Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems

S Louca, MF Polz, F Mazel, MBN Albright… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Microbial communities often exhibit incredible taxonomic diversity, raising questions
regarding the mechanisms enabling species coexistence and the role of this diversity in …

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 …

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 …

Decoupling function and taxonomy in the global ocean microbiome

S Louca, LW Parfrey, M Doebeli - Science, 2016 - science.org
Microbial metabolism powers biogeochemical cycling in Earth's ecosystems. The taxonomic
composition of microbial communities varies substantially between environments, but the …

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 …

High taxonomic variability despite stable functional structure across microbial communities

S Louca, SMS Jacques, APF Pires, JS Leal… - Nature ecology & …, 2016 - nature.com
Understanding the processes that are driving variation of natural microbial communities
across space or time is a major challenge for ecologists. Environmental conditions strongly …

Contribution of neutral processes to the assembly of gut microbial communities in the zebrafish over host development

AR Burns, WZ Stephens, K Stagaman, S Wong… - The ISME …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Despite their importance to host health and development, the communities of
microorganisms associated with humans and other animals are characterized by a large …

Seasonal dynamics of the microbial community in two full-scale wastewater treatment plants: diversity, composition, phylogenetic group based assembly and co …

C Sun, B Zhang, D Ning, Y Zhang, T Dai, L Wu, T Li… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
The optimal operation and functional stability of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
strongly depend on the properties of its microbial community. However, a knowledge gap …

Patterns and processes of microbial community assembly

DR Nemergut, SK Schmidt, T Fukami… - Microbiology and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Recent research has expanded our understanding of microbial community assembly.
However, the field of community ecology is inaccessible to many microbial ecologists …