Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities
Biofilms are dynamic habitats which constantly evolve in response to environmental fluctuations and thereby constitute remarkable survival strategies for microorganisms. The modulation of biofilm functional properties is largely governed by the active remodeling of their three-dimensional structure and involves an arsenal of microbial self-produced components and interconnected mechanisms. The ...
متن کاملBacteria–phage coevolution as a driver of ecological and evolutionary processes in microbial communities
Bacteria-phage coevolution, the reciprocal evolution between bacterial hosts and the phages that infect them, is an important driver of ecological and evolutionary processes in microbial communities. There is growing evidence from both laboratory and natural populations that coevolution can maintain phenotypic and genetic diversity, increase the rate of bacterial and phage evolution and diverge...
متن کاملMetabolic Flexibility as a Major Predictor of Spatial Distribution in Microbial Communities
A better understand the ecology of microbes and their role in the global ecosystem could be achieved if traditional ecological theories can be applied to microbes. In ecology organisms are defined as specialists or generalists according to the breadth of their niche. Spatial distribution is often used as a proxy measure of niche breadth; generalists have broad niches and a wide spatial distribu...
متن کاملVertical organization of freshwater sediment microbial communities: implications for microbial activities and burial processes
Microbial activity in lake sediments is essential for cycling of organic matter that continuously sinks from the water column. Its ongoing accumulation and subsequent burial at the sediment surface has unknown implications for the structure and function of microbial communities. We performed a full biogeochemical and microbial community analysis of 4 replicate sediment cores in a clear lake. Th...
متن کاملhypD as a marker for [NiFe]-hydrogenases in microbial communities of surface waters.
Hydrogen is an important trace gas in the atmosphere. Soil microorganisms are known to be an important part of the biogeochemical H2 cycle, contributing 80 to 90% of the annual hydrogen uptake. Different aquatic ecosystems act as either sources or sinks of hydrogen, but the contribution of their microbial communities is unknown. [NiFe]-hydrogenases are the best candidates for hydrogen turnover ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Microbiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01364