Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

This study compares Illumina short-read and PacBio long-read sequencing for microbial diversity in river biofilms, finding that PacBio provides higher taxonomic resolution while both methods yield similar community structures.

The paper cultivates microbial communities from the Prony Bay hydrothermal field using different carbon sources in hydrogen-fed bioreactors and finds that non-glycine substrates support diverse taxa, including aerobic genera.

The paper develops a stochastic model to explain diversity patterns in microbial communities based on dispersal and division rates, validates it with simulations and equations, and applies metrics to experimental data.

The paper compares neutral and selective processes in shaping skin and gut microbiomes across species, finding skin microbiomes are more influenced by neutral processes.

This study identifies active subseafloor autotrophs at deep-sea hydrothermal vents using RNA-SIP and metatranscriptomics, revealing their metabolic strategies and population dynamics.

The paper examines successional changes in the Cladophora microbiome using qSIP and NanoSIMS imaging, revealing shifts in bacterial composition, growth rates, and functional group dynamics.

The paper sequences and analyzes 15 shotgun metagenomes from tidal lagoons, reconstructing 129 high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes to provide a baseline for microbial community studies in public waterfront areas.

This study examines how microbial communities respond to short-term environmental changes, revealing distinct temporal patterns and network dynamics in prokaryotic and eukaryotic groups.

This study compares Tween20 and Tween80 detergents for dissociating marine particle-associated microbes, finding Tween80 more effective at preserving cell viability and enriching abundant taxa.

This study identifies adaptation strategies of iron-oxidizing bacteria Gallionella and Zetaproteobacteria across marine and freshwater environments through metagenomic and functional analyses.

The paper identifies potential keystone microbes in the Gulf of Alaska by analyzing co-occurrence networks of microbial communities across different regions.

This study examines how environmental factors drive spatial variations in microbial communities across different shores of Erhai Lake, identifying key drivers and their ecological implications.

This study examines groundwater microbiome resilience and vulnerability to hydroclimatic extremes over a decade, revealing distinct temporal patterns in connected and isolated aquifers.

The paper sequenced complete genomes of 34 Arctic marine bacteria to identify gene gain, loss, and rearrangement patterns linked to adaptation to Arctic conditions.

This study identifies antagonistic interactions between archaea and bacteria by analyzing genome sequences and demonstrating the antibacterial activity of archaeal peptidoglycan hydrolases.

This study examines how urbanization affects soil and root microbiome diversity and assembly in white clover, finding distinct responses between soil and root communities.

This study shows microbial resilience in arid soils arises from dynamic network reorganization and stochastic processes, with Thermoproteota playing a key keystone role in nitrogen cycling.

This study analyzes prokaryotic diversity in mangrove sediments using 16S rDNA metabarcoding, identifying a microbial hotspot and highlighting environmental factors over plant diversity in shaping microbial communities.

The paper identifies glycine betaine as a key metabolite linking Prochlorococcus and SAR11 in the eastern tropical North Pacific Oxygen Deficient Zone.

The paper shows that EPS from chitin degradation influences microbial community diversity by supporting different consumer types through sequential breakdown.

This study examines how the production of tropodithietic acid (TDA) affects microbial physiology and interactions across varying culture complexities, showing gene deletion impacts co-cultures but not tri-cultures with algal hosts.

This study compares bacterial and viral community structure and function in urban greenspaces and natural arid soils using metagenomic data, finding distinct differences in genetic potential for metabolism and resistance.

This study analyzes the global diversity and distribution of Trichodesmium and UCYN-A diazotrophic cyanobacteria using nifH gene sequencing, revealing distinct microdiversity and environmental drivers.

This study characterizes the microbiomes of Phaeocystis antarctica colonies in the Southern Ocean and laboratory culture, showing shifts in bacterial composition and highlighting the importance of field studies for understanding microbial interactions.

The paper analyzes eDNA from estuarine sediments to assess microbial community dynamics and biotic associations across environmental disturbance gradients, finding that disturbed sites show greater variability and different network structures.

The paper introduces GRUMP, a database of global ocean microbial communities using universal primers, enabling direct comparison of taxonomic ratios across samples and domains.

The paper investigates how predation by ciliates affects prokaryotic community diversity, biomass, and function under varying temperature and nutrient conditions in peatlands.

This study uses CLPP to assess carbon substrate utilization by microbial communities in Romanian karstic caves, revealing environmental drivers and distinct metabolic patterns.

The paper analyzes metagenomic data to show that rubisco-encoding organisms, particularly from SAR324 and gammaproteobacteria, dominate carbon fixation potential in the dark ocean.