How the diverse bacterial communities inhabiting desert soils maintain energy and carbon
needs is much debated. Traditionally, most bacteria are thought to persist by using organic …

The majority of islands surrounding the Antarctic continent are poorly characterized in terms
of microbial macroecology due to their remote locations, geographical isolation and access …

Classical theory identifies resource competition as the major structuring force of biotic
communities and predicts that (i) levels of dominance and richness in communities are …

Invasions by eukaryotes dependent on environmentally acquired bacterial mutualists are
often limited by the ability of bacterial partners to survive and establish free-living …

Soil microbes play a key role in shaping terrestrial ecosystems. It is therefore essential to
understand what drives their distribution. While multivariate analyses have been used to …

Despite the explosion of soil metagenomic data, we lack a synthesized understanding of
patterns in the distribution and functions of soil microorganisms. These patterns are critical to …

Vast regions of the Earth's surface are arid, characterized by sparse vegetation and
dominated by dry and barren soil surfaces. Microbial life in these soils must survive long …

Southwest China has the most complex rice-growing regions in China. With great
differences in topography, consisting mainly of basins and plateaus, ecological factors differ …