Rare taxa enhance microbial network complexity and drive nitrification and denitrification processes in river ecosystems

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Xiaoliang Jiang · Chinese Academy of Sciences

Xiang Xiong · Chinese Academy of Sciences

Miaomiao Cai · Chinese Academy of Sciences

Gang He · Chinese Academy of Sciences

Quanfa Zhang · Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wenzhi liu · Wuhan Botanical Garden

Abstract

Overall, this study highlights that, compared with abundant taxa, rare taxa contribute more to microbial network complexity and nitrogen cycling processes in river ecosystems at the continental scale.

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Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

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Published in: Environmental Microbiome

DOI: 10.1186/s40793-026-00879-7

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Rare taxa enhance microbial network complexity and drive nitrification and denitrification processes in river ecosystems

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