Best practices in metabarcoding of fungi: from experimental design to results
The development of high‐throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies has greatly improved
our capacity to identify fungi and unveil their ecological roles across a variety of ecosystems …
our capacity to identify fungi and unveil their ecological roles across a variety of ecosystems …
Stochastic community assembly: does it matter in microbial ecology?
Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity, functions, succession, and
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …
Reduction of microbial diversity in grassland soil is driven by long-term climate warming
Anthropogenic climate change threatens ecosystem functioning. Soil biodiversity is essential
for maintaining the health of terrestrial systems, but how climate change affects the richness …
for maintaining the health of terrestrial systems, but how climate change affects the richness …
microeco: an R package for data mining in microbial community ecology
C Liu, Y Cui, X Li, M Yao - FEMS microbiology ecology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A large amount of sequencing data is produced in microbial community ecology
studies using the high-throughput sequencing technique, especially amplicon-sequencing …
studies using the high-throughput sequencing technique, especially amplicon-sequencing …
Specialized metabolic functions of keystone taxa sustain soil microbiome stability
Background The relationship between biodiversity and soil microbiome stability remains
poorly understood. Here, we investigated the impacts of bacterial phylogenetic diversity on …
poorly understood. Here, we investigated the impacts of bacterial phylogenetic diversity on …
The source of the Black Death in fourteenth-century central Eurasia
The origin of the medieval Black Death pandemic (ad 1346–1353) has been a topic of
continuous investigation because of the pandemic's extensive demographic impact and long …
continuous investigation because of the pandemic's extensive demographic impact and long …
A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins
Butterflies are a diverse and charismatic insect group that are thought to have evolved with
plants and dispersed throughout the world in response to key geological events. However …
plants and dispersed throughout the world in response to key geological events. However …
Balance between community assembly processes mediates species coexistence in agricultural soil microbiomes across eastern China
Revealing the linkages between community assembly and species coexistence, which is
crucial for the understanding of ecosystem diversity and functioning, is a fundamental but …
crucial for the understanding of ecosystem diversity and functioning, is a fundamental but …
Origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China
Bats are presumed reservoirs of diverse coronaviruses (CoVs) including progenitors of
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of …
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of …
Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants
Microorganisms in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are essential for water purification
to protect public and environmental health. However, the diversity of microorganisms and …
to protect public and environmental health. However, the diversity of microorganisms and …