ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2026
Bacteria-archaea metabolic complementarity as a driver of ecosystem functioning in Chinese coastal sediments.
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Introduction: The East China Sea (ECS), a continental shelf sea influenced by Yangtze River discharge and human activities, hosts highly diverse and structurally heterogeneous microbial assemblages in shallow sediments, shaped by complex hydrological and biogeochemical gradients. Methods: Here, 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing and environmental parameter analysis across three depth intervals (50 m, 50-100 m, 100-200 m) were used to systematically characterize the vertical distribution of bacterial and archaeal communities. Results and discussion: Multivariate statistics identified organic carbon, oxygen, and sulfur availability as key drivers of microbial community structure. Co-occurrence network and functional profiling uncovered distinct ecological divergence: bacteria dominate oxidative processes including nitrogen and sulfur cycling as well as organic matter degradation, while archaea, predominantly
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