Pollinators mediate floral microbial diversity and microbial network under agrochemical disturbance

Disturbance Increases Microbial Community Diversity and Production in Marine Sediments

Disturbance strongly impacts patterns of community diversity, yet the shape of the diversity-disturbance relationship remains a matter of debate. The topic has been of interest in theoretical ecology for decades as it has practical implications for the understanding of ecosystem services in nature. One of these processes is the remineralization of organic matter by microorganisms in coastal mar...

A network-based approach to disturbance transmission through microbial interactions

Microbes numerically dominate aquatic ecosystems and play key roles in the biogeochemistry and the health of these environments. Due to their short generations times and high diversity, microbial communities are among the first responders to environmental changes, including natural and anthropogenic disturbances such as storms, pollutant releases, and upwelling. These disturbances affect member...

Microbial biogeography: patterns in microbial diversity across space and time

Marine microbial diversity

Microbes were the only form of life for the first 2-3 billion years of planetary and biological evolution. Life most likely began in the oceans and marine microorganisms are the closest living descendants of the original forms of life. Early marine microorganisms also helped create the conditions under which subsequent life developed. More than two billion years ago, the generation of oxygen by...

Microbial Diversity for Biotechnology

1 Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, 2 Seferi Street, 30100 Agrinio, Greece 2 Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Ploutonos 26 and Aiolou Street, 41221 Larisa, Greece 3Higher Institute for Biotechnology, University of Manouba, Biotechpole of Sidi Thabet, Sidi Thabet, 2020 Ariana, Tunisia 4DOE Joint Genome Institu...