Metacommunity theory has advanced understanding of how spatial dynamics and local
interactions shape community structure and biodiversity. Here, we review empirical …

The classical view states that microbial biogeography is not affected by dispersal barriers or
historical events, but only influenced by the local contemporary habitat conditions (species …

Background Freshwater salinization may result in significant changes of microbial
community composition and diversity, with implications for ecosystem processes and …

Revealing the linkages between community assembly and species coexistence, which is
crucial for the understanding of ecosystem diversity and functioning, is a fundamental but …

Background The deep mechanisms (deterministic and/or stochastic processes) underlying
community assembly are a central challenge in microbial ecology. However, the relative …

Despite their importance to host health and development, the communities of
microorganisms associated with humans and other animals are characterized by a large …

Studies of marine benthic archaeal communities are updating our view of their taxonomic
composition and metabolic versatility. However, large knowledge gaps remain with regard to …

Although recent work has shown that both deterministic and stochastic processes are
important in structuring microbial communities, the factors that affect the relative …

The response of microbial communities to long-term environmental change is poorly
understood. Here, we study bacterioplankton communities in a unique system of coastal …

During recent years, many studies have shown that different processes including drift,
environmental selection and dispersal can be important for the assembly of bacterial …