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Using network analysis to explore co-occurrence patterns in soil microbial communities by Barberán, Albert, Bates, Scott T, Casamayor, Emilio O, Fierer, Noah

“…Exploring large environmental datasets generated by high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies requires new analytical approaches to move beyond the basic…”
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Microbial biogeography of public restroom surfaces by Flores, Gilberto E, Bates, Scott T, Knights, Dan, Lauber, Christian L, Stombaugh, Jesse, Knight, Rob, Fierer, Noah

“…We spend the majority of our lives indoors where we are constantly exposed to bacteria residing on surfaces. However, the diversity of these surface-associated…”
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Changes in bacterial and fungal communities across compost recipes, preparation methods, and composting times by Neher, Deborah A, Weicht, Thomas R, Bates, Scott T, Leff, Jonathan W, Fierer, Noah

“…Compost production is a critical component of organic waste handling, and compost applications to soil are increasingly important to crop production. However,…”
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Examining the global distribution of dominant archaeal populations in soil by Bates, Scott T, Berg-Lyons, Donna, Caporaso, J Gregory, Walters, William A, Knight, Rob, Fierer, Noah

“…Archaea , primarily Crenarchaeota , are common in soil; however, the structure of soil archaeal communities and the factors regulating their diversity and…”
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Characterization of the juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) microbiome throughout an ontogenetic shift from pelagic to neritic habitats by Price, James T, Paladino, Frank V, Lamont, Margaret M, Witherington, Blair E, Bates, Scott T, Soule, Tanya

“…The gut microbiome of herbivorous animals consists of organisms that efficiently digest the structural carbohydrates of ingested plant material. Green turtles…”
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Global biogeography of highly diverse protistan communities in soil by Bates, Scott T, Clemente, Jose C, Flores, Gilberto E, Walters, William Anthony, Parfrey, Laura Wegener, Knight, Rob, Fierer, Noah

“…Protists are ubiquitous members of soil microbial communities, but the structure of these communities, and the factors that influence their diversity, are…”
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The under-recognized dominance of Verrucomicrobia in soil bacterial communities by Bergmann, Gaddy T., Bates, Scott T., Eilers, Kathryn G., Lauber, Christian L., Caporaso, J. Gregory, Walters, William A., Knight, Rob, Fierer, Noah

“…Verrucomicrobia are ubiquitous in soil, but members of this bacterial phylum are thought to be present at low frequency in soil, with few studies focusing…”
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Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally by Ramirez, Kelly S., Leff, Jonathan W., Barberán, Albert, Bates, Scott Thomas, Betley, Jason, Crowther, Thomas W., Kelly, Eugene F., Oldfield, Emily E., Shaw, E. Ashley, Steenbock, Christopher, Bradford, Mark A., Wall, Diana H., Fierer, Noah

“…Soil biota play key roles in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, however, compared to our knowledge of above-ground plant and animal diversity, the…”
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Effort versus Reward: Preparing Samples for Fungal Community Characterization in High-Throughput Sequencing Surveys of Soils by Song, Zewei, Schlatter, Dan, Kennedy, Peter, Kinkel, Linda L, Kistler, H Corby, Nguyen, Nhu, Bates, Scott T

“…Next generation fungal amplicon sequencing is being used with increasing frequency to study fungal diversity in various ecosystems; however, the influence of…”
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Bacterial Communities Associated with the Lichen Symbiosis by Bates, Scott T, Cropsey, Garrett W.G, Caporaso, J. Gregory, Knight, Rob, Fierer, Noah

“…Lichens are commonly described as a mutualistic symbiosis between fungi and "algae" (Chlorophyta or Cyanobacteria); however, they also have internal bacterial…”
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Fungal functional ecology: bringing a trait‐based approach to plant‐associated fungi by Zanne, Amy E., Abarenkov, Kessy, Afkhami, Michelle E., Aguilar‐Trigueros, Carlos A., Bates, Scott, Bhatnagar, Jennifer M., Busby, Posy E., Christian, Natalie, Cornwell, William K., Crowther, Thomas W., Flores‐Moreno, Habacuc, Floudas, Dimitrios, Gazis, Romina, Hibbett, David, Kennedy, Peter, Lindner, Daniel L., Maynard, Daniel S., Milo, Amy M., Nilsson, Rolf Henrik, Powell, Jeff, Schildhauer, Mark, Schilling, Jonathan, Treseder, Kathleen K.

“…ABSTRACT Fungi play many essential roles in ecosystems. They facilitate plant access to nutrients and water, serve as decay agents that cycle carbon and…”
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Diversity, distribution and sources of bacteria in residential kitchens by Flores, Gilberto E., Bates, Scott T., Caporaso, J. Gregory, Lauber, Christian L., Leff, Jonathan W., Knight, Rob, Fierer, Noah

“…Summary Bacteria readily colonize kitchen surfaces, and the exchange of microbes between humans and the kitchen environment can impact human health. However,…”
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Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide by Prober, Suzanne M., Leff, Jonathan W., Bates, Scott T., Borer, Elizabeth T., Firn, Jennifer, Harpole, W. Stanley, Lind, Eric M., Seabloom, Eric W., Adler, Peter B., Bakker, Jonathan D., Cleland, Elsa E., DeCrappeo, Nicole M., DeLorenze, Elizabeth, Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Kirkman, Kevin P., Knops, Johannes M.H., La Pierre, Kimberly J., MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Mitchell, Charles E., Risch, Anita C., Schuetz, Martin, Stevens, Carly J., Williams, Ryan J., Fierer, Noah

“…Aboveground–belowground interactions exert critical controls on the composition and function of terrestrial ecosystems, yet the fundamental relationships…”
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culture-independent study of free-living fungi in biological soil crusts of the Colorado Plateau: their diversity and relative contribution to microbial biomass by Bates, Scott T, Garcia-Pichel, Ferran

“…Molecular methodologies were used to investigate free-living fungal communities associated with biological soil crusts (BSCs), along km-scale transects on the…”
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Examining transmission of gut bacteria to preserved carcass via anal secretions in Nicrophorus defodiens by Miller, Christopher James, Bates, Scott Thomas, Gielda, Lindsay M, Creighton, J Curtis

“…Direct transmission of bacteria to subsequent generations highlights the beneficial nature of host-bacteria relationships. In insects, this process is often…”
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FUNGuild: An open annotation tool for parsing fungal community datasets by ecological guild by Nguyen, Nhu H., Song, Zewei, Bates, Scott T., Branco, Sara, Tedersoo, Leho, Menke, Jon, Schilling, Jonathan S., Kennedy, Peter G.

“…Fungi typically live in highly diverse communities composed of multiple ecological guilds. Although high-throughput sequencing has greatly increased the…”
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Defining gut mycobiota for wild animals: a need for caution in assigning authentic resident fungal taxa by Lavrinienko, Anton, Scholier, Tiffany, Bates, Scott T., Miller, Andrew N., Watts, Phillip C.

“…Abstract Animal gut mycobiota, the community of fungi that reside within the gastrointestinal tract, make an important contribution to host health…”
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Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes by Fierer, Noah, Leff, Jonathan W., Adams, Byron J., Nielsen, Uffe N., Bates, Scott Thomas, Lauber, Christian L., Owens, Sarah, Gilbert, Jack A., Wall, Diana H., Caporaso, J. Gregory

“…For centuries ecologists have studied how the diversity and functional traits of plant and animal communities vary across biomes. In contrast, we have only…”
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Visitor Assessment of the Mandatory Alternative Transportation System at Zion National Park by Mace, Britton L., Marquit, Joshua D., Bates, Scott C.

“…Transportation infrastructure in national parks has historically been designed for the automobile. With more vehicles in the parks, visitors found themselves…”
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Using network analysis to explore co-occurrence patterns in soil microbial communities by Barberán, Albert, Bates, Scott T, Casamayor, Emilio O, Fierer, Noah

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