MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants

MKD Dueholm, M Nierychlo, KS Andersen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microbial communities are responsible for biological wastewater treatment, but our
knowledge of their diversity and function is still poor. Here, we sequence more than 5 million …

[HTML][HTML] A global metagenomic map of urban microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance

D Danko, D Bezdan, EE Afshin, S Ahsanuddin… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
We present a global atlas of 4,728 metagenomic samples from mass-transit systems in 60
cities over 3 years, representing the first systematic, worldwide catalog of the urban …

Deciphering factors driving soil microbial life‐history strategies in restored grasslands

Y Yang, Y Dou, B Wang, Z Xue, Y Wang, S An… - Imeta, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In macroecology, the concept of r‐and K‐strategy has been widely applied, yet, there have
been limited studies on microbial life‐history strategies in temperate grasslands using …

Spatial ecology of soil nematodes: Perspectives from global to micro scales

T Liu, F Hu, H Li - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil spatial heterogeneity is a major determinant of biological diversity and functions. Among
soil biota, nematodes are considered as excellent models for understanding spatial soil …

Abundant fungi adapt to broader environmental gradients than rare fungi in agricultural fields

S Jiao, Y Lu - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soil communities are intricately linked to ecosystem functioning, and a predictive
understanding of how communities assemble in response to environmental change is of …

Biotic homogenization, lower soil fungal diversity and fewer rare taxa in arable soils across Europe

S Banerjee, C Zhao, G Garland, A Edlinger… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Soil fungi are a key constituent of global biodiversity and play a pivotal role in
agroecosystems. How arable farming affects soil fungal biogeography and whether it has a …

Soil pH and temperature regulate assembly processes of abundant and rare bacterial communities in agricultural ecosystems

S Jiao, Y Lu - Environmental Microbiology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The factors determining stochastic and deterministic processes that drive microbial
community structure, specifically the balance of abundant and rare bacterial taxa, remain …

Negative effects of multiple global change factors on soil microbial diversity

Y Yang, T Li, Y Wang, H Cheng, SX Chang… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil microbial diversity is one of the key factors affecting the structure and function of the
belowground ecosystem; yet, little is known about the response of microbial diversity to …

The utility of macroecological rules for microbial biogeography

JR Dickey, RA Swenie, SC Turner… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macroecological rules have been developed for plants and animals that describe large-
scale distributional patterns and attempt to explain the underlying physiological and …

Linking soil fungi to bacterial community assembly in arid ecosystems

S Jiao, H Chu, B Zhang, X Wei, W Chen, G Wei - Imeta, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Revealing the roles of biotic factors in driving community assembly, which is crucial for the
understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem functions, is a fundamental but infrequently …