Volume 101, Issue 4, April 2025
Editorial
Editorial: thematic issue on interactions across microbial ecosystems
Research Articles
Plipastatin is a shared good by Bacillus subtilis during combating Fusarium spp
This study demonstrates that antifungal secondary metabolites represent public goods for bacterial populations to compete against plant pathogenic fungi.
Spatio–temporal dynamics of bacterial community composition in a Western European watershed, the Meuse River watershed
This study reveals how seasonal changes, temperature, and location shape bacterial diversity in the Meuse River watershed, highlighting specific bacterial indicators of water quality across different river sections.
The bacterial community associated with the solitary resin bee Megachile tosticauda throughout its life cycle
Female Megachile tosticauda foraging for nectar on Stemodia florulenta (Image: Elisabeth Williamson, 2024).
Particle-attached bacterial communities are more susceptible to seasonal environmental fluctuations in mesotrophic than eutrophic tropical reservoirs
Eutrophication dramatically reduced the seasonal variation of particle-attached bacterial communities and destroyed the composition succession of particle-attached bacterial communities in reservoir ecosystems.
Insights into the phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of Planctomycetota in anaerobic digesters and the isolation of novel Thermoguttaceae species
Strain of a novel genus within the Thermoguttaceae isolated from the rare biosphere Planctomycetota of an anaerobic digester.
Microbial community structure is affected by phage-resistance associated increases in host density
Microbial community structure is affected by phage resistance evolution in Variovorax, which increases host density. Created in BioRender. Castledine, M. (2025) https://BioRender.com/q92i397
Contrasting alpha, beta, and gamma diversity in the littoral zones of mountain lakes: effects of habitat size and within-lake community structuring on bacterial biogeography
This study examines how habitat size affects bacterial diversity in freshwater lakes, finding no diversity–area relationship and minimal spatial structuring, with individual water samples largely capturing the bacterial community across lakes.
Assessing the potential for non-digestible carbohydrates toward mitigating adverse effects of antibiotics on microbiota composition and activity in an in vitro colon model of the weaning infant
Supplementing infant diets with specific prebiotics may support gut microbiota recovery after certain antibiotics, promoting microbiota activity, and short-chain fatty acid production during early development.
Mechanisms and impacts of Agaricus urinascens fairy rings on plant diversity and microbial communities in a montane Mediterranean grassland
Fairy ring fungi transform Mediterranean grasslands by reshaping soil, plants, and microbes, reducing biodiversity, and driving ecological shifts that favour fast-growing species over long-lived perennials.
Evaluation of Thiobacillus denitrificans’ sustainability in nitrate-reducing Fe(II) oxidation and the potential significance of Fe(II) as a growth-supporting reductant
Thiobacillus denitrificans does not grow chemolithoautotrophically under nitrate-reducing, Fe(II)-oxidizing conditions and cannot sustain nitrate-reducing Fe(II) oxidation over multiple transfers, and was therefore classified as a non-autotrophic nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizer.
Cryptic iron cycling influenced by organic carbon availability in a seasonally stratified lake
High availability of carbon in seasonally stratified lakes hides the contribution of phototrophic bacteria in driving the oxidation of iron.
