Demonstrating microbial co-occurrence pattern analyses within and between ecosystems.

ABSTRACT: Co-occurrence patterns are used in ecology to explore interactions between organisms and environmental effects on coexistence within biological communities. Analysis of co-occurrence patterns among microbial communities has ranged from simple pairwise comparisons between all community members to direct hypothesis testing between focal species. However, co-occurrence patterns are rarely studied across multiple ecosystems or multiple scales of biological organization within the same study. Here we outline an approach to produce co-occurrence analyses that are focused at three different scales: co-occurrence patterns between ecosystems at the community scale, modules of co-occurring microorganisms within communities, and co-occurring pairs within modules that are nested within microbial commu

SUBMITTER: Williams RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4102878 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature