Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

The paper quantifies glycolate metabolism by marine bacteria and shows cross-feeding enhances carbon transfer efficiency.

This study examines the interactions between Prochlorococcus and co-occurring heterotrophic bacteria in synthetic communities, revealing distinct metabolic roles and crossfeeding interactions.

The paper investigates DOM-microbe interactions in a deep freshwater lake using metabolomics and microbiome analysis, finding complex networks in the hypolimnion with recalcitrant compounds.

The paper analyzes bacterial taxonomy data to assess evolutionary success across lineages by comparing observed taxonomic distributions to a null hypothesis of even distribution.

This study uses metagenomic analysis to show that mangrove degradation alters bacterial communities and functional genes, with implications for ecosystem health monitoring.

The paper examines how disturbance affects soil microbiome functional redundancy and insurance potential using metagenome sequencing from heated and reference sites.

This study investigates how microbial communities adapt after coalescence by mixing freshwater and seawater samples in controlled experiments, finding that environmental filtering has a stronger impact than mixing ratios.

The paper shows how different hydrothermal fluid flow types shape bacterial communities and sulfur mineralogy in sediments off Milos by altering environmental conditions and microbial metabolism.

The paper develops a theoretical framework to analyze microbial community dynamics by linking metabolic stoichiometry, growth rates, and biomass carrying capacity.

This paper uses EcoFAB 2.0 to study microbiome assembly in Zostera marina seedlings, identifying stage-specific microbial indicators and demonstrating controlled microbiome manipulation.

The paper introduces a transcriptomic marker gene-based classifier to predict bacterial growth states across species in microbial communities.

The paper quantifies mesopelagic fish gut microbial abundance and functional potential, suggesting they significantly contribute to marine biogeochemical cycles.

The paper shows predator-driven local convergence and global divergence in microbial communities, revealing trait-based filtering mechanisms and implications for microbiome engineering.

The paper shows that specialized bacteria degrade fucoidans through cooperative interactions, enhancing degradation efficiency by up to 97.1%.

The paper examines functional redundancy in marine microbiomes, finding that high-level synchrony and rhythmicity in metabolic functions emerge from lower-level complementary dynamics, supporting community resilience.

The paper measures growth rates of Vibrio bacteria in seawater using a single-cell chemostat, finding they grow consistently and are carbon-limited despite being rare.

The paper uses metagenomic data to show vitamin cross-feeding is crucial for seasonal microbial interactions in marine environments.

The paper examines how environmental factors and sampling strategies influence microbial co-occurrence patterns using a simulated dataset.

The paper shows that DOM from nitrogen-starved and virus-infected Prochlorococcus triggers different microbial responses in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

The paper integrates metabolic ecology with DNA shotgun sequencing to predict metagenomic structure, showing compatibility with observed data from human, aquatic, and terrestrial microbiomes.

The paper tests a new ecological model predicting microbial diversity patterns in hot springs, finding temperature and pH influence taxonomic and functional diversity.

The paper analyzes soil biodiversity changes over 20 years in Germany, finding no significant trends in alpha or beta diversity but taxon-specific compositional restructuring.

The paper identifies active microbial subnetworks in deep salt marsh sediments capable of decomposing complex carbon and aromatics, revealing depth-related stratification and metabolic pathways involved.

The paper constructs a periodic table of bacterial taxa to organize and visualize bacterial diversity based on genomic trait predictions.

The paper examines how bacterial diversity affects ecosystem function in pitcher plant communities, finding a negative relationship for broad functions but positive or neutral for narrow ones.

The paper uses computational simulations to study ecological drift in generating minimal microbiomes, identifying factors affecting their success.

The paper quantifies discoverable bacterial and archaeal diversity in metagenomes, finding many novel phyla and genera hidden in current data.

The paper introduces a single-cell method using polyacrylamide beads and split-pool barcoding to study microbial community heterogeneity and spatial interactions.

The paper develops a target capture sequencing method to detect low-abundance chemoreceptor genes in diverse environments, revealing novel microbial chemosensory biodiversity.

This study examines seasonal changes and thermal vulnerability in marine microbial communities in Uruguayan coastal waters using long-term data from a Marine Protected Area.