abstract：:Intraterrestrial waters harbor microbial communities being extensively studied to understand microbial processes underlying subsurface ecosystem functioning. This paper provides the results of an investigation on the microbiomes of unique, subsurface sulfidic waters associated with Upper Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Mioc...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Deja-Sikora E,Gołębiewski M,Kalwasińska A,Krawiec A,Kosobucki P,Walczak M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symbioses between prokaryotes and microbial eukaryotes, particularly ciliated protists, have been studied for a long time. Nevertheless, researchers have focused only on a few host genera and species, mainly due to difficulties in cultivating the hosts, and usually have considered a single symbiont at a time. Here, we...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Rossi A,Bellone A,Fokin SI,Boscaro V,Vannini C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of leaf litter decomposition in streams are strongly influenced both by inorganic nutrients dissolved in stream water and by litter traits such as lignin, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations. As a result, decomposition rates of different leaf species can show contrasting responses to stream nutrient e...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Jabiol J,Lecerf A,Lamothe S,Gessner MO,Chauvet E

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crop residues are a crucial ecological niche with a major biological impact on agricultural ecosystems. In this study, we used a combined diachronic and synchronic field experiment based on wheat-oilseed rape rotations to test the hypothesis that plant is a structuring factor of microbial communities in crop residues,...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Kerdraon L,Balesdent MH,Barret M,Laval V,Suffert F

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleractinian corals form the framework of coral reefs and host abundant and diverse microbial communities that are fundamental to their success. A very limited number of studies have examined the co-occurrence of multiple partners within the coral 'holobiont' and their pattern of specificity over different geographic...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Bernasconi R,Stat M,Koenders A,Huggett MJ

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial respiration contributes to atmospheric carbon dioxide accumulation and development of hypoxia and is a critical, often overlooked, component of ecosystem function. This study investigates the concept that maintenance respiration is a significant proportion of bacterial respiration at natural nutrient levels ...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Vikström K,Wikner J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common ingredient in plastic wares and epoxy resins that are essential for our daily life. Despite the obvious benefits, BPA may act as an environmental endocrine disruptor, causing metabolic, reproductive, and/or developmental consequences and diseases in humans and other organisms. Although pr...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Oh S,Choi D

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanotrophic bacteria are able to use methane (CH4) as a sole carbon and energy source. Photochemical oxidation of methane takes place in the stratosphere, whereas in the troposphere, this process is carried out by methanotrophic bacteria. On the one hand, it is known that the efficiency of biological CH4 oxidation ...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Szafranek-Nakonieczna A,Wolińska A,Zielenkiewicz U,Kowalczyk A,Stępniewska Z,Błaszczyk M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bees forage for pollen and nectar at flowers but simultaneously acquire pathogenic, commensal, and likely beneficial microbes from these same flowers. Characterizing pollen usage of wild bees is therefore crucial to their conservation yet remains a challenging task. To understand pollen usage across landscapes and how...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： McFrederick QS,Rehan SM

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the considerable role of aquatic plant-associated bacteria in host plant growth and nutrient cycling in aquatic environments, the mode of their plant colonization has hardly been understood. This study examined the colonization and competition dynamics of a plant growth-promoting bacterium (PGPB) and two plant...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Ishizawa H,Kuroda M,Inoue K,Inoue D,Morikawa M,Ike M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denitrifying bacteria is a driver of nitrogen removal process in wastewater treatment ecosystem. However, the geographical characteristics of denitrifying bacterial communities associated with activated sludge from diverse wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are still unclear. Here, quantitative PCR and next-generatio...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Zhang H,Feng J,Chen S,Zhao Z,Li B,Wang Y,Jia J,Li S,Wang Y,Yan M,Lu K,Hao H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two annual Baltic Sea phytoplankton blooms occur in spring and summer. The bloom intensity is determined by nutrient concentrations in the water, while the period depends on weather conditions. During the course of the bloom, dead cells sink to the sediment where their degradation consumes oxygen to create hypoxic zon...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Broman E,Li L,Fridlund J,Svensson F,Legrand C,Dopson M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beef cattle industry represents a significant portion of the USA's agricultural sect, with beef cattle accounting for the most red meat consumed in the USA. Feed represents the largest input cost in the beef industry, accounting for approximately 70% of total input cost. Given that, novel methods need to be employ...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Clemmons BA,Voy BH,Myer PR

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extreme environments such as the Antarctic can lead to the discovery of new microbial taxa, as well as to new microbial-derived natural products. Considering that little is known yet about the diversity and the genetic resources present in these habitats, the main objective of this study was to evaluate the fungal com...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Wentzel LCP,Inforsato FJ,Montoya QV,Rossin BG,Nascimento NR,Rodrigues A,Sette LD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of fungi in metal cycling in acidic environments has been little explored to date. In this study, two acid-tolerant and metal-resistant Penicillium isolates, strains ShG4B and ShG4C, were isolated from a mine site in the Transbaikal area of Siberia (Russia). Waters at the mine site were characterized by extre...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Glukhova LB,Frank YA,Danilova EV,Avakyan MR,Banks D,Tuovinen OH,Karnachuk OV

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnivorous pitcher plants Sarracenia purpurea host diverse eukaryotic and bacterial communities which aid in insect prey digestion, but little is known about the functional processes mediated by the microbial communities. This study aimed to connect pitcher community diversity with functional nutrient transformation ...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Young EB,Sielicki J,Grothjan JJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bats are important zoonotic reservoirs for many pathogens worldwide. Although their highly specialized ectoparasites, bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea), can transmit Bartonella bacteria including human pathogens, their eco-epidemiology is unexplored. Here, we analyzed the prevalence and diversity of Bartonella strai...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Sándor AD,Földvári M,Krawczyk AI,Sprong H,Corduneanu A,Barti L,Görföl T,Estók P,Kováts D,Szekeres S,László Z,Hornok S,Földvári G

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of microbial inoculants containing plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria as a promoter of plant fitness and health is becoming increasingly popular in agriculture. However, whether and how these bacteria affect indigenous bacterial communities in field conditions is sparsely explored. We studied the effects of ...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Gadhave KR,Devlin PF,Ebertz A,Ross A,Gange AC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms, microbial mats, and microbialites dwell under highly limiting conditions (high salinity, extreme aridity, pH, and elevated arsenic concentration) in the Andean Puna. Only recent pioneering studies have described the microbial diversity of different Altiplano lakes and revealed their unexpectedly diverse micr...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Ordoñez OF,Rasuk MC,Soria MN,Contreras M,Farías ME

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While direct detrimental effects of parasites on hosts are relatively well documented, other more subtle but potentially important effects of parasitism are yet unexplored. Biological activity of ectoparasites, apart from skin injuries and blood-feeding, often results in blood remains, or parasite faeces that accumula...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Tomás G,Martín-Gálvez D,Ruiz-Castellano C,Ruiz-Rodríguez M,Peralta-Sánchez JM,Martín-Vivaldi M,Soler JJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group-living can promote the evolution of adaptive strategies to prevent and control disease. Fungus-gardening ants must cope with two sets of pathogens, those that afflict the ants themselves and those of their symbiotic fungal gardens. While much research has demonstrated the impact of specialized fungal pathogens t...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Kellner K,Kardish MR,Seal JN,Linksvayer TA,Mueller UG

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The movement of bacterial cells along with fungal hyphae in soil (the mycosphere) has been reported in several previous studies. However, how local soil conditions affect bacterial migration direction in the mycosphere has not been extensively studied. Here, we investigated the influence of two soil parameters, pH and...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Yang P,Oliveira da Rocha Calixto R,van Elsas JD

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host-associated microbiota vary across host individuals and environmental conditions, but the relative importance of their genetic background versus their environment is difficult to disentangle. We sought to experimentally determine the factors shaping the microbiota of the planktonic Crustacean, Daphnia magna. We us...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Sullam KE,Pichon S,Schaer TMM,Ebert D

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen (N) is one of the most common limiting nutrients for primary production in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbes transform organic N into inorganic N, which is available to plants, but soil microbe activity in drylands is sometimes critically suppressed by environmental factors, such as low soil substrate ava...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Iwaoka C,Imada S,Taniguchi T,Du S,Yamanaka N,Tateno R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquatic ecosystems worldwide have been substantially altered by human activities, which often induce changes in multiple factors that can interact to produce complex effects. Here, we evaluated the combined effects of dissolved nutrients (nitrogen [N] and phosphorus [P]; three levels: concentration found in oligotroph...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Gomes PP,Ferreira V,Tonin AM,Medeiros AO,Júnior JFG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies demonstrated that endophytic microbes can promote plant growth and increase plant stress resistance. We aimed at isolating poplar endophytes able to increase their hosts' fitness both in nutrient-limited and polluted environments. To achieve this goal, endophytic bacteria and fungi were isolated from ...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Schmidt CS,Lovecká P,Mrnka L,Vychodilová A,Strejček M,Fenclová M,Demnerová K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Europe as in North America, elms are devastated by Dutch elm disease (DED), caused by the alien ascomycete Ophiostoma novo-ulmi. Pathogen dispersal and transmission are ensured by local species of bark beetles, which established a novel association with the fungus. Elm bark beetles also transport the Geosmithia fun...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Pepori AL,Bettini PP,Comparini C,Sarrocco S,Bonini A,Frascella A,Ghelardini L,Scala A,Vannacci G,Santini A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the role of microbiota as reproductive barriers or sources of adaptive novelty in the fundamental biological phenomenon of speciation is an exciting new challenge necessitating exploration of microbiota variation in wild interbreeding species. We focused on two interbreeding cyprinid species, Chondrostom...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Guivier E,Martin JF,Pech N,Ungaro A,Chappaz R,Gilles A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lower respiratory tract has been previously considered sterile in a healthy state, but advances in culture-independent techniques for microbial identification and characterization have revealed that the lung harbors a diverse microbiome. Although research on the lung microbiome is increasing and important question...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Kostric M,Milger K,Krauss-Etschmann S,Engel M,Vestergaard G,Schloter M,Schöler A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition of the soil microbiome is influenced by environmental (abiotic) variables and biological interactions (biotic factors). To determine whether the aboveground vegetation and soil physicochemical properties were the main determinant of beta-diversity and biological interaction of soil microbial community,...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Wu SH,Huang BH,Huang CL,Li G,Liao PC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytes are microbial symbionts living inside plants and have been extensively researched in recent decades for their functions associated with plant responses to environmental stress. We conducted a meta-analysis of endophyte effects on host plants' growth and fitness in response to three abiotic stress factors: d...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Rho H,Hsieh M,Kandel SL,Cantillo J,Doty SL,Kim SH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dermis of cetaceans is in constant contact with microbial species. Although the skin of the bottlenose dolphin provides adequate defense against most disease-causing microbes, it also provides an environment for microbial community development. Microbial community uniqueness and richness associated with bottlenose...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Russo CD,Weller DW,Nelson KE,Chivers SJ,Torralba M,Grimes DJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eucalyptus plantations offer a cost-effective and renewable source of raw material. There is substantial interest in improving forestry production, especially through sustainable strategies such as the use of plant growth-promoting bacteria. However, little is known about Eucalyptus microbiology. In this study, the en...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Fonseca EDS,Peixoto RS,Rosado AS,Balieiro FC,Tiedje JM,Rachid CTCDC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hosts and their associated microbes are being increasingly introduced around the world, which can lead to novel host/microbe associations via new sympatries. Woodwasps (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) are able to utilize wood for its nutrients due to obligate mutualistic associations with white rot fungi in the genus Amyloste...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Hajek AE,Harris DC,Bittner TD

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides the incipient research effort, the role of parasites as drivers of the reduction affecting pollinator populations is mostly unknown. Given the worldwide extension of the beekeeping practice and the diversity of pathogens affecting Apis mellifera populations, honey bee colonies are a certain source of parasite ...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Porrini MP,Porrini LP,Garrido PM,de Melo E Silva Neto C,Porrini DP,Muller F,Nuñez LA,Alvarez L,Iriarte PF,Eguaras MJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 50% of all anthropogenic N2O emissions come from the soil. Drained Histosols that are used for agricultural purposes are particularly potent sources of denitrification due to higher stocks of organic matter and fertiliser application. However, conditions that favour denitrification can vary considerably acro...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Schulz S,Kölbl A,Ebli M,Buegger F,Schloter M,Fiedler S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) is a soil-borne bacterium affiliated to the Bacillus cereus group (Bcg) and has been used in biocontrol products against nematoceran larvae for several decades. However, knowledge is limited on whether long-term Bti application can affect the structure of indigenous comm...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Schneider S,Tajrin T,Lundström JO,Hendriksen NB,Melin P,Sundh I

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between soil properties and Pythium groups on soybean roots were investigated in 83 commercial soybean fields in North Dakota. A data set containing 2877 isolates of Pythium which included 26 known spp. and 1 unknown spp. and 13 soil properties from each field were analyzed. A Pearson correlation analysis...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Zitnick-Anderson KK,Norland JE,Del Río Mendoza LE,Fortuna AM,Nelson BD Jr

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salt marshes are unique ecosystem of which a microbial community is expected to be affected by global climate change. In this study, by using T-RFLP analysis, quantitative PCR, and pyrosequencing, we comprehensively analyzed the microbial community structure responding to elevated CO2 (eCO2) and N addition in a salt m...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Lee SH,Megonigal PJ,Kang H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish gut microbiota play important roles in fish immunity, nutrition, and the adaptation to environmental changes. To date, few studies have focused on the interactions among environmental factors, fish diseases, and gut microbiota compositions. We compared the gut bacterial communities of healthy crucian carps (Caras...

journal_title：Microbial ecology

authors： Li T,Li H,Gatesoupe FJ,She R,Lin Q,Yan X,Li J,Li X

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00