During recent years, many studies have shown that different processes including drift,
environmental selection and dispersal can be important for the assembly of bacterial …

Macroecological rules have been developed for plants and animals that describe large-
scale distributional patterns and attempt to explain the underlying physiological and …

Unraveling the relative importance of ecological processes regulating microbial community
structure is a central goal in microbial ecology. Here, we used high-throughput sequencing …

Studies of marine benthic archaeal communities are updating our view of their taxonomic
composition and metabolic versatility. However, large knowledge gaps remain with regard to …

Bacterioplankton play an important role in the biogeochemical cycling in rivers. The
dynamics of hydrologic conditions in rivers were believed to affect geographic pattern and …

Soil microorganisms play key roles in agricultural ecosystems. However, little is known
about their dynamic diversity patterns and community assembly processes, especially in the …

Urban freshwater ecosystems have important ecosystem functions, provide habitats for
diverse microbial communities and are susceptible to multiple interconnected factors such …

Deciphering responses of rare versus abundant bacterioplankton to environmental change,
crucial for understanding and mitigating of cyanobacterial blooms, is an important but poorly …

Rare biosphere represents the majority of Earth's biodiversity and performs vital ecological
functions, yet little is known about its biogeographical patterns and community assembly …

Although the influence of microbial community assembly processes on aquatic ecosystem
function and biodiversity is well known, the processes that govern planktonic communities in …