2025年1月10日 · The intricate tapestry of microbial communities showcases the complexity of interactions among microorganisms. These communities are defined by the web of relationships that form between different microbial species and the surrounding environment. ... Some, like methanogens, produce methane as a metabolic byproduct, playing a role in carbon ...

Microbial communities comprise vast majority of the earth’s biodiversity and perform significant roles in ecosystem functioning such as organic matter decomposition, biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, and xenobiotic degradation.

Microbial communities can be found in every corner of the globe, from the permafrost soils of the arctic circle to termite guts in sub-Saharan Africa, and on every scale, from microscopic films on implanted medical devices to the oceans’ planktonic communities that breathe the world's gases and cycle its nutrients.

Because of the temporal and spatial scales over which microbes function as well as their extreme diversity, dynamics in microbial structure and processes are typically examined at the community level.

2009年8月6日 · Important elements of research in microbial community ecology include the analysis of functional pathways for nutrient resource and energy flows, mechanistic understanding of interactions...

2024年12月30日 · Microbial communities are groups of microorganisms that share a common living space. The microbial populations that form the community can interact in different ways, for...

The human body harbors diverse, dynamic microbial communities that include commensal, symbiotic, and pathogenic species. These communities, collectively termed the microbiome, play a vital role in human health and disease.

2025年1月10日 · Multispecies microbial communities are ubiquitous within nature, being found within diverse environments including soil [1], water [2], and plant [3] or animal hosts [4].Within these communities, bacterial cell-to-cell interactions play a crucial role in shaping the overall population composition, organization, and interaction with the surrounding environment or host [5].

1 天前 · This structure makes each microbial community unique and dictates the community-level services that are carried out. The diversity, or the variety of different species of microbes in the soil, is an important component of community structure because some microbes can fill similar roles as others. For instance, if one group of microbes is killed ...

2015年1月1日 · In addition to soils, complex microbial communities are found in essentially all natural ecosystems including plants and surface- and groundwaters. Specialized communities such as rhizospheres or biofilms can have particularly large and diverse community membership (megacommunities).