Organisms and their resident microbial communities - the microbiome - form a complex and mostly stable ecosystem. It is known that the composition of the microbiome and bacterial species abundances can have a major impact on host health and Darwinian fitness, but the processes that lead to these microbial patterns have not yet been identified. We here apply the niche concept and trait-based approaches as a first step in understanding the patterns underlying microbial community assembly and structure in the simple metaorganism Hydra. We find that the carrying capacities in single associations do not reflect microbiota densities as part of the community, indicating a discrepancy between the fundamental and realized niche. Whereas in most case...
It is unclear if coexistence theory can be applied to gut microbiomes to understand their characteri...
Most environments harbor large numbers of microbial taxa with ecologies that remain poorly described...
The microorganisms living on and in hosts, collectively known as the microbiome, significantly impac...
Organisms and their resident microbial communities - the microbiome - form a complex and mostly stab...
Organisms and their resident microbial communities - the microbiome - form a complex and mostly stab...
Organisms and their resident microbial communities form a complex and mostly stable ecosystem. It is...
Microbial communities are complex and dynamic systems that are primarily structured according to the...
YesA central challenge in microbial community ecology is the delineation of appropriate units of bio...
Microorganisms have a pivotal role in the functioning of ecosystems. Recent studies have shown that ...
Decomposition of organic matter is an important ecosystem process governed in part by 33 bacteria....
Host-associated microbes contribute to host fitness, but it is unclear whether these contributions a...
1. Ecologists have identified two types of processes promoting species coexistence: stabilizing mech...
Bacterial communities are essential for the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems1. A key challenge ...
Progress in molecular methods has enabled the monitoring of bacterial populations in time. Neverthel...
Although widely used in ecology, comparative analyses of diversity and niche properties are still la...
It is unclear if coexistence theory can be applied to gut microbiomes to understand their characteri...
Most environments harbor large numbers of microbial taxa with ecologies that remain poorly described...
The microorganisms living on and in hosts, collectively known as the microbiome, significantly impac...
Organisms and their resident microbial communities - the microbiome - form a complex and mostly stab...
Organisms and their resident microbial communities - the microbiome - form a complex and mostly stab...
Organisms and their resident microbial communities form a complex and mostly stable ecosystem. It is...
Microbial communities are complex and dynamic systems that are primarily structured according to the...
YesA central challenge in microbial community ecology is the delineation of appropriate units of bio...
Microorganisms have a pivotal role in the functioning of ecosystems. Recent studies have shown that ...
Decomposition of organic matter is an important ecosystem process governed in part by 33 bacteria....
Host-associated microbes contribute to host fitness, but it is unclear whether these contributions a...
1. Ecologists have identified two types of processes promoting species coexistence: stabilizing mech...
Bacterial communities are essential for the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems1. A key challenge ...
Progress in molecular methods has enabled the monitoring of bacterial populations in time. Neverthel...
Although widely used in ecology, comparative analyses of diversity and niche properties are still la...
It is unclear if coexistence theory can be applied to gut microbiomes to understand their characteri...
Most environments harbor large numbers of microbial taxa with ecologies that remain poorly described...
The microorganisms living on and in hosts, collectively known as the microbiome, significantly impac...