Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Differing patterns in community composition and diversity of biofilm-forming bacteria and fungi along a large salinity gradient

The paper examines how bacterial and fungal biofilm communities respond to salinity gradients, finding distinct patterns in diversity and environmental drivers between the two groups.

Stream and lake network position structures freshwater microbial communities across multiple catchments

The paper shows bacterial community composition changes consistently across hydrological network positions in freshwater systems.

Impact of ecotourism on the diversity of bacteria, archaea, and fungi in the freshwater stream of the Agua Azul Waterfalls in southeastern Mexico

The paper examines how ecotourism affects microbial diversity and water quality in a freshwater stream at Agua Azul Waterfalls, finding human-induced changes in physicochemical parameters and microbial communities.

Crossfeeding interactions in a minimal marine chitin-degrading community

The paper develops a minimal marine bacterial community to study crossfeeding interactions and shows how different species exploit metabolic byproducts in a controlled setting.

SAR11 Genome Atlas: a genome and gene catalog for functional profiling of the most abundant bacterial clade in the ocean

The paper introduces the SAR11 Genome Atlas, a resource integrating SAR11 genomes and functional data to support ecological and genomic analysis of oceanic bacteria.

Iron limitation alters diatom carbon flow through shifts in microbiome exometabolite consumption

The paper investigates how iron limitation affects carbon flow to bacteria by altering exometabolite consumption in a diatom-bacterial community.

Phylogenetic coherence in microbiome composition across environmental gradients

The paper investigates how environmental gradients shape microbial community composition by analyzing phylogenetic signals in response to environmental variables.

Strong habitat-associated differentiation of microbial communities across a fine-scale land-water interface

The paper examines microbial community differentiation across a land-water interface, finding strong habitat-associated differences between terrestrial and aquatic samples.

Evidence for a central ecological function of predatory Myxococcota in soil ecosystems

This study examines the ecological role of Myxococcota in soil habitats, finding they are more abundant and diverse in field soil than in sand biofilters, with distinct interaction patterns.

Modelling variation in salinity-dependent growth in photosynthetic microbes

This paper introduces a 4-parameter model to describe salinity-dependent growth in photosynthetic microbes, showing it captures growth curves and key traits across species and environments.

An optimized flow cytometry sorting-sequencing workflow reduces storage, sorting and extraction bias in sorted microbial communities

The paper optimizes a flow cytometry sorting-sequencing workflow to reduce contamination and bias in microbial community analysis.

Piezophilic activity dominates the Puerto Rico Trench deep subseafloor biosphere

The paper investigates pressure effects on microbial activity in the Puerto Rico Trench, finding that piezophily dominates subseafloor communities below 20 meters below seafloor.

Water-mass origin and transformation shapes seawater microbiomes in the northeastern Barents Sea and the St. Anna Trough

The study links seawater microbiome composition to water-mass origin and transformation in the northeastern Barents Sea and St. Anna Trough, identifying distinct microbial signatures for different water masses.

Strain-specific higher-order interactions break phylogenetic conservatism in microbial communities

The paper shows that strain-specific higher-order interactions in microbial communities can override phylogenetic conservatism, demonstrating that strains are not interchangeable even within the same species.

Cobamide-based interactions between soil bacteria can be predicted based on monoculture growth

The paper shows that cobamide concentrations predict microbial dominance in co-cultures, suggesting niche differentiation despite functional redundancy.

Widespread attraction of marine bacteria to the macroalgae-derived polysaccharide fucoidan

This study shows marine bacteria are attracted to fucoidan at high concentrations, suggesting it guides them to macroalgal surfaces, influencing carbon cycling.