Microbial communities are at the heart of all ecosystems, and yet microbial community
behavior in disturbed environments remains difficult to measure and predict. Understanding …

As most biologists are probably aware, technological advances in molecular biology during
the last few years have opened up possibilities to rapidly generate large-scale sequencing …

The host‐associated core microbiome was originally coined to refer to common groups of
microbes or genes that were likely to be particularly important for host biological function …

Spatial turnover in the composition of biological communities is governed by (ecological)
Drift, Selection and Dispersal. Commonly applied statistical tools cannot quantitatively …

A major goal of microbial community ecology is to understand the forces that structure
community composition. Deterministic selection by specific environmental factors is …

Salinity is a major factor controlling the distribution of biota in aquatic systems, and most
aquatic multicellular organisms are either adapted to life in saltwater or freshwater …

In order to understand the degradation potential of plastics in the marine environment,
microorganisms that preferentially colonize and interact with plastic surfaces, as opposed to …

Increasing evidence has emerged for non-random spatial distributions of microbes, but
knowledge of the processes that cause variation in microbial assemblage among …

Freshwater bacteria are at the hub of biogeochemical cycles and control water quality in
lakes. Despite this, little is known about the identity and ecology of functionally significant …

As new sequencing technologies become cheaper and older ones disappear, laboratories
switch vendors and platforms. Validating the new setups is a crucial part of conducting …