ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2012
Microbial colonization and controls in dryland systems.
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 193 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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193 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 623 citations in OpenAlex.
- Relationships between water quality and mosquito presence and abundance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of medical entomology · 2024Pooled it
- Microbial communities from arid environments on a global scale. A systematic review.Biological research · 2020Pooled it
- Biological contributions to manganese oxides in rock varnish at Murujuga (Western Australia).Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Influence of seasonal humidity and nitrogen on soil ciliate and bacterial diversity beneath the canopy of Neltuma laevigata.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026Article
- Linking Biocrust Architecture and Dispersal: Reproductive Ecology of Lichens of the Grit Crust in the Coastal Atacama Desert.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Article
- How does plant diversity drive productivity in China's drylands: Through complementary or mass ratio effects?Plant diversity · 2026Article
- Fog, Symbiosis, and Survival: The Ecological Architecture of the Grit Crust From the Atacama Desert Represents a Lichen Holobiome Rather Than a Soil Microbiome.Environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Stress-Driven Accelerated Evolution and Ecological Network Reconfiguration in Extremophilic Microbial Communities.Biology · 2026Review
- The soil microbiome of the Caatinga drylands in Brazil.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Extracellular Molecular Repertoire of Xerotolerant Actinobacteria Colonizing Serpentinite Rocks.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Nutrient Supply Gradients Modulate Cultivation-Driven Restructuring of Microbial Communities in Desert Soils.Biology · 2026Article
- Nocturnal hydration prepares desert cyanobacteria for dawn-light harvesting by inducing phycoerythrin synthesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- The Importance ofMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- Habitat heterogeneity drives microbial community assembly and functional specialization in extremely arid ecosystems.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- The prevalence and distribution ofFrontiers in microbiomes · 2026Article
- Novel insecticide-removal activity against deltamethrin and malathion in a lithic-derivedFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Depth-Related Patterns and Physicochemical Drivers of Soil Microbial Communities in the Alpine Desert of Ngari, Xizang.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Recovery of 1,773 microbial genomes and 2,060 viral genomes from the Mars-analog Qaidam Basin desert.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Plant identity and environmental filtering are the key drivers of bacterial community structure in four desert plant species from the Sahara Desert in Morocco.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Shrub mitigate the negative impacts of drought on the ecological adaptability of Syntrichia caninervis in the desert regions of Northwest China.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
133 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Drylands constitute the most extensive terrestrial biome, covering more than one-third of the Earth's continental surface. In these environments, stress limits animal and plant life, so life forms that can survive desiccation and then resume growth following subsequent wetting assume the foremost role in ecosystem processes. In this Review, we describe how these organisms assemble in unique soil- and rock-surface communities to form a thin veneer of mostly microbial biomass across hot and cold deserts. These communities mediate inputs and outputs of gases, nutrients and water from desert surfaces, as well as regulating weathering, soil stability, and hydrological and nutrient cycles. The magnitude of regional and global desert-related environmental impacts is affected by these surface communities; here, we also discuss the challenges for incorporating the consideration of these communities and their effects into the management of dryland resources.
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