Microbial communities

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 example as predators and prey or as symbionts.

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News and Views | 18 February 2019

Amphibian microbiome linked to climate
- Andrea J. Jani
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-2
News and Views | 11 February 2019

Co-colonisation and coexistence
- Sonja Lehtinen
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-2

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Research | 19 February 2019 | open

Sources and selection of snow-specific microbial communities in a Greenlandic sea ice snow cover
- Lorrie Maccario
- , Shelly D. Carpenter
- , Jody W. Deming
- , Timothy M. Vogel
- & Catherine Larose
Scientific Reports 9, 2290
Research | 19 February 2019 | open

Cultivable microbial community in 2-km-deep, 20-million-year-old subseafloor coalbeds through ~1000 days anaerobic bioreactor cultivation
- Hiroyuki Imachi
- , Eiji Tasumi
- , Yoshihiro Takaki
- , Tatsuhiko Hoshino
- , Florence Schubotz
- , Shuchai Gan
- , Tzu-Hsuan Tu
- , Yumi Saito
- , Yuko Yamanaka
- , Akira Ijiri
- , Yohei Matsui
- , Masayuki Miyazaki
- , Yuki Morono
- , Ken Takai
- , Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
- & Fumio Inagaki
Scientific Reports 9, 2305
Research | 19 February 2019 | open

Influence of rewetting on microbial communities involved in nitrification and denitrification in a grassland soil after a prolonged drought period
- Verena Hammerl
- , Eva-Maria Kastl
- , Michael Schloter
- , Susanne Kublik
- , Holger Schmidt
- , Gerhard Welzl
- , Anke Jentsch
- , Carl Beierkuhnlein
- & Silvia Gschwendtner
Scientific Reports 9, 2280
Research | 18 February 2019 | open

Metabolic adaptation of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli to exposure to bile salts
- Julien Delmas
- , Lucie Gibold
- , Tiphanie Faïs
- , Sylvine Batista
- , Martin Leremboure
- , Clara Sinel
- , Emilie Vazeille
- , Vincent Cattoir
- , Anthony Buisson
- , Nicolas Barnich
- , Guillaume Dalmasso
- & Richard Bonnet
Scientific Reports 9, 2175
Research | 18 February 2019

Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale

Data on the richness and composition of the skin microbiome from 2,349 individual amphibians, representing 205 species across a broad geographic range, is compared with local biotic and abiotic environmental factors.
- Jordan G. Kueneman
- , Molly C. Bletz
- , Valerie J. McKenzie
- , C. Guilherme Becker
- , Maxwell B. Joseph
- , Juan G. Abarca
- , Holly Archer
- , Ana Lisette Arellano
- , Arnaud Bataille
- , Matthew Becker
- , Lisa K. Belden
- , Angelica Crottini
- , Robert Geffers
- , Célio. F. B. Haddad
- , Reid N. Harris
- , Whitney M. Holden
- , Myra Hughey
- , Michael Jarek
- , Patrick J. Kearns
- , Jacob L. Kerby
- , Jos Kielgast
- , Atsushi Kurabayashi
- , Ana V. Longo
- , Andrew Loudon
- , Daniel Medina
- , José J. Nuñez
- , R. G. Bina Perl
- , Adrián Pinto-Tomás
- , Falitiana C. E. Rabemananjara
- , Eria A. Rebollar
- , Ariel Rodríguez
- , Louise Rollins-Smith
- , Robert Stevenson
- , Christoph C. Tebbe
- , Gabriel Vargas Asensio
- , Bruce Waldman
- , Jenifer B. Walke
- , Steven M. Whitfield
- , Kelly R. Zamudio
- , Ibrahim Zúñiga Chaves
- , Douglas C. Woodhams
- & Miguel Vences
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-9
Research | 15 February 2019 | open

Dynamics of soil microbial communities following vegetation succession in a karst mountain ecosystem, Southwest China
- Chang Zhao
- , Jian Long
- , Hongkai Liao
- , Chunli Zheng
- , Juan Li
- , Lingfei Liu
- & Mingjiang Zhang
Scientific Reports 9, 2160

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Research Highlights | 18 February 2019

Baby’s mouth might hold sway over breast-milk microbiome

The bacterial content of breast milk differs between mothers who pump and those who nurse.

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News and Views | 18 February 2019

Amphibian microbiome linked to climate

A survey of 16S rRNA sequences of the skin microbiomes of amphibians across the globe reveals links between climate and species richness as well as potential bacterial gene functions. The work paves the way for mechanistic studies of how the environment affects microbial community assembly.
- Andrea J. Jani
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-2
Research Highlights | 13 February 2019

Measuring the HIV-1 reservoir

The description of a method to measure the HIV-1 reservoir that quantifies intact and defective proviruses.
- Andrea Du Toit
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 1
Research Highlights | 13 February 2019

Moving together

This study shows that the interaction between two sessile soil bacteria leads to emergence of interspecies social spreading.
- Andrea Du Toit
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 1
Research Highlights | 13 February 2019

The gut microbiome and mental health

This study reports a large population cohort study in which the authors correlate microbial taxa with quality of life and the incidence of depression.
- Andrea Du Toit
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 1
News | 11 February 2019

Tracing outbreaks with machine learning

This Genome Watch article discusses the application of machine learning algorithms to predict the source of food-borne infections.
- Nicole E. Wheeler
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 1

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Microbial communities

Featured

Amphibian microbiome linked to climate

Co-colonisation and coexistence

Latest Research and Reviews

Sources and selection of snow-specific microbial communities in a Greenlandic sea ice snow cover

Cultivable microbial community in 2-km-deep, 20-million-year-old subseafloor coalbeds through ~1000 days anaerobic bioreactor cultivation

Influence of rewetting on microbial communities involved in nitrification and denitrification in a grassland soil after a prolonged drought period

Metabolic adaptation of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli to exposure to bile salts

Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale

Dynamics of soil microbial communities following vegetation succession in a karst mountain ecosystem, Southwest China

News and Comment

Baby’s mouth might hold sway over breast-milk microbiome

Amphibian microbiome linked to climate

Measuring the HIV-1 reservoir

Moving together

The gut microbiome and mental health

Tracing outbreaks with machine learning

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