Table 1 References for processes or functions which are supported by rare microbes

From: Where less may be more: how the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings

Process or function

References

Biochemical processes

 

 Sulfate reduction

Pester et al., 2010

 

Loy and Pester, 2010

 

Steger et al., 2011

 Methane consumption

Bodelier et al., 2013

 Carbon cycling

 

Substrate use

Franklin et al., 2001

 

Matos et al., 2005

 

Hernandez-Raquet et al., 2013

 

Mallon et al., 2015

Straw decomposition

Griffiths et al., 2001

 

Baumann et al., 2013

 Nitrogen cycling

 

Nitrification

Griffiths et al., 2004

Nitrogen uptake

Musat et al., 2008

Denitrification

Philippot et al., 2013

Fixation

Hua et al., 2015

 Pollutant degradation

 

2,4,6-trichlorophenol

Sanchez et al., 2004

 

Dell’Anno et al., 2012

Petroleum hydrocarbons

Giebler et al., 2013

Phenanthrene mineralization

Hernandez-Raquet et al., 2013

Triclosan, microcystin-LR

Delgado-Baquerizo et al., 2016

Community assembly

Yan et al., 2015

 Resistance to invasion

Garland et al., 1999

 

Matos et al., 2005

 

Van Elsas et al., 2012

 

Vivant et al., 2013

 

Mallon et al., 2015

 Resilience

Griffiths et al., 2004

 

Tardy et al., 2014

Microbiome

 

 Human health

 

Lung infection

Van der Gast et al., 2011

Periodontal disease

Hajishengalllis et al., 2011

Gut microbiota

Stecher et al., 2013

 Plant health

 

Plant biomass, herbivores

Hol et al., 2010

Plant biomass

Hol et al., 2015a

Plant pathogens

Hol et al., 2015b

  1. Background information for Figure 2.