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microbial diversity

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    Microbiome and Metagenome Analyses of a Closed Habitat during Human Occupation
    Research Article | Applied and Environmental Science
    Microbiome and Metagenome Analyses of a Closed Habitat during Human Occupation

    This study provides the first assessment of monitoring cultivable and viable microorganisms on surfaces within a submerged, closed, analog habitat. The results of the analyses presented herein suggest that the surface material plays a role in microbial community structure, as the microbial populations differed between LDP and metal/glass surfaces. The metal/glass surfaces had less-complex community, lower bioburden, and more closely...

    Ganesh Babu Malli Mohan, Ceth W. Parker, Camilla Urbaniak, Nitin K. Singh, Anthony Hood, Jeremiah J. Minich, Rob Knight, Michelle Rucker, Kasthuri Venkateswaran
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    Distinct Drivers of Core and Accessory Components of Soil Microbial Community Functional Diversity under Environmental Changes
    Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Distinct Drivers of Core and Accessory Components of Soil Microbial Community Functional Diversity under Environmental Changes

    Our results demonstrated increased ecosystem nitrogen and water content as the primary drivers of the core and accessory components of soil microbial community functional diversity, respectively. Our findings suggested that more attention should be paid to certain components of community functional diversity under specific global change conditions. Our findings also indicated that microbial communities have adapted to nitrogen addition...

    Ximei Zhang, Eric R. Johnston, Yaosheng Wang, Qiang Yu, Dashuan Tian, Zhiping Wang, Yanqing Zhang, Daozhi Gong, Chun Luo, Wei Liu, Junjie Yang, Xingguo Han
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    Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology
    Perspective | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology

    Microbial communities are inherently complex systems. To address this complexity, microbial ecologists are developing new, more elaborate laboratory models at an ever-increasing pace.

    Robin Tecon, Sara Mitri, Davide Ciccarese, Dani Or, Jan Roelof van der Meer, David R. Johnson
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    Sizing Up the Uncultured Microbial Majority
    Editor's Pick Commentary | Applied and Environmental Science
    Sizing Up the Uncultured Microbial Majority

    Predicting the total number of microbial cells on Earth and exploring the full diversity of life are fundamental research concepts that have undergone paradigm shifts in the genomic era. In this issue, Lloyd and colleagues (K.

    Laura A. Hug
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    Significant Impacts of Increasing Aridity on the Arid Soil Microbiome
    Research Article | Applied and Environmental Science
    Significant Impacts of Increasing Aridity on the Arid Soil Microbiome

    We identify key environmental and geochemical factors that shape the arid soil microbiome along aridity and vegetation gradients spanning over 300 km of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Decreasing average soil relative humidity and increasing temperature explain significant reductions in the diversity and connectivity of these desert soil microbial communities and lead to significant reductions in the abundance of key taxa typically...

    Julia W. Neilson, Katy Califf, Cesar Cardona, Audrey Copeland, Will van Treuren, Karen L. Josephson, Rob Knight, Jack A. Gilbert, Jay Quade, J. Gregory Caporaso, Raina M. Maier
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    Distinct Biogeographic Patterns for Archaea, Bacteria, and Fungi along the Vegetation Gradient at the Continental Scale in Eastern China
    Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Distinct Biogeographic Patterns for Archaea, Bacteria, and Fungi along the Vegetation Gradient at the Continental Scale in Eastern China

    Understanding biogeographic patterns is a precursor to improving our knowledge of the function of microbiomes and to predicting ecosystem responses to environmental change. Using natural forest soil samples from 110 locations, this study is one of the largest attempts to comprehensively understand the different patterns of soil archaeal, bacterial, and fungal biogeography at the continental scale in eastern China. These patterns in...

    Bin Ma, Zhongmin Dai, Haizhen Wang, Melissa Dsouza, Xingmei Liu, Yan He, Jianjun Wu, Jorge L. M. Rodrigues, Jack A. Gilbert, Philip C. Brookes, Jianming Xu
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