Streams and rivers form dense networks, shape the Earth's surface and, in their sediments,
provide an immensely large surface area for microbial growth. Biofilms dominate microbial …

Multi-species, surface-attached biofilms often dominate microbial life in streams and rivers,
where they contribute substantially to biogeochemical processes. The microbial diversity of …

Abstract The North American Project to Evaluate Soil Health Measurements was initiated
with the objective to identify widely applicable soil health measurements for evaluation of …

Bacterial communities are important for the health and productivity of soil ecosystems and
have great potential as novel indicators of environmental perturbations. To assess how they …

Bacteria inhabiting boreal freshwaters are part of metacommunities where local
assemblages are often linked by the flow of water in the landscape, yet the resulting spatial …

Advances in the sequencing of DNA extracted from media such as soil and water offer huge
opportunities for biodiversity monitoring and assessment, particularly where the collection or …

Disentangling the mechanisms sha** bacterioplankton communities across freshwater
ecosystems requires considering a hydrologic dimension that can influence both dispersal …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) exists widely in natural waters and plays an important role
in river carbon cycles and greenhouse gas emissions through microbial interactions …

The amphibian skin microbiome is recognized for its role in defence against pathogens,
including the deadly fungal pathogen B atrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Yet, we have …

Although elevational gradients in microbial biodiversity have attracted increasing attention
recently, the generality in the patterns and underlying mechanisms are still poorly resolved …