Mutualism is commonly observed in nature but not often reported for bacterial communities.
Although abiotic stress is thought to promote microbial mutualism, there is a paucity of …

Microbes in nature often lack nutrients and face extreme or widely fluctuating temperatures,
unlike microbes in growth-optimized settings in laboratories that much of the literature …

Increasing extreme climatic events threaten the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems,.
Because soil microbes govern key biogeochemical processes, understanding their …

Metabolic cold adaptation, or Krogh's rule, is the controversial hypothesis that predicts a
monotonically negative relationship between metabolic rate and environmental temperature …

Temperature is a fundamental physical constraint regulating key aspects of microbial life.
Protein binding, membrane fluidity, central dogma processes, and metabolism are all tightly …

A central challenge in community ecology is understanding and predicting the effects of
abiotic factors on community assembly. In particular, microbial communities play a central …

Cryptic genetic variation is increasingly being identified in numerous coral species, with
prior research indicating that different cryptic genetic lineages can exhibit varied responses …

Microbial metabolism sustains life on Earth. Sequencing surveys of communities in hosts,
oceans, and soils have revealed ubiquitous patterns linking the microbes present, the genes …

The discovery of comammox Nitrospira in low pH environments has reshaped the ammonia
oxidation process in acidic settings, providing a plausible explanation for the higher …

Microbial communities play pivotal roles in ecosystems across different scales, from global
elemental cycles to household food fermentations. These complex assemblies comprise …