The Self-Organization of Marine Microbial Networks under Evolutionary and Ecological Processes: Observations and Modeling.

ABSTRACT: Evolutionary and ecological processes are primary drivers of ecological network constrictions. However, the ways that these processes underpin self-organization and modularity in networks are poorly understood. Here, we performed network analyses to explore the evolutionary and ecological effects on global marine microbial co-occurrence networks across multiple network levels, including those of nodes, motifs, modules and whole networks. We found that both direct and indirect species interactions were evolutionarily and ecologically constrained across at least four network levels. Compared to ecological processes, evolutionary processes generally showed stronger long-lasting effects on indirect interactions and dominated the network assembly of particle-associated communities in spatially

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9031791 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature