Rare taxa enhance microbial network complexity and drive nitrification and denitrification processes in river ecosystems
Overall, this study highlights that, compared with abundant taxa, rare taxa contribute more to microbial network complexity and nitrogen cycling processes in river ecosystems at the continental scale.
Authors
- Wenzhi liu
- Gang He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1909-4708)
- Xiang Xiong
- Xiaoliang Jiang
- Miaomiao Cai
- Quanfa Zhang
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Wuhan Botanical Garden (CN)
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Microbiome
- Published
- 2026-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-026-00879-7
- Primary Topic
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00