Microbial biogeography: putting microorganisms on the map Export

@article{citeulike:467189, abstract = {We review the biogeography of microorganisms in light of the biogeography of macroorganisms. A large body of research supports the idea that free-living microbial taxa exhibit biogeographic patterns. Current evidence confirms that, as proposed by the Baas-Becking hypothesis, 'the environment selects' and is, in part, responsible for spatial variation in microbial diversity. However, recent studies also dispute the idea that 'everything is everywhere'. We also consider how the processes that generate and maintain biogeographic patterns in macroorganisms could operate in the microbial world.}, author = {Martiny, Jennifer B. and Bohannan, Brendan J. M. and Brown, James H. and Colwell, Robert K. and Fuhrman, Jed A. and Green, Jessica L. and Horner-Devine, M. Claire and Kane, Matthew and Krumins, Jennifer A. and Kuske, Cheryl R. and Morin, Peter J. and Naeem, Shahid and Ovreas, Lise and Reysenbach, Anna-Louise and Smith, Val H. and Staley, James T.}, citeulike-article-id = {467189}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1341}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1341}, day = {01}, doi = {10.1038/nrmicro1341}, issn = {1740-1526}, journal = {Nature Reviews Microbiology}, keywords = {biodiversity, biogeography, distribution, ecology, protist}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {102--112}, posted-at = {2008-06-12 01:56:07}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Microbial biogeography: putting microorganisms on the map}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1341}, volume = {4}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:467189 L3 - citeulike-article-id:467189 N2 - We review the biogeography of microorganisms in light of the biogeography of macroorganisms. A large body of research supports the idea that free-living microbial taxa exhibit biogeographic patterns. Current evidence confirms that, as proposed by the Baas-Becking hypothesis, 'the environment selects' and is, in part, responsible for spatial variation in microbial diversity. However, recent studies also dispute the idea that 'everything is everywhere'. We also consider how the processes that generate and maintain biogeographic patterns in macroorganisms could operate in the microbial world. IS - 2 JF - Nature Reviews Microbiology SN - 1740-1526 EP - 112 TI - Microbial biogeography: putting microorganisms on the map PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 4 SP - 102 KW - biodiversity KW - biogeography KW - distribution KW - ecology KW - protist AU - Martiny, Jennifer AU - Bohannan, Brendan AU - Brown, James AU - Colwell, Robert AU - Fuhrman, Jed AU - Green, Jessica AU - Horner-Devine, Claire AU - Kane, Matthew AU - Krumins, Jennifer AU - Kuske, Cheryl AU - Morin, Peter AU - Naeem, Shahid AU - Ovreas, Lise AU - Reysenbach, Anna-Louise AU - Smith, Val AU - Staley, James PY - 2006/02/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1341 ER -