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 …

Marine microbial community dynamics and their ecological interpretation

JA Fuhrman, JA Cram, DM Needham - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
Recent advances in studying the dynamics of marine microbial communities have shown
that the composition of these communities follows predictable patterns and involves complex …

A simplified synthetic community rescues Astragalus mongholicus from root rot disease by activating plant-induced systemic resistance

Z Li, X Bai, S Jiao, Y Li, P Li, Y Yang, H Zhang, G Wei - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Plant health and growth are negatively affected by pathogen invasion; however,
plants can dynamically modulate their rhizosphere microbiome and adapt to such biotic …

Biogeography and ecological diversity patterns of rare and abundant bacteria in oil‐contaminated soils

S Jiao, W Chen, G Wei - Molecular ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Revealing the biogeographies and ecologies of rare and abundant microorganisms is
crucial to understand ecosystem diversity and function. In this study, we investigated the …

A strong link between marine microbial community composition and function challenges the idea of functional redundancy

PE Galand, O Pereira, C Hochart, JC Auguet… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Marine microbes have tremendous diversity, but a fundamental question remains
unanswered: why are there so many microbial species in the sea? The idea of functional …

[HTML][HTML] Marine bacterioplankton seasonal succession dynamics

C Bunse, J Pinhassi - Trends in microbiology, 2017 - cell.com
Bacterioplankton (bacteria and archaea) are indispensable regulators of global element
cycles owing to their unique ability to decompose and remineralize dissolved organic matter …

Global dispersion and local diversification of the methane seep microbiome

SE Ruff, JF Biddle, AP Teske, K Knittel… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Methane seeps are widespread seafloor ecosystems shaped by the emission of gas from
seabed reservoirs. The microorganisms inhabiting methane seeps transform the chemical …

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 …

Abundant and rare picoeukaryotic sub‐communities present contrasting patterns in the epipelagic waters of marginal seas in the northwestern P acific O cean

W Wu, R Logares, B Huang… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, they compared patterns of abundant and rare picoeukaryotic sub‐communities
in the epipelagic waters (surface and 40–75 m depth subsurface layers) of the East and …

A phylogenomic and ecological analysis of the globally abundant Marine Group II archaea (Ca. Poseidoniales ord. nov.)

C Rinke, F Rubino, LF Messer, N Youssef… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Marine Group II (MGII) archaea represent the most abundant planktonic archaeal
group in ocean surface waters, but our understanding of the group has been limited by a …