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keystone taxon: a standalone construct

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Microbiology

a microbial group whose presence has an influence on community structure out of proportion to its abundance.

In microbiology, keystone taxon refers to a microbial group whose presence has an influence on community structure out of proportion to its abundance. This meaning comes from Banerjee (2018) in Nature Reviews Microbiology.[1]

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References

Banerjee, S., Schlaeppi, K., & van der Heijden, M. G. A. (2018). Keystone taxa as drivers of microbiome structure and functioning. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 16(9), 567-576. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-018-0024-1

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