TY - JOUR
T1 - Microbial biogeography
T2 - Putting microorganisms on the map
AU - Martiny, Jennifer B.Hughes
AU - Bohannan, Brendan J.M.
AU - Brown, James H.
AU - Colwell, Robert K.
AU - Fuhrman, Jed A.
AU - Green, Jessica L.
AU - Horner-Devine, M. Claire
AU - Kane, Matthew
AU - Krumins, Jennifer Adams
AU - Kuske, Cheryl R.
AU - Morin, Peter J.
AU - Naeem, Shahid
AU - Øvreås, Lise
AU - Reysenbach, Anna Louise
AU - Smith, Val H.
AU - Staley, James T.
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - We review the biogeography of microorganisms in light of the biogeography of macroorganisms. A large body of research supports the idea that free-living microbial taxa exhibit biogeographic patterns. Current evidence confirms that, as proposed by the Baas-Becking hypothesis, 'the environment selects' and is, in part, responsible for spatial variation in microbial diversity. However, recent studies also dispute the idea that 'everything is everywhere'. We also consider how the processes that generate and maintain biogeographic patterns in macroorganisms could operate in the microbial world.
AB - We review the biogeography of microorganisms in light of the biogeography of macroorganisms. A large body of research supports the idea that free-living microbial taxa exhibit biogeographic patterns. Current evidence confirms that, as proposed by the Baas-Becking hypothesis, 'the environment selects' and is, in part, responsible for spatial variation in microbial diversity. However, recent studies also dispute the idea that 'everything is everywhere'. We also consider how the processes that generate and maintain biogeographic patterns in macroorganisms could operate in the microbial world.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=31544448331&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/nrmicro1341
DO - 10.1038/nrmicro1341
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16415926
AN - SCOPUS:31544448331
SN - 1740-1526
VL - 4
SP - 102
EP - 112
JO - Nature Reviews Microbiology
JF - Nature Reviews Microbiology
IS - 2
ER -
