bacterial communities

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    Bacterial and Eukaryotic Small-Subunit Amplicon Data Do Not Provide a Quantitative Picture of Microbial Communities, but They Are Reliable in the Context of Ecological Interpretations
    Research Article | Applied and Environmental Science
    Bacterial and Eukaryotic Small-Subunit Amplicon Data Do Not Provide a Quantitative Picture of Microbial Communities, but They Are Reliable in the Context of Ecological Interpretations

    High-throughput sequencing (HTS) of amplified fragments of rRNA genes provides unprecedented insight into the diversity of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms. Unfortunately, HTS data are prone to quantitative biases, which may lead to an erroneous picture of microbial community composition and thwart efforts to advance its understanding. These concerns motivated us to investigate how accurately HTS data characterize the...

    Kasia Piwosz, Tanja Shabarova, Jakob Pernthaler, Thomas Posch, Karel Šimek, Petr Porcal, Michaela M. Salcher
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    Native and Invading Yellow Starthistle (<span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Centaurea solstitialis</span>) Microbiomes Differ in Composition and Diversity of Bacteria
    Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Native and Invading Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) Microbiomes Differ in Composition and Diversity of Bacteria

    Previous studies have found that introduced plants commonly experience more favorable microbial interactions in their non-native range, suggesting that changes to the microbiome could be an important contributor to invasion success. Little is known about microbiome variation across native and invading populations, however, and the potential sources of more favorable interactions are undescribed. Here, we report one of the first...

    Patricia Lu-Irving, Julia G. Harenčár, Hailey Sounart, Shana R. Welles, Sarah M. Swope, David A. Baltrus, Katrina M. Dlugosch
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