K. M. Meyer

Transmission mode shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome

The paper tests how microbial transmission between same- and different-species plants affects microbiome specialization, finding that conspecific transmission leads to more specialized microbiomes.

Relative abundance data can misrepresent heritability of the microbiome

This paper shows that using relative abundance data to estimate microbiome heritability can lead to imprecise, overestimated, and biased results due to taxon interdependencies, large sample sizes, and microbial co-abundances.

Plant neighborhood shapes diversity and reduces interspecific variation of the phyllosphere microbiome

This study shows that plant neighborhood influences phyllosphere microbiome diversity and reduces interspecific variation over time.

Amazonian soil metagenomes indicate different physiological strategies of microbial communities in response to land use change

The paper compares microbial community physiological strategies in Amazonian forest and pasture soils using metagenomics and machine learning, finding distinct gene compositions and shifts linked to land use change.

Belowground changes to community structure alter methane-cycling dynamics in Amazonia

The paper measures methane flux and microbial communities across land use changes in Amazonia, finding that pasture soils emit methane while forests act as sinks, with microbial shifts driving these changes.

Rainforest-to-pasture conversion stimulates soil methanogenesis across the Brazilian Amazon

This study shows that converting rainforest to pasture in the Brazilian Amazon increases soil methanogenesis, with pastures acting as methane sources and secondary rainforests as sinks.

Consistent bacterial responses to land use change across the tropics

This study finds consistent changes in tropical rainforest soil bacterial communities following land use conversion to agriculture, including shifts in phyla abundance and increased alpha diversity.

Linking microbial communities to ecosystem functions: what we can learn from genotype-phenotype mapping in organisms

The paper explores linking microbial communities to ecosystem functions by integrating genotype-phenotype mapping concepts with biodiversity-ecosystem function research.

Community structure ecosystem function relationships in the Congo Basin methane cycle depend on the physiological scale of function

The paper examines how microbial community structure relates to methane cycling processes in the Congo Basin, finding that finer-scale processes are better predicted by community diversity and composition than broader-scale processes.

Use of RNA and DNA to Identify Mechanisms of Microbial Community Homogenization

The paper compares RNA- and DNA-based community inference to understand microbial homogenization in soil following land use change in the Congo Basin, finding RNA better reflects environmental impacts.