Successional dynamics and alternative stable states in a saline activated sludge microbial community over 9 years.
Yulin WangJun YeFeng JuLei LiuJoel A BoydYu DengDonovan H ParksXiaotao JiangXiaole YinBen J WoodcroftGene W TysonPhilip HugenholtzMartin F PolzTong ZhangPublished in: Microbiome (2021)
Our work highlights that communities can assume different stable states under highly similar environmental conditions and that a specific disturbance threshold may lead to a rapid shift in community composition. Video Abstract.