Among these, metagenomics is a powerful tool for assessing the phylogenetic diversity of complex microbial assemblages present in samples such as soil, sediment, food products or water [ 24] and for exploring the functional properties of their dominant populations.
Metagenomics is a powerful tool for assessing the phylogenetic diversity of complex microbial assemblages present in environmental samples such as soil, sediment, or water.
Cluster analysis of the DGGE banding pattern from the different wetlands showed that microbial assemblages separated according to water depth, and sequences of different phylogenetic groups, such as Alpha, Beta and Delta-Proteobacteria, Nitrospirae, Bacteroidetes, Acidobacteria, Firmicutes, Synergistetes and Deferribacteres could be retrieved from DGGE bands.
These findings suggest that grassland ants can control microbial assemblages via changes in physical and biological soil characteristics in their nests, and as such, different ant species harbour unique microbial assemblages in nests.
Environmental dissimilarity in the physical landscape defines specific environments for phototrophic microbial assemblages.
Results from high-throughput sequencing showed that microbial assemblages colonizing the artificial substrates were species-rich (maximum mean 9165 OTUs).
Microbial assemblages are found as biofilm on solid substrata and on plant surfaces (Gagnon et al. 2007).
The analysis of microbial assemblages in industrial, marine, and medical systems can inform decisions regarding quality control or mitigation.
This may be associated with greater microbial activities and highly different microbial assemblages within nests compared to reference soils.
It remains unclear whether L. flavus directly or indirectly influenced soil microbial assemblages.
