Evolution and Ecology of Actinobacteria and Their Bioenergy Applications

GR Lewin, C Carlos, MG Chevrette… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The ancient phylum Actinobacteria is composed of phylogenetically and physiologically
diverse bacteria that help Earth's ecosystems function. As free-living organisms and …

Microbial drought resistance may destabilize soil carbon

SD Allison - Trends in microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
Droughts are becoming more frequent and intense with climate change. As plants and
microbes respond to drought, there may be consequences for the vast stocks of organic …

Life in leaf litter: novel insights into community dynamics of bacteria and fungi during litter decomposition

W Purahong, T Wubet, G Lentendu… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Microorganisms play a crucial role in the biological decomposition of plant litter in terrestrial
ecosystems. Due to the permanently changing litter quality during decomposition, studies of …

Effects of dispersal and selection on stochastic assembly in microbial communities

S Evans, JBH Martiny, SD Allison - The ISME journal, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Stochastic processes can play an important role in microbial community assembly. Dispersal
limitation is one process that can increase stochasticity and obscure relationships between …

Adaptive differentiation and rapid evolution of a soil bacterium along a climate gradient

AB Chase, C Weihe… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Microbial community responses to environmental change are largely associated with
ecological processes; however, the potential for microbes to rapidly evolve and adapt …

Routes and rates of bacterial dispersal impact surface soil microbiome composition and functioning

KE Walters, JK Capocchi, MBN Albright, Z Hao… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recent evidence suggests that, similar to larger organisms, dispersal is a key driver of
microbiome assembly; however, our understanding of the rates and taxonomic composition …

Soil bacterial and fungal communities show distinct recovery patterns during forest ecosystem restoration

S Sun, S Li, BN Avera, BD Strahm… - Applied and …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria and fungi are important mediators of biogeochemical processes and play essential
roles in the establishment of plant communities, which makes knowledge about their …

Bacterial tradeoffs in growth rate and extracellular enzymes

KI Ramin, SD Allison - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Like larger organisms, bacteria possess traits, or phenotypic characteristics, that influence
growth and impact ecosystem processes. Still, it remains unclear how these traits are …

Interannual climate variability and altered precipitation influence the soil microbial community structure in a Tibetan Plateau grassland

Y Shi, K Zhang, Q Li, X Liu, JS He, H Chu - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change could influence aboveground and belowground plant community diversity
and structure profoundly. However, our understanding of the responses of microbial …

Effects of spatial variability and relic DNA removal on the detection of temporal dynamics in soil microbial communities

P Carini, M Delgado-Baquerizo, ELS Hinckley… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Few studies have comprehensively investigated the temporal variability in soil microbial
communities despite widespread recognition that the belowground environment is dynamic …