Shu Yang, Qinghua Hou, Nan Li, Pengbin Wang, Huaxian Zhao, Qingxiang Chen, Xinyi Qin, Jiongqing Huang, Xiaoli Li, Nengjian Liao, Gonglingxia Jiang, Ke Dong, Tianyu Zhang
Microorganisms, especially rare microbial species, are crucial in estuarine ecosystems for driving biogeochemical processes and preserving biodiversity. However, the understanding of the links between ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) and the diversity of rare bacterial taxa in estuary ecosystems remains limited. Employing high-throughput sequencing and a variety of statistical methods, we assessed the diversities and assembly process of abundant and rare bacterioplankton and their contributions to EMF in a subtropical estuary...
2024: Frontiers in Microbiology