 80% of the oceanic volume and covering more …

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 …

Fungal community demonstrates stronger dispersal limitation and less network connectivity than bacterial community in sediments along a large river

J Chen, P Wang, C Wang, X Wang… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the essential functions of sedimentary bacterial and fungal communities in
biogeochemical cycling, little is known about their biogeographic patterns and driving …

Rare prokaryotic sub-communities dominate the complexity of ecological networks and soil multinutrient cycling during long-term secondary succession in China's …

D Shu, Y Guo, B Zhang, C Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Unraveling the succession of microbial communities is a core ecological research topic. Yet
few studies have focused on how long-term secondary succession affects the functional …

Komagataeibacter europaeus improves community stability and function in solid-state cereal vinegar fermentation ecosystem: Non-abundant species plays important …

MY Peng, XJ Zhang, T Huang, XZ Zhong… - Food Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solid-state fermentation of Chinese traditional cereal vinegar is a complex and retractable
ecosystem with multi-species involved, including few abundant and many non-abundant …

Distinct mechanisms underlying the assembly of microeukaryotic generalists and specialists in an anthropogenically impacted river

M Gad, L Hou, J Li, Y Wu, A Rashid, N Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microeukaryotic communities are sensitive to environmental changes; and are considered
essential for microbial food webs and biogeochemical cycles. Therefore, understanding the …