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View article: Plate Tectonic History and Ocean Oxygenation Shaping Biogeography of Hydrothermal Bacterial Community
Plate Tectonic History and Ocean Oxygenation Shaping Biogeography of Hydrothermal Bacterial Community Open
Plate tectonics has fundamentally shaped the biogeography and evolution of macroscopic life, but its influence on microbial distributions remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that the global biogeography of hydrothermal vent-end…
View article: Distribution Patterns and Diversity of Sedimental Microbial Communities in the Tianxiu Hydrothermal Field of Carlsberg Ridge
Distribution Patterns and Diversity of Sedimental Microbial Communities in the Tianxiu Hydrothermal Field of Carlsberg Ridge Open
Hydrothermal vents, widely occurring along middle-ocean ridges and volcanic arcs, have been well-studied in vent-associated microbiology, mineralogy, and geochemistry. However, there are rarely investigations regarding the detailed microbi…
View article: Seasonality and Vertical Structure of Microbial Communities in Alpine Wetlands
Seasonality and Vertical Structure of Microbial Communities in Alpine Wetlands Open
The soil microbial community plays a crucial role in the elemental cycling and energy flow within wetland ecosystems. The temporal dynamics and spatial distribution of soil microbial communities are central topics in ecology. While numerou…
View article: The Same Source of Microbes has a Divergent Assembly Trajectory Along a Hot Spring Flowing Path
The Same Source of Microbes has a Divergent Assembly Trajectory Along a Hot Spring Flowing Path Open
Hot spring microbial mats represent intricate biofilms that establish self‐sustaining ecosystems, hosting diverse microbial communities which facilitate a range of biochemical processes and contribute to the structural and functional compl…
View article: Dynamics of Lampreys Populations: Unraveling Ecological Mysteries and Gender Ratio Adjustments
Dynamics of Lampreys Populations: Unraveling Ecological Mysteries and Gender Ratio Adjustments Open
The lampreys, ancient aquatic creatures with elongated bodies and distinctive funnel-shaped heads, are vital scavengers in ecosystems, feeding on parasites and pathogens to maintain ecological balance. A study investigated their population…
View article: Metabolic interdependencies in thermophilic communities are revealed using co-occurrence and complementarity networks
Metabolic interdependencies in thermophilic communities are revealed using co-occurrence and complementarity networks Open
Microbial communities exhibit intricate interactions underpinned by metabolic dependencies. To elucidate these dependencies, we present a workflow utilizing random matrix theory on metagenome-assembled genomes to construct co-occurrence an…
View article: Seasonality and vertical structure of microbial communities in the alpine wetland
Seasonality and vertical structure of microbial communities in the alpine wetland Open
The soil microbial community plays an important role in wetland ecosystem material transformation and energy flow. The temporal dynamics and spatial distribution of soil microbial communities have always been central questions in ecology. …
View article: High speciation rate of niche specialists in hot springs
High speciation rate of niche specialists in hot springs Open
Ecological and evolutionary processes simultaneously regulate microbial diversity, but the evolutionary processes and their driving forces remain largely unexplored. Here we investigated the ecological and evolutionary characteristics of m…
View article: Response of methanogenic community and their activity to temperature rise in alpine swamp meadow at different water level of the permafrost wetland on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Response of methanogenic community and their activity to temperature rise in alpine swamp meadow at different water level of the permafrost wetland on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Open
Wetlands are an important source of atmospheric methane (CH 4 ) and are sensitive to global climate change. Alpine swamp meadows, accounting for ~50% of the natural wetlands on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, were considered one of the most imp…
View article: Effects of electron acceptors on CH4 emission in alpine wetlands
Effects of electron acceptors on CH4 emission in alpine wetlands Open
Alpine wetlands are an important source of methane (CH4) and play a key role in the global carbon cycle. Their CH4 emissions largely depend on microbial CH4 production and oxidation processes that involve external electron acceptors. Seaso…
View article: Effect of warming on the carbon flux of the alpine wetland on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Effect of warming on the carbon flux of the alpine wetland on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Open
Under the scenario of global warming, the response of greenhouse gas emissions from alpine wetlands remains unclear. In this study, fluxes of CO 2 and CH 4 were measured during daytime for the microtopographic features of hollows and hummo…
View article: A critical review of mineral–microbe interaction and co-evolution: mechanisms and applications
A critical review of mineral–microbe interaction and co-evolution: mechanisms and applications Open
Mineral–microbe interactions play important roles in environmental change, biogeochemical cycling of elements and formation of ore deposits. Minerals provide both beneficial (physical and chemical protection, nutrients, and energy) and det…
View article: High Abundance of Thaumarchaeota Found in Deep Metamorphic Subsurface in Eastern China
High Abundance of Thaumarchaeota Found in Deep Metamorphic Subsurface in Eastern China Open
Members of the Thaumarchaeota phylum play a key role in nitrogen cycling and are prevalent in a variety of environments including soil, sediment, and seawater. However, few studies have shown the presence of Thaumarchaeota in the terrestri…
View article: The Lifestyle-Dependent Microbial Interactions Vary Between Upstream and Downstream of the Three Gorges Dam
The Lifestyle-Dependent Microbial Interactions Vary Between Upstream and Downstream of the Three Gorges Dam Open
Dams represent the most significant anthropogenic disturbance to global rivers. Previous studies have shown that free-living and particle-attached microbes exhibited differentially in river and reservoir ecosystems. However, little is know…
View article: Minerals Determined a Special Ecological Niche and Selectively Enriched Microbial Species from Bulk Water Communities in Hot Springs
Minerals Determined a Special Ecological Niche and Selectively Enriched Microbial Species from Bulk Water Communities in Hot Springs Open
Minerals provide physical niches and supply nutrients or serve as electron donors/acceptors for microorganism survival and growth, and thus minerals and microbes co-evolved. Yet, little is known about how sediment minerals impact microbial…
View article: Trophic states regulate assembly processes and network structures of small chromophytic phytoplankton communities in subtropical coastal ecosystem
Trophic states regulate assembly processes and network structures of small chromophytic phytoplankton communities in subtropical coastal ecosystem Open
Small chromophytic phytoplankton (SCP) are anticipated to be more important for a significant proportion of primary production in estuarine-coastal ecosystems. However, responses of SCP community to coastal eutrophication are still unclear…
View article: Trophic states regulate assembly processes and network structures of small chromophytic phytoplankton communities in subtropical coastal ecosystem
Trophic states regulate assembly processes and network structures of small chromophytic phytoplankton communities in subtropical coastal ecosystem Open
Small chromophytic phytoplankton (SCP) are anticipated to be more important for a significant proportion of primary production in estuarine-coastal ecosystems. However, responses of SCP community to coastal eutrophication are still unclear…
View article: Trophic States Regulate Assembly Processes and Network Structures of Picophytoplankton Communities in Subtropical Coastal Ecosystems
Trophic States Regulate Assembly Processes and Network Structures of Picophytoplankton Communities in Subtropical Coastal Ecosystems Open
Background: Long-term coastal eutrophication especially in semi-enclosed marine areas is driven by increased amounts of nutrients derived from anthropogenic activities. Given that accelerating nutrients may constitute a strong environmenta…
View article: High Diversity of Myocyanophage in Various Aquatic Environments Revealed by High-Throughput Sequencing of Major Capsid Protein Gene With a New Set of Primers
High Diversity of Myocyanophage in Various Aquatic Environments Revealed by High-Throughput Sequencing of Major Capsid Protein Gene With a New Set of Primers Open
Myocyanophages, a group of viruses infecting cyanobacteria, are abundant and play important roles in elemental cycling. Here we investigated the particle-associated viral communities retained on 0.2 μm filters and in sediment samples (repr…
View article: Microbial consortia controlling biogenic gas formation in the Qaidam Basin of western China
Microbial consortia controlling biogenic gas formation in the Qaidam Basin of western China Open
Knowledge of what controls the activity of subsurface microbial communities is critical for assessing and managing biogenic methane resources. In this study, 19 formation waters and five gas samples were collected at depths of 800 to 1900 …
View article: A Practical Consensus Guideline for the Integrative Treatment of Parkinson's Disease in Shanghai, China
A Practical Consensus Guideline for the Integrative Treatment of Parkinson's Disease in Shanghai, China Open
Integrative medicine, including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is a new concept in clinical practice for the treatment of neurodegenerative and most chronic diseases. However, integrative consensus or a guideline for the management of…
View article: Isolation of diverse members of the Aquificales from geothermal springs in Tengchong, China
Isolation of diverse members of the Aquificales from geothermal springs in Tengchong, China Open
The order Aquificales (phylum Aquificae) consists of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic bacteria that are prominent in many geothermal systems, including those in Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China. However, Aquificales have not previously …