Environmental Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
19(8), P. 2949 - 2963
Published: April 27, 2017
Summary
Microbial
communities
are
increasingly
utilized
in
biotechnology.
Efficiency
and
productivity
many
of
these
applications
depends
on
the
presence
cooperative
interactions
between
members
community.
Two
key
processes
underlying
production
public
goods
metabolic
cross‐feeding,
which
can
be
understood
general
framework
ecological
evolutionary
(eco‐evo)
dynamics.
In
this
review,
we
illustrate
relevance
microbial
biotechnological
processes,
discuss
their
mechanistic
origins
analyse
resilience.
Cooperative
behaviours
damaged
by
emergence
‘cheating’
cells
that
benefit
from
but
do
not
contribute
to
them.
Despite
this,
stabilized
spatial
segregation,
feedbacks
dynamics
ecology
community,
role
regulatory
systems
coupled
environmental
conditions
action
horizontal
gene
transfer.
enrich
with
a
higher
degree
robustness
against
stress
facilitate
evolution
more
complex
traits.
Therefore,
resilience
ability
constraint
detrimental
mutants
should
considered
design
robust
applications.
FEMS Microbiology Reviews,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
41(5), P. 599 - 623
Published: July 10, 2017
Soil,
the
living
terrestrial
skin
of
Earth,
plays
a
central
role
in
supporting
life
and
is
home
to
an
unimaginable
diversity
microorganisms.
This
review
explores
key
drivers
for
microbial
soils
under
different
climates
land-use
practices
at
scales
ranging
from
soil
pores
landscapes.
We
delineate
special
features
as
habitat
(focusing
on
bacteria)
consequences
communities.
covers
recent
modeling
advances
that
link
physical
processes
with
(termed
biophysical
processes).
Readers
are
introduced
concepts
governing
water
organization
associated
transport
properties
dispersion
ranges
often
determined
by
spatial
highly
dynamic
aqueous
phase.
The
narrow
hydrological
windows
wetting
phase
connectedness
crucial
resource
distribution
longer
range
Feedbacks
between
activity
their
immediate
environment
responsible
emergence
stabilization
structure-the
scaffolding
ecological
functioning.
synthesize
insights
historical
contemporary
studies
provide
outlook
challenges
opportunities
developing
quantitative
framework
predict
component
Environmental Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
54(19), P. 11657 - 11672
Published: Sept. 4, 2020
Plastics
become
rapidly
colonized
by
microbes
when
released
into
marine
environments.
This
microbial
community—the
Plastisphere—has
recently
sparked
a
multitude
of
scientific
inquiries
and
generated
breadth
knowledge,
which
we
bring
together
in
this
review.
Besides
providing
better
understanding
community
composition
biofilm
development
ecosystems,
critically
discuss
current
research
on
plastic
biodegradation
the
identification
potentially
pathogenic
"hitchhikers"
Plastisphere.
The
Plastisphere
is
at
interface
between
its
surrounding
milieu,
thus
drives
every
interaction
that
synthetic
material
has
with
environment,
from
ecotoxicity
new
links
food
webs
to
fate
plastics
water
column.
We
conclude
so
far
not
shown
communities
starkly
differ
other
inert
surfaces,
particularly
true
for
mature
assemblages.
Furthermore,
despite
progress
been
made
field,
recognize
it
time
take
plastic–Plastisphere–environment
interactions
step
further
identifying
present
gaps
our
knowledge
offering
perspective
key
aspects
be
addressed
future
studies:
(I)
physical
characterization
biofilms,
(II)
inclusion
relevant
controls,
(III)
study
different
successional
stages,
(IV)
use
environmentally
concentrations
biofouled
microplastics,
(V)
prioritization
gaining
mechanistic
functional
communities.
