Synchrony in aquatic microbial community dynamics

Spatial synchrony in microbial community dynamics: testing among-year and lake patterns

Quantifying therelative influenceof forces thatdeterminepopulation and community dynamics is essential to our understanding of microbial function in lakes. Both intrinsic (sitespecific) and extrinsic (regional) factors have the potential to influence ecosystems, but the relative importance of each is currently the subject of considerable discussion (Hudson & Cattadori 1999, Rusak et al. 1999, B...

Microbial community dynamics in MFCs

38 The performance and dynamics of the bacterial communities in the biofilm and suspended 39 culture in the anode chamber of sucrose-fed microbial fuel cells (MFCs) were studied by using 40 Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) of PCR-amplified partial 16S rRNA genes 41 followed by species identification by sequencing. The power density of MFCs was correlated to 42 the relative proport...

Integrating Theory and Experiment to Explain the Breakdown of Population Synchrony in a Complex Microbial Community

We consider the extension of the ‘Moran effect’, where correlated noise generates synchrony between isolated single species populations, to the study of synchrony between populations embedded in multi-species communities. In laboratory experiments on complex microbial communities, comprising both predators (protozoa) and prey (bacteria), we observe synchrony in abundances between isolated repli...

Microbial Community Composition and Dynamics in Bioreactor Landfills 2010

Microbial community dynamics in the forefield of glaciers

Retreating ice fronts (as a result of a warming climate) expose large expanses of deglaciated forefield, which become colonized by microbes and plants. There has been increasing interest in characterizing the biogeochemical development of these ecosystems using a chronosequence approach. Prior to the establishment of plants, microbes use autochthonously produced and allochthonously delivered nu...