mSystems
(Oct 2021)
Microbial Communities in a Serpentinizing Aquifer Are Assembled through Strong Concurrent Dispersal Limitation and Selection
Lindsay I. Putman,
Mary C. Sabuda,
William J. Brazelton,
Michael D. Kubo,
Tori M. Hoehler,
Tom M. McCollom,
Dawn Cardace,
Matthew O. Schrenk
Affiliations
Lindsay I. Putman
ORCiD Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Mary C. Sabuda
ORCiD Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
William J. Brazelton
ORCiD Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Michael D. Kubo
SETI Institute, Mountain View, California, USA
Tori M. Hoehler
Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
Tom M. McCollom
ORCiD Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, UCB 600, University of Colorado—Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dawn Cardace
ORCiD Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
Matthew O. Schrenk
ORCiD Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00300-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6,
no. 5
Abstract
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Microbial communities existing under extreme or stressful conditions have long been thought to be structured primarily by deterministic processes. The application of macroecology theory and modeling to microbial communities in recent years has spurred assessment of assembly processes in microbial communities, revealing that both stochastic and deterministic processes are at play to different extents within natural environments.
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