Open AccessFunctional Traits Resolve Mechanisms Governing the Assembly and Distribution of Nitrogen-Cycling Microbial Communities in the Global Ocean
Author(s) -
Wen Song,
Jihua Liu,
Wei Qin,
Jun Huang,
Xiaoli Yu,
Mengzhao Xu,
David A. Stahl,
Nianzhi Jiao,
Jizhong Zhou,
Qichao Tu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mbio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.562
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 2161-2129
pISSN - 2150-7511
DOI - 10.1128/mbio.03832-21
Subject(s) - ecology , ecosystem , biology , biogeochemical cycle , biodiversity , functional ecology , nitrogen cycle , environmental change , marine ecosystem , taxonomic rank , climate change , physics , quantum mechanics , taxon , nitrogen
A critical question in microbial ecology is how the complex microbial communities are formed in natural ecosystems with the existence of thousands different species, thereby performing essential ecosystem functions and maintaining ecosystem stability. Previous studies disentangling the community assembly mechanisms mainly focus on microbial taxa, ignoring the functional traits they carry.