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Resistant Microbial Cooccurrence Patterns Inferred by Network Topology
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- Peura, Sari (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Limnologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab
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- Bertilsson, Stefan (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab,Limnologi
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Jones, Roger I. (author)
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- Eiler, Alexander (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Limnologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab
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- 2015
- 2015
- English.
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In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. - 0099-2240 .- 1098-5336. ; 81:6, s. 2090-2097
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- Although complex cooccurrence patterns have been described for microbes in natural communities, these patterns have scarcely been interpreted in the context of ecosystem functioning and stability. Here we constructed networks from species cooccurrences between pairs of microorganisms which were extracted from five individual aquatic time series, including a dystrophic and a eutrophic lake as well as an open ocean site. The resulting networks exhibited higher clustering coefficients, shorter path lengths, and higher average node degrees and levels of betweenness than those of random networks. Moreover, simulations demonstrated that taxa with a large number of cooccurrences and placement at convergence positions in the network, so-called "hubs" and "bottlenecks," confer resistance against random removal of "taxa." Accordingly, we refer to cooccurrences at convergence positions as system-relevant interdependencies, as they, like hubs and bottlenecks, determine network topology. These topology features of the cooccurrence networks point toward microbial community dynamics being resistant over time and thus could provide indicators for the state of ecosystem stability.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Mikrobiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Microbiology (hsv//eng)
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