Recent research has expanded our understanding of microbial community assembly. However,
the field of community ecology is inaccessible to many microbial ecologists because of …

Here we present a standard developed by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) for
reporting marker gene sequences—the minimum information about a marker gene sequence (…

Ecologists have documented the process of plant succession for centuries, yet the successional
patterns exhibited by microbial communities have received relatively little attention. We …

Microorganisms are vital in mediating the earth’s biogeochemical cycles; yet, despite our
rapidly increasing ability to explore complex environmental microbial communities, the …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 782–787 Abstract One of the oldest ecological hypotheses,
proposed by Darwin, suggests that the struggle for existence is stronger between more closely …

Bacteria control major nutrient cycles and directly influence plant, animal and human health.
However, we know relatively little about the forces shaping their large‐scale ecological …

Organic matter decomposition and soil CO 2 efflux are both mediated by soil microorganisms,
but the potential effects of temporal variations in microbial community composition are not …

… We acknowledge Bob Head and Bill Nemergut (WFN) for assisting with sample collection
and processing. Our manuscript was greatly improved by comments and suggestions from …

Primary succession is a fundamental process in macroecosystems; however, if and how soil
development influences microbial community structure is poorly understood. Thus, we …

Soil microbial communities have the metabolic and genetic capability to adapt to changing
environmental conditions on very short time scales. In this paper we combine biogeochemical …