Microbial consortia exhibit complex functional properties in contexts ranging from soils to
bioreactors to human hosts. Understanding how community composition determines …

Over the past decades, our understanding of microbial metabolism has increased
dramatically. Metabolomics, a family of techniques that are used to measure the quantities of …

Antibiotics are a cornerstone of modern medicine, and antibiotic resistance is a growing
threat to public health. The evolution of resistance is a multiscale process shaped by many …

Urbanization is threatening terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Nematodes, as
one of the most abundant animals on Earth, play diverse roles within soil food webs and …

Soil microorganisms are pivotal in global biogeochemical cycles, significantly influencing
energy flow and climate regulation. The Deyeuxia angustifolia wetland in the Sanjiang Plain …

The ecological role of microorganisms is of utmost importance due to their multiple
interactions with the environment. However, assessing the contribution of individual …

Microbial communities play key roles across diverse environments. Predicting their function
and dynamics is a key goal of microbial ecology, but detailed microscopic descriptions of …

Microbial ecological functions are an emergent property of community composition. For
some ecological functions, this link is strong enough that community composition can be …

In recent years, there has been an unprecedented advancement in in situ analytical
approaches that contribute to the mechanistic understanding of microbial communities by …

The stabilization of rhizobacteria communities plays a crucial role in sustaining healthy
macrophyte growth. In light of increasing evidence of combined pollution from microplastics …