ArticlePloS one2012
Every coin has a back side: invasion by Limnohabitans planktonicus promotes the maintenance of species diversity in bacterial communities.
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- Microbial custody: key microbiome inhabitant Sphingomonas alleviates silver nanoparticle toxicity in Daphnia magna.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- The impact of protozoa addition on the survivability of Bacillus inoculants and soil microbiome dynamics.ISME communications · 2022Article
- Genetic Identity and Herbivory Drive the Invasion of a Common Aquatic Microbial Invader.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- Bacterioplankton Metacommunity Processes across Thermal Gradients: Weaker Species Sorting but Stronger Niche Segregation in Summer than in Winter in a Subtropical Bay.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2019Article
- The impact of failure: unsuccessful bacterial invasions steer the soil microbial community away from the invader's niche.The ISME journal · 2018Article
- The Limnohabitans Genus Harbors Generalistic and Opportunistic Subtypes: Evidence from Spatiotemporal Succession in a Canyon-Shaped Reservoir.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2017Article
- Aquatic invasive species: challenges for the future.Hydrobiologia · 2015Review
- Metacommunity dynamics of bacteria in an arctic lake: the impact of species sorting and mass effects on bacterial production and biogeography.Frontiers in microbiology · 2014Article
- Antibiotics promote aggregation within aquatic bacterial communities.Frontiers in microbiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
One of the earliest challenges for ecologists has been to study the impact of invasive species on microbial communities. Although bacteria are fundamental in biological processes, current knowledge on invasion effects by aquatic non-pathogenic bacteria is still limited. Using pure cultures of diverse planktonic bacteria as model organisms at two different carbon concentration levels, we tested the response of an assembled community to the invasion by Limnohabitans planktonicus, an opportunistic bacterium, successful in freshwaters. The invader, introduced at the early stationary growth phase of the resident community, caused a strong decrement of the abundance of the dominant species. This was due to competition for nutrients and a potential allelopathic interaction. Simultaneously, resident species formerly unable to successfully compete within the community, thus potentially exposed to competitive exclusion, increased their abundances. The overall result of the invasion was preservation of species diversity, the higher the lower was the substrate content available. Our study provides new insights into bacterial invasions, offering an alternative interpretation of invasions for community ecology.
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