T. N. Enke

The paper identifies two distinct microbial community classes on synthetic marine particles, shaped by environmental selection and facilitation, with distinct metabolic traits.

The paper investigates how microbial species-specific metabolic capabilities affect organic matter remineralization in marine sediments, showing species-specific differences in carbon utilization rates and types.

This study shows that ocean polysaccharide-degrading microbial communities assemble in a modular fashion, with distinct primary degrader and broad-niche consumer modules, and validates this model using synthetic particles.

The paper shows that strain-level diversity, not genus-level, drives alternative community types in biofilms, with strains of Candidatus Accumulibacter excluding each other within replicates.

This study shows that micro-scale microbial community interactions on particles significantly affect organic matter degradation rates in marine environments.