Competition and predation as possible causes of bacterial rarity

• Published in: Environmental microbiology Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 1356 - 1368
• Main Authors: Kurm, Viola, van der Putten, Wim H., Weidner, Simone, Geisen, Stefan, Snoek, Basten L., Bakx, Tanja, Hol, Wilhelmina H. Gera
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Abundance; Availability; Bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - drug effects; Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; Biointeractions and Plant Health; Biological competition; Communities; Competition; Competitiveness; Dispersal; Ecosystem; environmental factors; Eukaryota - metabolism; Groep Koornneef; Interspecific relationships; Laboratorium voor Nematologie; Laboratory of Nematology; Mineral nutrients; Nutrient availability; Nutrient concentrations; nutrient content; Nutrients - pharmacology; PE&RC; Population Density; PPO/PRI Biointeracties en plantgezondheid; PPO/PRI Biointeractions and Plant Health; Predation; Predators; Protists; Resource availability; Soil; Soil - parasitology; Soil bacteria; Soil Microbiology; Soil microorganisms

Summary We assembled communities of bacteria and exposed them to different nutrient concentrations with or without predation by protists. Taxa that were rare in the field were less abundant at low nutrient concentrations than common taxa, independent of predation. However, some taxa that were rare i...