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{"title":"Surface Texture of Macroplastic Pollution in Streams Alters the Physical Structure and Diversity of Biofilm Communities","authors":"Fabiola Lopez Avila,&nbsp;Krista A. Capps,&nbsp;Raven L. Bier","doi":"10.1111/1758-2229.70068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Biofilms can develop on nearly any surface, and in aquatic ecosystems they are essential components of biogeochemical cycles and food webs. Plastic waste in waterways is a new type of surface for biofilm colonisation. To analyse the influence of plastic pollution on the development and diversity of microbial freshwater biofilms that colonised them, we incubated 388 cm² veneers of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) with two veneer textures, smooth and rough, and tulip tree wood (<i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>), in three rural headwater streams at the Savannah River Site (Aiken, SC, USA). We collected biofilms from veneers after 14, 28 and 56 days of incubation and analysed 16S rRNA genes and biofilm properties. We found that plastic negatively affected species richness of biofilms compared with wood, but that evenness was greatest on rough textured HDPE. Beta diversity was primarily influenced by stream site. Beta diversity differed more between wood and plastic veneers than with plastic surface texture and became more different over time. Wood had nine times more biomass than rough HDPE and 40 times more biomass than smooth HDPE. Given the projected increase of macroplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems, our findings emphasise the need to further understand its effects on biofilm characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":163,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Microbiology Reports","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1758-2229.70068","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143809770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Soil Microbial Co-Occurrence Networks Across Climate and Land Use Gradient in Southern Italy","authors":"Mohamed Idbella,&nbsp;Giuseppina Iacomino,&nbsp;Ahmed M. Abd-ElGawad,&nbsp;Giuliano Bonanomi","doi":"10.1111/1758-2229.70093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70093","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite extensive research on microbiota across land use gradients, it remains unclear if microbial co-occurrence relationships exhibit consistent patterns. Here, we assessed microbial co-occurrence networks of seven natural ecosystems—<i>Quercus ilex</i> forest, <i>Fagus sylvatica</i> forest, <i>Abies alba</i> forest, Mediterranean and mountain grasslands, and subalpine and Mediterranean shrublands—and five agroecosystems, including vineyards, horticulture, greenhouse, a polluted agricultural system, and an arid greenhouse. Soil chemistry, such as pH, organic carbon and total nitrogen, was characterised, and soil microbiota were profiled using high-throughput sequencing from 242 soil samples. Our results revealed that mountain grasslands had the highest organic carbon (86.4 g/kg), while the arid greenhouse had the lowest (6.1 g/kg). Mediterranean grasslands had the lowest pH of 5.79, and vineyards had the highest electrical conductivity of 0.901 dS/m. Notably, natural ecosystem networks exhibited greater modularity, with protected horticulture showing exceptionally the highest (0.937), while intensive agriculture within agroecosystems had a significantly lower modularity of 0.282. Modularity and the number of modules were positively correlated with soil P₂O₅, while network diameter, path length and clustering coefficient were correlated with soil pH. Additionally, edges and nodes number, average degree and microbial diversity were positively associated with organic carbon and total nitrogen. These findings highlight that natural ecosystems foster more complex and resilient microbial networks, underscoring sustainable land management's importance to preserve soil health and microbial diversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":163,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Microbiology Reports","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1758-2229.70093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Soil Microbial Co-Occurrence Networks Across Climate and Land Use Gradient in Southern Italy","authors":"Mohamed Idbella,&nbsp;Giuseppina Iacomino,&nbsp;Ahmed M. Abd-ElGawad,&nbsp;Giuliano Bonanomi","doi":"10.1111/1758-2229.70093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70093","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite extensive research on microbiota across land use gradients, it remains unclear if microbial co-occurrence relationships exhibit consistent patterns. Here, we assessed microbial co-occurrence networks of seven natural ecosystems—<i>Quercus ilex</i> forest, <i>Fagus sylvatica</i> forest, <i>Abies alba</i> forest, Mediterranean and mountain grasslands, and subalpine and Mediterranean shrublands—and five agroecosystems, including vineyards, horticulture, greenhouse, a polluted agricultural system, and an arid greenhouse. Soil chemistry, such as pH, organic carbon and total nitrogen, was characterised, and soil microbiota were profiled using high-throughput sequencing from 242 soil samples. Our results revealed that mountain grasslands had the highest organic carbon (86.4 g/kg), while the arid greenhouse had the lowest (6.1 g/kg). Mediterranean grasslands had the lowest pH of 5.79, and vineyards had the highest electrical conductivity of 0.901 dS/m. Notably, natural ecosystem networks exhibited greater modularity, with protected horticulture showing exceptionally the highest (0.937), while intensive agriculture within agroecosystems had a significantly lower modularity of 0.282. Modularity and the number of modules were positively correlated with soil P₂O₅, while network diameter, path length and clustering coefficient were correlated with soil pH. Additionally, edges and nodes number, average degree and microbial diversity were positively associated with organic carbon and total nitrogen. These findings highlight that natural ecosystems foster more complex and resilient microbial networks, underscoring sustainable land management's importance to preserve soil health and microbial diversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":163,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Microbiology Reports","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1758-2229.70093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Surface Texture of Macroplastic Pollution in Streams Alters the Physical Structure and Diversity of Biofilm Communities","authors":"Fabiola Lopez Avila,&nbsp;Krista A. Capps,&nbsp;Raven L. Bier","doi":"10.1111/1758-2229.70068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Biofilms can develop on nearly any surface, and in aquatic ecosystems they are essential components of biogeochemical cycles and food webs. Plastic waste in waterways is a new type of surface for biofilm colonisation. To analyse the influence of plastic pollution on the development and diversity of microbial freshwater biofilms that colonised them, we incubated 388 cm² veneers of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) with two veneer textures, smooth and rough, and tulip tree wood (<i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>), in three rural headwater streams at the Savannah River Site (Aiken, SC, USA). We collected biofilms from veneers after 14, 28 and 56 days of incubation and analysed 16S rRNA genes and biofilm properties. We found that plastic negatively affected species richness of biofilms compared with wood, but that evenness was greatest on rough textured HDPE. Beta diversity was primarily influenced by stream site. Beta diversity differed more between wood and plastic veneers than with plastic surface texture and became more different over time. Wood had nine times more biomass than rough HDPE and 40 times more biomass than smooth HDPE. Given the projected increase of macroplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems, our findings emphasise the need to further understand its effects on biofilm characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":163,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Microbiology Reports","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1758-2229.70068","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143809769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Harmful Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Differently Affects the Growth Rate and Photosynthetic Efficiency of Several Species of Marine Phytoplankton","authors":"Na Yun Park,&nbsp;Hyun Soo Choi,&nbsp;Sang Uk Kang,&nbsp;An Suk Lim","doi":"10.1111/1758-2229.70091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Microcystis aeruginosa</i> is a major cyanobacterium that can secrete toxins, such as microcystin, and causes harmful algal blooms. Despite extensive research on the effects of microcystins on other organisms, research on how introduced <i>M. aeruginosa</i> into estuaries affects marine phytoplankton is scarce. In this study, the effect of <i>M. aeruginosa</i> on the growth of seven representative marine phytoplankton species that inhabit estuaries was determined. The marine phytoplankton species differed in their responses to <i>M. aeruginosa</i>; of the seven species, the growth rate of <i>Akashiwo sanguinea</i> was the most affected by <i>M. aeruginosa</i> cells and filtrate. Moreover, our results revealed that <i>M. aeruginosa</i> affected the growth rate and photosynthetic efficiency of <i>A. sanguinea</i> in a density- and time-dependent manner. Our findings suggest that <i>M. aeruginosa</i> may alter the phytoplankton community structure in estuarine ecosystems.</p>","PeriodicalId":163,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Microbiology Reports","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1758-2229.70091","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143726911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Harmful Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Differently Affects the Growth Rate and Photosynthetic Efficiency of Several Species of Marine Phytoplankton","authors":"Na Yun Park,&nbsp;Hyun Soo Choi,&nbsp;Sang Uk Kang,&nbsp;An Suk Lim","doi":"10.1111/1758-2229.70091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Microcystis aeruginosa</i> is a major cyanobacterium that can secrete toxins, such as microcystin, and causes harmful algal blooms. Despite extensive research on the effects of microcystins on other organisms, research on how introduced <i>M. aeruginosa</i> into estuaries affects marine phytoplankton is scarce. In this study, the effect of <i>M. aeruginosa</i> on the growth of seven representative marine phytoplankton species that inhabit estuaries was determined. The marine phytoplankton species differed in their responses to <i>M. aeruginosa</i>; of the seven species, the growth rate of <i>Akashiwo sanguinea</i> was the most affected by <i>M. aeruginosa</i> cells and filtrate. Moreover, our results revealed that <i>M. aeruginosa</i> affected the growth rate and photosynthetic efficiency of <i>A. sanguinea</i> in a density- and time-dependent manner. Our findings suggest that <i>M. aeruginosa</i> may alter the phytoplankton community structure in estuarine ecosystems.</p>","PeriodicalId":163,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Microbiology Reports","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1758-2229.70091","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143726912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Quorum Sensing Regulated sRNA Lrs1 Is Involved in the Adaptation to Low Iron in Pseudomonas aeruginosa","authors":"Dimitra Panagiotopoulou,&nbsp;Natalia Romo Catalán,&nbsp;Max Wilcox,&nbsp;Nigel Halliday,&nbsp;Paolo Pantalone,&nbsp;James Lazenby,&nbsp;Miguel Cámara,&nbsp;Stephan Heeb","doi":"10.1111/1758-2229.70090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70090","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Iron is an essential nutrient for microbial growth. The opportunistic pathogen <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> can survive under diverse conditions, including iron-depleted environments with the aid of small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs). <i>P. aeruginosa</i> also uses three quorum sensing (QS) systems: Las, Rhl and Pqs, to coordinate virulence and infection establishment at the population level. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of the sRNA Lrs1, the gene of which is positioned within the promoter of the Pqs biosynthetic operon <i>pqsABCDE.</i> Transcriptomics and phenotypic assays indicate that Lrs1 downregulates the production of the siderophore pyochelin but not pyoverdine, and that <i>lrs1</i> regulation itself is dependent on iron availability. Although Lrs1 has been implicated in a positive feedback loop with the transcriptional regulator LasR in the strain PA14, the present findings indicate that this is not the case in PAO1-L in the tested conditions. Transcription of Lrs1 is dependent on quorum sensing, predominantly on RhlR with an auxiliary effect by PqsE. Furthermore, the Pqs system and phenazine production are modulated by Lrs1 only under iron limitation. This study identifies Lrs1 as a new QS-dependent post-transcriptional regulator in low iron, highlighting its importance in environmental adaptation in <i>P. aeruginosa</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":163,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Microbiology Reports","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1758-2229.70090","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143717109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Quorum Sensing Regulated sRNA Lrs1 Is Involved in the Adaptation to Low Iron in Pseudomonas aeruginosa","authors":"Dimitra Panagiotopoulou,&nbsp;Natalia Romo Catalán,&nbsp;Max Wilcox,&nbsp;Nigel Halliday,&nbsp;Paolo Pantalone,&nbsp;James Lazenby,&nbsp;Miguel Cámara,&nbsp;Stephan Heeb","doi":"10.1111/1758-2229.70090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70090","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Iron is an essential nutrient for microbial growth. The opportunistic pathogen <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> can survive under diverse conditions, including iron-depleted environments with the aid of small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs). <i>P. aeruginosa</i> also uses three quorum sensing (QS) systems: Las, Rhl and Pqs, to coordinate virulence and infection establishment at the population level. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of the sRNA Lrs1, the gene of which is positioned within the promoter of the Pqs biosynthetic operon <i>pqsABCDE.</i> Transcriptomics and phenotypic assays indicate that Lrs1 downregulates the production of the siderophore pyochelin but not pyoverdine, and that <i>lrs1</i> regulation itself is dependent on iron availability. Although Lrs1 has been implicated in a positive feedback loop with the transcriptional regulator LasR in the strain PA14, the present findings indicate that this is not the case in PAO1-L in the tested conditions. Transcription of Lrs1 is dependent on quorum sensing, predominantly on RhlR with an auxiliary effect by PqsE. Furthermore, the Pqs system and phenazine production are modulated by Lrs1 only under iron limitation. This study identifies Lrs1 as a new QS-dependent post-transcriptional regulator in low iron, highlighting its importance in environmental adaptation in <i>P. aeruginosa</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":163,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Microbiology Reports","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1758-2229.70090","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143717105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Microbiome Notes—Building a Library of Descriptive Microbial Ecology","authors":"Gareth Jenkins,&nbsp;Eric S. Boyd,&nbsp;Antoine Danchin,&nbsp;Vincent Hervé","doi":"10.1111/1758-2229.70085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70085","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Environmental Microbiology Reports&lt;/i&gt; (EMIR), along with its sister journal &lt;i&gt;Environmental Microbiology&lt;/i&gt; (EMI), seek to publish research that advances knowledge on microorganisms, their function, and their interactions with the environment. The key differentiator from its sister journal, however, is that EMIR does not aim to let the subjective opinions of either editors or reviewers influence a decision on whether to publish based on the potential impact or novelty of that work. Instead, EMIR forms assessments purely based on the rigour of the methodology and the robustness of the results—an assessment of the importance of any conclusions or inferences is left to the readers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This approach lets EMIR take a flexible view on what ‘should’ or ‘should not’ be published and aims to work with authors to ensure valuable work is as widely read as possible. Crucially, this means EMIR can address gaps in what is published and disseminated without making a call on whether it will impact journal metrics. Impact comes in many forms. Editors at EMIR look at what authors want to publish and position the journal as a venue to help them get that work noticed and widely disseminated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With that in mind, we are launching a new article type in EMIR—&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Microbiome Notes&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. At both EMI and EMIR, there has been a significant increase in the number of submissions received that focus solely on microbiomes (which here we define as an examination of the microbial community present in a precisely defined environment). These papers are not necessarily hypothesis-driven but rather are descriptive and seek to enhance the body of literature around a particular taxon or environment type. Such work is consistent with a longstanding philosophy at EMIR to publish ‘short and direct science’ (Ramos &lt;span&gt;2009&lt;/span&gt;). We recognise that such descriptive papers can have tremendous value to the field; building a library of microbiome work can inform and enhance more far-reaching research by providing significantly greater context to organismal and community biodiversity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Authors of descriptive microbiome work that is submitted to EMI will be encouraged to transfer their work to EMIR, consistent with the differing but complementary approaches taken at the two journals (refer author guidelines at both titles), and assessed purely on the rigour of the methodology and the robustness of the results. While not required, authors are encouraged to include as much contextual data associated with the studied microbiome, and these data need to be well-curated, machine readable and following FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) principles (Hertz and McNeill &lt;span&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;). If the editors believe that the microbial and, where appropriate, contextual data reported are sound and are an advancement in the field, the journal will consider it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, recognising that descriptive work is often hard to align with rigid article formatt","PeriodicalId":163,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Microbiology Reports","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1758-2229.70085","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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