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Shing Hei Zhan, Ling Chen, Chen-Pan Liao, Wun-Ruei Chang, Cheng-Chin Li, Guang-You Tang, Ching-Yu Liou, Wei-Lung Wang, Shih-Wei Wang, Shao-Lun Liu
Summary: This study reveals the diversity of cryptic crustose coralline algae (CCA) species in the Taoyuan Algal Reef (TAR) in Taiwan, many of which are potentially new species or endemic to TAR. The TAR represents a unique hotspot of CCA taxa in Taiwan's waters. The variations in CCA assemblages in the TAR are influenced by geographic distance, sedimentation, and substrate type, indicating the importance of dispersal limitation and environmental selection.
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Claudia E. L. Hill, Myrsini M. Lymperaki, Bert W. Hoeksema
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MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
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Fangfang Yang, Zhiliang Xiao, Zhangliang Wei, Lijuan Long
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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Diego Castejon, Loreto Garcia, Carlos A. P. Andrade
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Alexa R. Sterling, Riley D. Kirk, Matthew J. Bertin, Tatiana A. Rynearson, David G. Borkman, Marissa C. Caponi, Jessica Carney, Katherine A. Hubbard, Meagan A. King, Lucie Maranda, Emily J. McDermith, Nina R. Santos, Jacob P. Strock, Erin M. Tully, Samantha B. Vaverka, Patrick D. Wilson, Bethany D. Jenkins
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Javad Sadeghi, Subba Rao Chaganti, Timothy B. Johnson, Daniel D. Heath
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Yunyan Deng, Kui Wang, Zhangxi Hu, Qiang Hu, Ying Zhong Tang
Summary: Toxic dinoflagellates have a significant impact on their co-existing bacterial communities, influencing functional diversity and community composition. This may have implications for the formation of harmful algal blooms.
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So Young Jeong, Paul W. Gabrielson, Jeffery R. Hughey, Andrew S. Hoey, Tae Oh Cho, Muhammad A. Abdul Wahab, Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
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(2023)
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Aubree J. Hill, Matthew Grisnik, Donald M. Walker
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Shu-Yi-Dan Zhou, Zhiyang Lie, Xujun Liu, Yong-Guan Zhu, Josep Penuelas, Roy Neilson, Xiaoxuan Su, Zhanfeng Liu, Guowei Chu, Ze Meng, Junhua Yan, Juxiu Liu
Summary: Climate change has a global impact on soil microbial community composition in various ecosystems. However, the effects of warming on soil microbial community structure and the underlying mechanisms in subtropical forest ecosystems remain poorly understood. To fill this research gap, an altitudinal gradient was used to simulate ecosystem warming, and after 6 years, it was found that microbial co-occurrence network complexity increased with warming. The taxonomic composition changes were asynchronous, likely due to different community assembly processes. Stochastic processes drove bacterial community composition, but warming led to a shift from stochastic to deterministic drivers during the dry season.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
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Ana L. Moldoveanu, Julian A. Rycroft, Sophie Helaine
Summary: The rise of antibiotic failure is a significant threat to global health, which is not only driven by stable antibiotic resistance but also by a subpopulation of transiently non-growing, antibiotic tolerant bacteria known as 'persisters'. Recent advances in the field have revealed the complex nature of persisters, highlighting their high adaptability through biosynthetic activity, contributing to the evolution of antimicrobial resistance and modulation of host immune responses despite clinically effective treatment.
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(2021)
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Microbiology
Kathleen Beilsmith, Matthew Perisin, Joy Bergelson
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Li Sun, Yongjia Lei, Hui Li
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(2022)
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Zhu Zhu, Rui Meng, Walker O. Smith, Hai Doan-Nhu, Lam Nguyen-Ngoc, Xinjun Jiang
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Melany P. Puglisi, Jennifer M. Sneed, Koty H. Sharp, Raphael Ritson-Williams, Valerie J. Paul
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