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 …

Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics

S Widder, RJ Allen, T Pfeiffer, TP Curtis, C Wiuf… - The ISME …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The importance of microbial communities (MCs) cannot be overstated. MCs underpin the
biogeochemical cycles of the earth's soil, oceans and the atmosphere, and perform …

Reduction of microbial diversity in grassland soil is driven by long-term climate warming

L Wu, Y Zhang, X Guo, D Ning, X Zhou, J Feng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change threatens ecosystem functioning. Soil biodiversity is essential
for maintaining the health of terrestrial systems, but how climate change affects the richness …

Climate warming enhances microbial network complexity and stability

MM Yuan, X Guo, L Wu, YA Zhang, N **ao… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Unravelling the relationships between network complexity and stability under changing
climate is a challenging topic in theoretical ecology that remains understudied in the field of …

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 …

[LIVRE][B] Environmental DNA: For biodiversity research and monitoring

P Taberlet, A Bonin, L Zinger, E Coissac - 2018 - books.google.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to DNA that can be extracted from environmental
samples (such as soil, water, feces, or air) without the prior isolation of any target organism …

Disease-induced assemblage of a plant-beneficial bacterial consortium

RL Berendsen, G Vismans, K Yu, Y Song… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Disease suppressive soils typically develop after a disease outbreak due to the subsequent
assembly of protective microbiota in the rhizosphere. The role of the plant immune system in …

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 …