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Aug 2026
Divergent assembly patterns of core and non-core microbial taxa under low environmental heterogeneity in the surface waters of the Xisha Islands
ABSTRACT Microbial communities play essential roles in marine biogeochemical cycling, yet the respective roles of environmental and spatial drivers of community assembly remain incompletely understood, particularly under low environmental heterogeneity and across distinct microbial subcommunities. We investigated micro...
Zhi-Xuan Deng, R. Zhou, D. Hou et al.
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