Microbial communities often exhibit incredible taxonomic diversity, raising questions
regarding the mechanisms enabling species coexistence and the role of this diversity in …

Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity, functions, succession, and
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …

Recent research has expanded our understanding of microbial community assembly.
However, the field of community ecology is inaccessible to many microbial ecologists …

Recently, microbiologists have established the existence of biogeographic patterns among a
wide range of microorganisms. The focus of the field is now shifting to identifying the …

Understanding diversity and assembly patterns of microbial communities in activated sludge
(AS) is pivotal for addressing fundamental ecological questions and wastewater treatment …

Biological degradation of domestic and industrial wastewater by activated sludge depends
on a common process of separation of the diverse self-assembled and self-sustained …

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 …

Microbial biofilms are ubiquitous in aquatic environments where they provide important
ecosystem functions. A key property believed to influence the community structure and …

Macroecology is the study of the mechanisms underlying general patterns of ecology across
scales. Research in microbial ecology and macroecology have long been detached. Here …

Wastewater treatment plants in temperate climate zones frequently undergo seasonal
nitrification failure in the winter month yet maintain removal efficiency for other contaminants …