Cell size, genome size, and maximum growth rate are near‐independent dimensions of ecological variation across bacteria and archaea

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Modeling and Exploiting Microbial Temperature Response

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A synthesis of bacterial and archaeal phenotypic trait data

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Predicting the optimal growth temperatures of prokaryotes using only genome derived features

(2019) David B Sauer et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

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(2019) Junhui Li et al.   ISME Journal

Defining trait-based microbial strategies with consequences for soil carbon cycling under climate change

(2019) Ashish A. Malik et al.   ISME Journal

Competitive Traits Are More Important than Stress-Tolerance Traits in a Cadmium-Contaminated Rhizosphere: A Role for Trait Theory in Microbial Ecology

(2018) Jennifer L. Wood et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A standardized bacterial taxonomy based on genome phylogeny substantially revises the tree of life

(2018) Donovan H Parks et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they inhabit

(2018) Ed K. Hall et al.   Nature Microbiology

Factors driving effective population size and pan-genome evolution in bacteria

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(2018) Jackson W. Sorensen et al.   Nature Microbiology

Following Rapoport's Rule: the geographic range and genome size of bacterial taxa decline at warmer latitudes

(2017) Gavin Lear et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Embracing the unknown: disentangling the complexities of the soil microbiome

(2017) Noah Fierer   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Ecological strategies and metabolic trade-offs of complex environmental biofilms

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Transcriptional Control in Marine Copiotrophic and Oligotrophic Bacteria with Streamlined Genomes

(2016) Matthew T. Cottrell et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The bright side of microbial dark matter: lessons learned from the uncultivated majority

(2016) Lindsey Solden et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Evolutionary tradeoffs in cellular composition across diverse bacteria

(2016) Christopher P Kempes et al.   ISME Journal

Variability of rRNA Operon Copy Number and Growth Rate Dynamics of Bacillus Isolated from an Extremely Oligotrophic Aquatic Ecosystem

(2016) Jorge A. Valdivia-Anistro et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacterial evolution: Genomics of metabolic trade-offs

(2016) Martin F. Polz et al.   Nature Microbiology

Exploiting rRNA operon copy number to investigate bacterial reproductive strategies

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(2015) Diana R Nemergut et al.   ISME Journal

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

(2015) Georges Kunstler et al.   NATURE

Microbial resource utilization traits and trade-offs: implications for community structure, functioning, and biogeochemical impacts at present and in the future

(2015) Elena Litchman et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Average genome size estimation improves comparative metagenomics and sheds light on the functional ecology of the human microbiome

(2015) Stephen Nayfach et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Implications of streamlining theory for microbial ecology

(2014) Stephen J Giovannoni et al.   ISME Journal

rrnDB: improved tools for interpreting rRNA gene abundance in bacteria and archaea and a new foundation for future development

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A Linear-Time Algorithm for Gaussian and Non-Gaussian Trait Evolution Models

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Trait-based approaches for understanding microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

(2014) Sascha Krause et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Seeing the forest for the genes: using metagenomics to infer the aggregated traits of microbial communities

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Growth Temperature and Genome Size in Bacteria Are Negatively Correlated, Suggesting Genomic Streamlining During Thermal Adaptation

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Trait-based models of nutrient uptake in microbes extend the Michaelis-Menten framework

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Synthesis analysis of the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration from laboratory studies in relation to incubation methods and soil conditions

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The Systemic Imprint of Growth and Its Uses in Ecological (Meta)Genomics

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The genomic basis of trophic strategy in marine bacteria

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Trait-Based Community Ecology of Phytoplankton

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Comparative genomics of two ecotypes of the marine planktonic copiotroph Alteromonas macleodii suggests alternative lifestyles associated with different kinds of particulate organic matter

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