Kelp is one of the most important primary producers in the coastal oceans. When it matures
or begins to decay, a substantial amount of detritus sinks and is degraded by …

Teleost gill mucus has a highly diverse microbiota, which plays an essential role in the host's
fitness and is greatly influenced by the environment. Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), a …

Winter conditions greatly alter the limnological properties of lotic ecosystems and the
availability of nutrients, carbon, and energy resources for microbial processes. However, the …

Drivers for spatio-temporal distribution patterns of overall planktonic prokaryotes and
eukaryotes in riverine ecosystems are generally not fully understood. This study employed …

Understanding the community assembly process is a central issue in microbial ecology. In
this study, we analyzed the community assembly of particle-associated (PA) and free-living …

Microbial communities play a crucial role in ecosystem functioning, with contributions that
can vary among taxonomic domains and size fractions. However, microbial assembly …

Current knowledge of the processes that shape prokaryotic community assembly in sea ice
across polar ecosystems is scarce. Here, we coupled culture-dependent (bacterial isolation …

The seasonal and spatial variability of surface phytoplankton assemblages and associated
environmental niches regarding major nutrients, physical (temperature and salinity), and …

Missions to detect extraterrestrial life are being designed to visit Europa and Enceladus in
the next decades. The contact between the mission payload and the habitable subsurface of …

Aquifers are rich in microbial diversity. However, there is a lack of information about sessile
communities in these environments because of the difficulty in sampling fresh in situ rock …