Excellent excrement? Frass impacts on a soil's microbial community, processes and metal bioavailability

2021 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 104110
Author(s):  
C. Watson ◽  
C. Schlösser ◽  
J. Vögerl ◽  
F. Wichern
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Metal Bioavailability ◽  
Community Processes

scholarly journals Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Gut Microbial Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 451-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy A. Moran ◽  
Howard Ochman ◽  
Tobin J. Hammer
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Ecological Consequences ◽  
Developmental Processes ◽  
Community Processes ◽  
Gut Microorganisms

Animals are distinguished by having guts—organs that must extract nutrients from food yet also bar invasion by pathogens. Most guts are colonized by nonpathogenic microorganisms, but the functions of these microbes, or even the reasons why they occur in the gut, vary widely among animals. Sometimes these microorganisms have codiversified with hosts; sometimes they live mostly elsewhere in the environment. Either way, gut microorganisms often benefit hosts. Benefits may reflect evolutionary addiction, whereby hosts incorporate gut microorganisms into normal developmental processes. But benefits often include novel ecological capabilities; for example, many metazoan clades exist by virtue of gut communities enabling new dietary niches. Animals vary immensely in their dependence on gut microorganisms, from lacking them entirely to using them as food or to obligate dependence for development, nutrition, or protection. Many consequences of gut microorganisms for hosts can be ascribed to microbial community processes and the host's ability to shape these processes.

A peek in the micro-sized world: a review of design principles, engineering tools, and applications of engineered microbial community

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-409
Author(s):  
Baizhen Gao ◽  
Rushant Sabnis ◽  
Tommaso Costantini ◽  
Robert Jinkerson ◽  
Qing Sun
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Microbial Interactions ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
New Gene ◽  
Global Biogeochemical Cycles ◽  
Synthetic Microbial Communities

Microbial communities drive diverse processes that impact nearly everything on this planet, from global biogeochemical cycles to human health. Harnessing the power of these microorganisms could provide solutions to many of the challenges that face society. However, naturally occurring microbial communities are not optimized for anthropogenic use. An emerging area of research is focusing on engineering synthetic microbial communities to carry out predefined functions. Microbial community engineers are applying design principles like top-down and bottom-up approaches to create synthetic microbial communities having a myriad of real-life applications in health care, disease prevention, and environmental remediation. Multiple genetic engineering tools and delivery approaches can be used to ‘knock-in' new gene functions into microbial communities. A systematic study of the microbial interactions, community assembling principles, and engineering tools are necessary for us to understand the microbial community and to better utilize them. Continued analysis and effort are required to further the current and potential applications of synthetic microbial communities.

2 EFFECTS OF AN IBD-ASSOCIATED MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STATE ON INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION IN HUMANIZED GNOTOBIOTIC MICE

2020 ◽  
Vol 158 (3) ◽  
pp. S66
Author(s):  
Venu Lagishetty ◽  
Nerea Arias ◽  
Tien Dong ◽  
Meg Hauer ◽  
William Katzka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Intestinal Inflammation ◽  
Gnotobiotic Mice

Microbial community structure and dynamics in restored subtropical seagrass sediments

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
AS Bourque ◽  
R Vega-Thurber ◽  
JW Fourqurean
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Microbial Community ◽  
Microbial Community Structure ◽  
Structure And Dynamics

The First Use of Biofilm Microbial Community Structure as an Indicator of Impact of Two Dams on the Elwha River (Washington)

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-387
Author(s):  
W. D. Eaton ◽  
B. Wilmot ◽  
E. Epler ◽  
S. Mangiamelli ◽  
D. Barry
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Microbial Community ◽  
Microbial Community Structure ◽  
Elwha River
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