Frequency of disturbance alters diversity, function, and underlying assembly mechanisms of complex bacterial communities

• Main Authors: Santillan, Ezequiel, Seshan, Hari, Constancias, Florentin, Drautz-Moses, Daniela I., Wuertz, Stefan
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Microbial Ecology; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology; Water Microbiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106245; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48814
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Disturbance is known to affect the ecosystem structure, but predicting its outcomes remains elusive. Similarly, community diversity is believed to relate to ecosystem functions, yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we tested the effect of disturbance on the structure, assembly,...