Stochastic community assembly: does it matter in microbial ecology?

J Zhou, D Ning - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity, functions, succession, and
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …

Embracing mountain microbiome and ecosystem functions under global change

J Wang, A Hu, F Meng, W Zhao, Y Yang… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mountains are pivotal to maintaining habitat heterogeneity, global biodiversity, ecosystem
functions and services to humans. They have provided classic model natural systems for …

A quantitative framework reveals ecological drivers of grassland microbial community assembly in response to warming

D Ning, M Yuan, L Wu, Y Zhang, X Guo, X Zhou… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Unraveling the drivers controlling community assembly is a central issue in ecology.
Although it is generally accepted that selection, dispersal, diversification and drift are major …

Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants

L Wu, D Ning, B Zhang, Y Li, P Zhang, X Shan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Microorganisms in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are essential for water purification
to protect public and environmental health. However, the diversity of microorganisms and …

A general framework for quantitatively assessing ecological stochasticity

D Ning, Y Deng, JM Tiedje… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding the community assembly mechanisms controlling biodiversity patterns is a
central issue in ecology. Although it is generally accepted that both deterministic and …

Environmental stress mediates groundwater microbial community assembly

D Ning, Y Wang, Y Fan, J Wang, JD Van Nostrand… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Community assembly describes how different ecological processes shape microbial
community composition and structure. How environmental factors impact community …

Electrical selection for planktonic sludge microbial community function and assembly

A Wang, K Shi, D Ning, H Cheng, H Wang, W Liu… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrostimulated hydrolysis acidification (eHA) has been used as an efficient biological pre-
treatment of refractory industrial wastewater. However, the effects of electrostimulation on …

Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils

J Zhou, YE Deng, L Shen, C Wen, Q Yan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Climate warming is increasingly leading to marked changes in plant and animal biodiversity,
but it remains unclear how temperatures affect microbial biodiversity, particularly in …

Biodiversity and species competition regulate the resilience of microbial biofilm community

K Feng, Z Zhang, W Cai, W Liu, M Xu, H Yin… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem stability is poorly understood in
microbial communities. Biofilm communities in small bioreactors called microbial electrolysis …

Soil microbial community assembly model in response to heavy metal pollution

M Zhang, T Zhang, L Zhou, W Lou, W Zeng, T Liu… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution affected the stability and function of soil ecosystem. The impact of
heavy metals on soil microbial community and the interaction of microbial community has …