FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Where less may be more: how the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings BT AF JOUSSET, Alexandre BIENHOLD, Christina CHATZINOTAS, Antonis GALLIEN, Laure GOBET, Angelique KURM, Viola KUESEL, Kirsten RILLIG, Matthias C. RIVETT, Damian W. SALLES, Joana F. VAN DER HEIJDEN, Marcel G. A. YOUSSEF, Noha H. ZHANG, Xiaowei WEI, Zhong HOL, W. H. Gera AS 1:1;2:2,3;3:4,5;4:6,7;5:8;6:9;7:5,10;8:11,12;9:13;10:14;11:15,16,17;12:18;13:19;14:20;15:9; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:; C1 Univ Utrecht, Dept Biol, Inst Environm Biol, Ecol & Biodivers Grp, Utrecht, Netherlands. Helmholtz Ctr Polar & Marine Res, Alfred Wegener Inst, Bremerhaven, Germany. Max Planck Inst Marine Microbiol, Bremen, Germany. UFZ Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Leipzig, Germany. German Ctr Integrat Biodivers Res iDiv, Leipzig, Germany. Swiss Fed Inst Forest Snow & Landscape Res WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. Univ Stellenbosch, Dept Bot & Zool, Ctr Invas Biol, Matieland, South Africa. Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Univ, CNRS, Integrat Biol Marine Models,Stn Biol Roscoff,UMR, F-29688 Roscoff, France. Netherlands Inst Ecol, Dept Terr Ecol, Wageningen, Netherlands. Univ Jena, Inst Ecol, Jena, Germany. Free Univ Berlin, Inst Biol, Berlin, Germany. Berlin Brandenburg Inst Adv Biodivers Res BBIB, Berlin, Germany. Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, London, England. Univ Groningen, Groningen Inst Evolutionary Life Sci, Groningen, Netherlands. Plant Soil Interact, Inst Sustainabil Sci, Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland. Univ Zurich, Inst Evolutionary Biol & Environm Studies, Zurich, Switzerland. Univ Utrecht, Fac Sci, Inst Environm Biol, Plant Microbe Interact, Utrecht, Netherlands. Oklahoma State Univ, Dept Microbiol & Mol Genet, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA. Nanjing Univ, Sch Environm, State Key Lab Pollut Control & Resource Reuse, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China. Nanjing Agr Univ, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China. C2 UNIV UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS INST A WEGENER, GERMANY INST MAX PLANCK, GERMANY HELMHOTZ CTR ENVIRONM RES, GERMANY IDIV, GERMANY SWISS FED RES INST WSL, SWITZERLAND UNIV STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE NIOO-KNAW, NETHERLANDS UNIV JENA, GERMANY FREE UNIV BERLIN, GERMANY BBIB, GERMANY IMPERIAL COLL LONDON, UK UNIV GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS AGROSCOPE, SWITZERLAND UNIV ZURICH, SWITZERLAND UNIV UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS UNIV OKLAHOMA STATE, USA UNIV NANJING, CHINA UNIV NANJING AGR, CHINA IF 9.52 TC 675 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00488/59940/63159.pdf LA English DT Article AB Rare species are increasingly recognized as crucial, yet vulnerable components of Earth's ecosystems. This is also true for microbial communities, which are typically composed of a high number of relatively rare species. Recent studies have demonstrated that rare species can have an over-proportional role in biogeochemical cycles and may be a hidden driver of microbiome function. In this review, we provide an ecological overview of the rare microbial biosphere, including causes of rarity and the impacts of rare species on ecosystem functioning. We discuss how rare species can have a preponderant role for local biodiversity and species turnover with rarity potentially bound to phylogenetically conserved features. Rare microbes may therefore be overlooked keystone species regulating the functioning of host-associated, terrestrial and aquatic environments. We conclude this review with recommendations to guide scientists interested in investigating this rapidly emerging research area. PY 2017 PD APR SO Isme Journal SN 1751-7362 PU Nature Publishing Group VL 11 IS 4 UT 000397281200004 BP 853 EP 862 DI 10.1038/ismej.2016.174 ID 59940 ER EF