Ecology and exploration of the rare biosphere

MDJ Lynch, JD Neufeld - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
The profound influence of microorganisms on human life and global biogeochemical cycles
underlines the value of studying the biogeography of microorganisms, exploring microbial …

Microbial seed banks: the ecological and evolutionary implications of dormancy

JT Lennon, SE Jones - Nature reviews microbiology, 2011 - nature.com
Dormancy is a bet-hedging strategy used by a wide range of taxa, including
microorganisms. It refers to an organism's ability to enter a reversible state of low metabolic …

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 …

Nutrient supply controls the linkage between species abundance and ecological interactions in marine bacterial communities

T Dai, D Wen, CT Bates, L Wu, X Guo, S Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nutrient scarcity is pervasive for natural microbial communities, affecting species
reproduction and co-existence. However, it remains unclear whether there are general rules …

Soil pH and temperature regulate assembly processes of abundant and rare bacterial communities in agricultural ecosystems

S Jiao, Y Lu - Environmental Microbiology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The factors determining stochastic and deterministic processes that drive microbial
community structure, specifically the balance of abundant and rare bacterial taxa, remain …

Conditionally rare taxa disproportionately contribute to temporal changes in microbial diversity

A Shade, SE Jones, JG Caporaso, J Handelsman… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbial communities typically contain many rare taxa that make up the majority of the
observed membership, yet the contribution of this microbial “rare biosphere” to community …

Differentiation strategies of soil rare and abundant microbial taxa in response to changing climatic regimes

Y Liang, X **ao, EE Nuccio, M Yuan… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the important roles of soil microbes, especially the most diverse rare taxa in
maintaining community diversity and multifunctionality, how different climate regimes alter …

Marine microbial assemblages on microplastics: diversity, adaptation, and role in degradation

S Oberbeckmann, M Labrenz - Annual review of marine science, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We have known for more than 45 years that microplastics in the ocean are carriers of
microbially dominated assemblages. However, only recently has the role of microbial …

The biogeography of abundant and rare bacterioplankton in the lakes and reservoirs of China

L Liu, J Yang, Z Yu, DM Wilkinson - The ISME journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Bacteria play key roles in the ecology of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems; however,
little is known about their diversity and biogeography, especially in the rare microbial …

The rare bacterial biosphere

C Pedrós-Alió - Annual review of marine science, 2012 - annualreviews.org
All communities are dominated by a few species that account for most of the biomass and
carbon cycling. On the other hand, a large number of species are represented by only a few …