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The Interplay of Light and Microbial Symbiosis in Shaping Plant Economic Spectrum Strategies. 光与微生物共生在形成植物经济光谱策略中的相互作用。

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Microbial Ecology Pub Date : 2026-05-08 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-026-02777-4

Irene Ariadna De Lara-Del Rey, María Pérez-Fernández, Anathi Magadlela

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Microbial Communities Across Social Roles in Small Carpenter Bee Nests. 小木匠蜂巢中不同社会角色的微生物群落。

IF 4 3区生物学

Microbial Ecology Pub Date : 2026-05-08 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-026-02787-2

Phuong N Nguyen, Sandra M Rehan

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Medium- and Large-sized Mammals on the Plateau: An Evolutionary Crucible for Zoonotic Pathogens - Ecological Drivers, Adaptive Evolution, and One Health Control. 高原大中型哺乳动物：人畜共患病原体的进化坩埚——生态驱动、适应性进化和一种健康控制。

IF 4 3区生物学

Microbial Ecology Pub Date : 2026-05-08 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-026-02772-9

Sha Tan, Jishan Wang, Afito Luciano, Jiani Li, Yuxin Huo, Yuting Ma, Jie Yang, Jiahao Guo, Bing Zhang, Xia He, Mingxu Zhao, Fanming Meng

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Unraveling Culturable Microfungal Communities Associated with Colonies of the Fungus-Farming Ant Mycetomoellerius urichii (Forel, 1893). 揭示与真菌养殖蚂蚁菌落相关的可培养微真菌群落（Forel, 1893）。

IF 4 3区生物学

Microbial Ecology Pub Date : 2026-05-07 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-026-02776-5

Mateus Oliveira da Cruz, Quimi Vidaurre Montoya, Raquel Lima de Sousa, Gabriel Giorgio Pressuto Pennachioni, Andre Rodrigues

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Arsenic Speciation and Distribution in Three Hebeloma Species: Insights into Arsenic Handling and Transformation in Mycorrhizal Fungi. 砷在三种肝癌中的形态和分布：菌根真菌对砷的处理和转化。

IF 4 3区生物学

Microbial Ecology Pub Date : 2026-05-06 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-026-02780-9

Jan Šnábl, Antonín Kaňa, Gabriela Pelešková, Jana Steinbauerová, Petr Rudolf, Jan Borovička, Tereza Leonhardt, Jan Sácký

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Alteration of the Microbiome is Associated with Changes in Mating and Locomotion in Callosobruchus Maculatus. 微生物组的改变与斑纹胼胝体交配和运动的变化有关。

IF 4 3区生物学

Microbial Ecology Pub Date : 2026-05-01 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-026-02783-6

David J Esteban, Monica Feeley, Maithri Goud, Anne-Marie Abban-Demitrus, Leila Mishalani, Justin Touchon, Mary Ellen Czesak

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A Comparative Survey of Soldier Fly (Stratiomyidae) Larval Gut Microbiomes Across Five Subfamilies Reveals Novel Bacterial Diversity and a "Wild Core" in Hermetia illucens. 士兵蝇（层蝇科）五个亚科幼虫肠道微生物组的比较调查揭示了新的细菌多样性和“野生核心”。

IF 4 3区生物学

Microbial Ecology Pub Date : 2026-04-29 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-026-02760-z

Hauke Koch, Bryan Lessard, Sophia Escobar-Correas, Jessa H Thurman, Amy M Paten, Matthew J Morgan

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Diversity and Composition of the Microbiome Associated with Adult of the Green Shield Bug Palomena prasina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). 绿盾蝽成虫微生物群的多样性和组成（半翅目：蝽科）。

IF 4 3区生物学

Microbial Ecology Pub Date : 2026-04-29 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-026-02779-2

Naciye Sena Çağatay, Aslı Dageri, Islam Saruhan, Celal Tuncer, Nurper Guz

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Host genotype Impacts the Assembly and Functional Potential of Bacterial Communities in the Spinach Phyllosphere Within Commercial Organic Farming Systems. 寄主基因型对商业有机耕作系统中菠菜层圈细菌群落组装和功能潜力的影响