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Boisseaux M, Troispoux V, Bordes A, Cazal J, Cazal SO, Coste S, Stahl C, Schimann H. Are plant traits drivers of endophytic communities in seasonally flooded tropical forests? AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2024:e16366. [PMID: 39010811 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
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PREMISE In the Amazon basin, seasonally flooded (SF) forests offer varying water constraints, providing an excellent way to investigate the role of habitat selection on microbial communities within plants. However, variations in the microbial community among host plants cannot solely be attributed to environmental factors, and how plant traits contribute to microbial assemblages remains an open question. METHODS We described leaf- and root-associated microbial communities using ITS2 and 16 S high-throughput sequencing and investigated the stochastic-deterministic balance shaping these community assemblies using two null models. Plant ecophysiological functioning was evaluated by focusing on 10 leaf and root traits in 72 seedlings, belonging to seven tropical SF tree species in French Guiana. We then analyzed how root and leaf traits drove the assembly of endophytic communities. RESULTS While both stochastic and deterministic processes governed the endophyte assembly in the leaves and roots, stochasticity prevailed. Discrepancies were found between fungi and bacteria, highlighting that these microorganisms have distinct ecological strategies within plants. Traits, especially leaf traits, host species and spatial predictors better explained diversity than composition, but they were modest predictors overall. CONCLUSIONS This study widens our knowledge about tree species in SF forests, a habitat sensitive to climate change, through the combined analyses of their associated microbial communities with functional traits. We emphasize the need to investigate other plant traits to better disentangle the drivers of the relationship between seedlings and their associated microbiomes, ultimately enhancing their adaptive capacities to climate change.
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- Marion Boisseaux
- UMR EcoFoG, Agroparistech, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane. Campus Agronomique, Kourou, 97310, France
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- UMR EcoFoG, Agroparistech, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane. Campus Agronomique, Kourou, 97310, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, INRAE, URLESSEM, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France, Grenoble, France
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- UMR EcoFoG, Agroparistech, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane. Campus Agronomique, Kourou, 97310, France
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- UMR EcoFoG, Agroparistech, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane. Campus Agronomique, Kourou, 97310, France
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- UMR EcoFoG, Agroparistech, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane. Campus Agronomique, Kourou, 97310, France
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- UMR EcoFoG, Agroparistech, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane. Campus Agronomique, Kourou, 97310, France
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- INRAE, Université de Bordeaux, BIOGECO, Cestas, 33610, France
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Chamard J, Faticov M, Blanchet FG, Chagnon PL, Laforest-Lapointe I. Interplay of biotic and abiotic factors shapes tree seedling growth and root-associated microbial communities. Commun Biol 2024; 7:360. [PMID: 38519711 PMCID: PMC10960049 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06042-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
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Root-associated microbes can alleviate plant abiotic stresses, thus potentially supporting adaptation to a changing climate or to novel environments during range expansion. While climate change is extending plant species fundamental niches northward, the distribution and colonization of mutualists (e.g., arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) and pathogens may constrain plant growth and regeneration. Yet, the degree to which biotic and abiotic factors impact plant performance and associated microbial communities at the edge of their distribution remains unclear. Here, we use root microscopy, coupled with amplicon sequencing, to study bacterial, fungal, and mycorrhizal root-associated microbial communities from sugar maple seedlings distributed across two temperate-to-boreal elevational gradients in southern Québec, Canada. Our findings demonstrate that soil pH, soil Ca, and distance to sugar maple trees are key drivers of root-associated microbial communities, overshadowing the influence of elevation. Interestingly, changes in root fungal community composition mediate an indirect effect of soil pH on seedling growth, a pattern consistent at both sites. Overall, our findings highlight a complex role of biotic and abiotic factors in shaping tree-microbe interactions, which are in turn correlated with seedling growth. These findings have important ramifications for tree range expansion in response to shifting climatic niches.
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- Joey Chamard
- Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Centre Sève, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Centre d'Étude de la Forêt, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
- Centre Sève, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
- Centre d'Étude de la Forêt, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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- Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Département de mathématiques, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Département des sciences de la santé communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
- Centre Sève, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
- Centre d'Étude de la Forêt, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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Zhao P, Gao G, Ding G, Zhang Y, Ren Y. Fungal complexity and stability across afforestation areas in changing desert environments. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:169398. [PMID: 38114026 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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The great achievements in combating desertification are attributed to large-scale afforestation, yet we lack verification of how the stability of the fungal community changes in afforestation areas in desert environments. Here, we present the fungal network structure from different niches (root and bulk soil) of plantations of Mongolian pine, a crucial species for afforestation introduced widely in desertification regions. We assessed changes in community complexity and stability of root-associated fungi (RAF) and soil fungi (SF) among different introduction sites: the Hulunbuir Desert (HB), the Horqin Desert (HQ) and the Mu Us Desert (MU). To illuminate the complexity and stability of the fungal network, the differences in topological properties, fungal function, and vegetation and environmental factors between introduction sites were fully considered. We showed that (1) the SF networks had more nodes and edges than the RAF networks. There was a lower ratio of negative:positive cohesion of RAF networks in HB and MU. For SF but not for RAF, across the three introduction sites, a higher modularity and ratio of negative:positive cohesion indicated higher stability. (2) Ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi were the dominant functional group in the RAF network (especially in HQ), and were only significantly correlated with vegetation factor. There was a higher relative abundance and number of OTUs of saprophytic fungi in the SF network and they showed positive correlations with soil nutrients. (3) RAF and SF network complexity and stability showed different responses to environmental and vegetation variables. The key determinant of the complexity and stability of the SF networks in Mongolian pine plantations was soil nutrients, followed by climate conditions. The composition and structure of the RAF community was closely related to host plants. Therefore, clarifying the complexity and stability of fungal communities in afforestation areas in changing desert environments is helpful for understanding the interactions between the environment, plants and fungi.
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- Peishan Zhao
- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Engineering Research Centre of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Engineering Research Centre of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Engineering Research Centre of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Engineering Research Centre of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Engineering Research Centre of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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Dejene T, Merga B, Martín-Pinto P. Green trees preservation: A sustainable source of valuable mushrooms for Ethiopian local communities. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0294633. [PMID: 38019803 PMCID: PMC10686473 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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In Ethiopia, Pinus radiata and Pinus patula are extensively cultivated. Both plantations frequently serve as habitats for edible fungi, providing economic and ecological importance. Our study aims were: (i) to investigate how plantation age and tree species influence the variety of edible fungi and sporocarps production; (ii) to determine edaphic factors contributing to variations in sporocarps composition; and (iii) to establish a relationship between the most influencing edaphic factors and the production of valuable edible mushrooms for both plantation types. Sporocarps were collected weekly from permanent plots (100 m2) established in 5-, 14-, and 28-year-old stands of both species in 2020. From each plot, composite soil samples were also collected to determine explanatory edaphic variables for sporocarps production and composition. A total of 24 edible species, comprising 21 saprophytic and three ectomycorrhizal ones were identified. Agaricus campestroides, Morchella sp., Suillus luteus, Lepista sordida, and Tylopilus niger were found in both plantations. Sporocarp yields showed significant variation, with the highest mean production in 28-year-old stands of both Pinus stands. Differences in sporocarps variety were also observed between the two plantations, influenced by factors such as pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and cation exchange capacity. Bovista dermoxantha, Coprinellus domesticus, and A. campestroides made contributions to the variety. The linear regression models indicated that the abundance of specific fungi was significantly predicted by organic matter. This insight into the nutrient requirements of various fungal species can inform for a better plantation management to produce both wood and non-wood forest products. Additionally, higher sporocarps production in older stands suggests that retaining patches of mature trees after the final cut can enhance fungal habitat, promoting diversity and yield. Thus, implementing this approach could provide supplementary income opportunities from mushroom sales and enhance the economic outputs of plantations, while mature trees could serve as a source of fungal inoculum for new plantations.
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- Tatek Dejene
- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute UVa-INIA, Avenida Madrid, Palencia, Spain
- Ethiopian Forestry Development (EFD), Forest Products Innovation Center of Excellency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute UVa-INIA, Avenida Madrid, Palencia, Spain
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- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute UVa-INIA, Avenida Madrid, Palencia, Spain
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Ren Y, Gao G, Ding G, Zhang Y, Zhao P, Wang J. Temporal approach to identifying ectomycorrhizal community associated with Mongolian pine in a desert environment, northern China. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0202623. [PMID: 37707453 PMCID: PMC10580992 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02026-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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To date, the ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi community has been widely investigated with aging plantations affected by the pedologic factors. However, knowledge on the effects of phenology induced by climatic factors across the age range remains poorly understood on an intra-annual scale. Here, we sampled the fine roots of Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) plantations at different stages of the growing season (from April to September) across three stand ages (27, 34, and 44 yr) in the Mu Us Desert, Northwest China. We aim to disentangle the community composition and structure of EM fungi, as well as the impact of climate on EM fungi. We observed that the 173 distinct EM fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were identified. Geopora, Inocybe, Tomentella, and Tuber were the most frequent, and their dominance was maintained as stand aging. The richness and community composition were not significantly different with stand aging (P > 0.05). Host phenology and stand age are two important factors that have shaped the EM fungal community. The growing stage affected the beta diversity of the EM fungal community more than stand age, and this variation of the EM fungal community was closely related to seasonal climate, particularly precipitation. This improved information will provide a theoretical basis for the reforestation and rehabilitation of the Mongolian pine plantations using mycorrhizal techniques. IMPORTANCE Ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi are particularly important for host plants in a desert ecosystem. With a high degree of plasticity, EM fungi are largely influenced by host plant and environmental variables and fundamentally contribute to the ability of individuals to adapt to environmental changes. Therefore, the EM fungi are important for Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) plantation in a desert ecosystem. Although previous studies have concluded that multiple endogenous and exogenous processes ultimately lead to species-specific temporal patterns in EM fungal populations. We still neglect the effect of host phenology on EM fungal activity. The significance of our study is the interplay between climate-driven EM fungi and plant phenology.
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- Yue Ren
- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Yanchi Research Station, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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Wainwright BJ, Millar T, Bowen L, Semon L, Hickman KJE, Lee JN, Yeo ZY, Zahn G. The core mangrove microbiome reveals shared taxa potentially involved in nutrient cycling and promoting host survival. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME 2023; 18:47. [PMID: 37264467 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-023-00499-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Microbes have fundamental roles underpinning the functioning of our planet, they are involved in global carbon and nutrient cycling, and support the existence of multicellular life. The mangrove ecosystem is nutrient limited and if not for microbial cycling of nutrients, life in this harsh environment would likely not exist. The mangroves of Southeast Asia are the oldest and most biodiverse on the planet, and serve vital roles helping to prevent shoreline erosion, act as nursery grounds for many marine species and sequester carbon. Despite these recognised benefits and the importance of microbes in these ecosystems, studies examining the mangrove microbiome in Southeast Asia are scarce.cxs RESULTS: Here we examine the microbiome of Avicenia alba and Sonneratia alba and identify a core microbiome of 81 taxa. A further eight taxa (Pleurocapsa, Tunicatimonas, Halomonas, Marinomonas, Rubrivirga, Altererythrobacte, Lewinella, and Erythrobacter) were found to be significantly enriched in mangrove tree compartments suggesting key roles in this microbiome. The majority of those identified are involved in nutrient cycling or have roles in the production of compounds that promote host survival. CONCLUSION The identification of a core microbiome furthers our understanding of mangrove microbial biodiversity, particularly in Southeast Asia where studies such as this are rare. The identification of significantly different microbial communities between sampling sites suggests environmental filtering is occurring, with hosts selecting for a microbial consortia most suitable for survival in their immediate environment. As climate change advances, many of these microbial communities are predicted to change, however, without knowing what is currently there, it is impossible to determine the magnitude of any deviations. This work provides an important baseline against which change in microbial community can be measured.
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- Benjamin J Wainwright
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117558, Singapore.
- Yale-NUS College, National University of Singapore, 16 College Avenue West, Singapore, 138527, Singapore.
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- Biology Department, Utah Valley University, 800 W University Parkway, Orem, UT, 84058, USA
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- Biology Department, Utah Valley University, 800 W University Parkway, Orem, UT, 84058, USA
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- Biology Department, Utah Valley University, 800 W University Parkway, Orem, UT, 84058, USA
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- Biology Department, Utah Valley University, 800 W University Parkway, Orem, UT, 84058, USA
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- Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Malaysia
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- Yale-NUS College, National University of Singapore, 16 College Avenue West, Singapore, 138527, Singapore
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- Biology Department, Utah Valley University, 800 W University Parkway, Orem, UT, 84058, USA
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Dahl MB, Kreyling J, Petters S, Wang H, Mortensen MS, Maccario L, Sørensen SJ, Urich T, Weigel R. Warmer winters result in reshaping of the European beech forest soil microbiome (bacteria, archaea and fungi)-With potential implications for ecosystem functioning. Environ Microbiol 2023. [PMID: 36752534 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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In temperate regions, climate warming alters temperature and precipitation regimes. During winter, a decline in insulating snow cover changes the soil environment, where especially frost exposure can have severe implications for soil microorganisms and subsequently for soil nutrient dynamics. Here, we investigated winter climate change responses in European beech forests soil microbiome. Nine study sites with each three treatments (snow exclusion, insolation, and ambient) were investigated. Long-term adaptation to average climate was explored by comparing across sites. Triplicated treatment plots were used to evaluate short-term (one single winter) responses. Community profiles of bacteria, archaea and fungi were created using amplicon sequencing. Correlations between the microbiome, vegetation and soil physicochemical properties were found. We identify core members of the forest-microbiome and link them to key processes, for example, mycorrhizal symbiont and specialized beech wood degraders (fungi) and nitrogen cycling (bacteria, archaea). For bacteria, the shift of the microbiome composition due to short-term soil temperature manipulations in winter was similar to the community differences observed between long-term relatively cold to warm conditions. The results suggest a strong link between the changes in the microbiomes and changes in environmental processes, for example, nitrogen dynamics, driven by variations in winter climate.
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- Mathilde Borg Dahl
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Plant Ecology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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Benucci GMN, Beschoren da Costa P, Wang X, Bonito G. Stochastic and deterministic processes shape bioenergy crop microbiomes along a vertical soil niche. Environ Microbiol 2023; 25:352-366. [PMID: 36354216 PMCID: PMC10099798 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Sustainable biofuel cropping systems aim to address climate change while meeting energy needs. Understanding how soil and plant-associated microbes respond to these different cropping systems is key to promoting agriculture sustainability and evaluating changes in ecosystem functions. Here, we leverage a long-term biofuel cropping system field experiment to dissect soil and root microbiome changes across a soil-depth gradient in poplar, restored prairie and switchgrass to understand their effects on the microbial communities. High throughput amplicon sequencing of the fungal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and prokaryotic 16S DNA regions showed a common trend of root and soil microbial community richness decreasing and evenness increasing with depth. Ecological niche (root vs. soil) had the strongest effect on community structure, followed by depth, then crop. Stochastic processes dominated the structuring of fungal communities in deeper soil layers while operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in surface soil layers were more likely to co-occur and to be enriched by plant hosts. Prokaryotic communities were dispersal limited at deeper depths. Microbial networks showed a higher density, connectedness, average degree and module size in deeper soils. We observed a decrease in fungal-fungal links and an increase of bacteria-bacteria links with increasing depth in all crops, particularly in the root microbiome.
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- Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Hofmann B, Dreyling L, Dal Grande F, Otte J, Schmitt I. Habitat and tree species identity shape aboveground and belowground fungal communities in central European forests. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1067906. [PMID: 36950169 PMCID: PMC10025312 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1067906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Introduction Trees interact with fungi in mutualistic, saprotrophic, and pathogenic relationships. With their extensive aboveground and belowground structures, trees provide diverse habitats for fungi. Thus, tree species identity is an important driver of fungal community composition in forests. Methods Here we investigate how forest habitat (bark surface vs. soil) and tree species identity (deciduous vs. coniferous) affect fungal communities in two Central European forests. We assess differences and interactions between fungal communities associated with bark surfaces and soil, in forest plots dominated either by Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, or Pinus sylvestris in two study regions in southwestern and northeastern Germany. Results ITS metabarcoding yielded 3,357 fungal amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) in the northern and 6,088 in the southern region. Overall, soil communities were 4.7 times more diverse than bark communities. Habitat type explained 48-69% of the variation in alpha diversity, while tree species identity explained >1-3%. NMDS ordinations showed that habitat type and host tree species structured the fungal communities. Overall, few fungal taxa were shared between habitats, or between tree species, but the shared taxa were highly abundant. Network analyses, based on co-occurrence patterns, indicate that aboveground and belowground communities form distinct subnetworks. Discussion Our study suggests that habitat (bark versus soil) and tree species identity are important factors structuring fungal communities in temperate European forests. The aboveground (bark-associated) fungal community is currently poorly known, including a high proportion of reads assigned to "unknown Ascomycota" or "unknown Dothideomycetes." The role of bark as a habitat and reservoir of unique fungal diversity in forests has been underestimated.
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- Benjamin Hofmann
- Institute of Ecology, Diversity and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology, Diversity and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
- National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology, Diversity and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
- *Correspondence: Imke Schmitt,
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Dueñas JF, Hempel S, Homeier J, Suárez JP, Rillig MC, Camenzind T. Root associated fungal lineages of a tropical montane forest show contrasting sensitivities to the long-term addition of nitrogen and phosphorus. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2022; 14:775-784. [PMID: 36085412 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Root associated fungal (RAF) communities can exert strong effects on plant communities and are potentially sensitive to shifts in soil fertility. As increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) deposition can alter the nutrient balance in natural ecosystems, we assessed the response of RAF communities to a fertilization experiment deployed on a highly diverse Andean forest. The stand level fine root fraction was sampled after 7 years of systematic N and P additions and RAF communities were characterized by a deep sequencing approach. We expected that fertilization will enhance competition of fungal taxa for limiting nutrients, thus eliciting diversity reductions and alterations in the structure of RAF communities. Fertilization treatments did not reduce RAF richness but affected community composition. At the phylum level fertilization reduced richness exclusively among Glomeromycota. In contrast, N and P additions (alone or in combination) altered the composition of several fungal phyla. The lack of a generalized response to long-term fertilization among RAF lineages suggests that most of these lineages will not be directly and immediately affected by the increasing rates of atmospheric N and P deposition expected for this region by 2050.
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- Juan F Dueñas
- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
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- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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Wild Boar Effects on Fungal Abundance and Guilds from Sporocarp Sampling in a Boreal Forest Ecosystem. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12192521. [PMID: 36230261 PMCID: PMC9558969 DOI: 10.3390/ani12192521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Native wild boar populations are expanding across Europe, causing concern due to their significant soil disturbances and considerable impact on ecosystems. However, little is known about how wild boar activities affect other organisms. This study investigated the effects of wild boars on the abundance of fungal sporocarps and their respective fungal guilds (i.e., symbiotic, saprophytic and pathogenic) in boreal forests in Sweden. We selected 11 forested sites in central Sweden: six with and five without the presence of wild boar. We determined the presence or absence of wild boar and rooting intensity at each site. Simultaneously, we investigated the abundance of fungal sporocarps and their fungal guilds. We found that the presence of wild boar and rooting intensity were associated with the abundance of fungal sporocarps. Wild boar rooting was positively correlated with saprotrophic fungi and negatively with symbiotic fungi. Pathogenic fungi were more abundant in plots with no rooting but in the presence of wild boar. We conclude that wild boar represents a recurrent disturbance agent and, based on sporocarp abundance, could eventually affect entire fungal populations. Abstract Native wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations are expanding across Europe. This is cause for concern in some areas where overabundant populations impact natural ecosystems and adjacent agronomic systems. To better manage the potential for impacts, managers require more information about how the species may affect other organisms. For example, information regarding the effect of wild boar on soil fungi for management application is lacking. Soil fungi play a fundamental role in ecosystems, driving essential ecological functions; acting as mycorrhizal symbionts, sustaining plant nutrition and providing defense; as saprotrophs, regulating the organic matter decomposition; or as plant pathogens, regulating plant fitness and survival. During autumn (Sep–Nov) 2018, we investigated the effects of wild boar (presence/absence and rooting intensity) on the abundance (number of individuals) of fungal sporocarps and their functional guilds (symbiotic, saprotrophic and pathogenic). We selected eleven forested sites (400–500 × 150–200 m) in central Sweden; six with and five without the presence of wild boar. Within each forest, we selected one transect (200 m long), and five plots (2 × 2 m each) for sites without wild boar, and ten plots for sites with boars (five within and five outside wild boar disturbances), to determine the relationship between the intensity of rooting and the abundance of sporocarps for three fungal guilds. We found that the presence of wild boar and rooting intensity were associated with the abundance of sporocarps. Interestingly, this relationship varied depending on the fungal guild analyzed, where wild boar rooting had a positive correlation with saprophytic sporocarps and a negative correlation with symbiotic sporocarps. Pathogenic fungi, in turn, were more abundant in undisturbed plots (no rooting) but located in areas with the presence of wild boar. Our results indicate that wild boar activities can potentially regulate the abundance of fungal sporocarps, with different impacts on fungal guilds. Therefore, wild boar can affect many essential ecosystem functions driven by soil fungi in boreal forests, such as positive effects on energy rotation and in creating mineral availability to plants, which could lead to increased diversity of plants in boreal forests.
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Current Insight into Traditional and Modern Methods in Fungal Diversity Estimates. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8030226. [PMID: 35330228 PMCID: PMC8955040 DOI: 10.3390/jof8030226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Fungi are an important and diverse component in various ecosystems. The methods to identify different fungi are an important step in any mycological study. Classical methods of fungal identification, which rely mainly on morphological characteristics and modern use of DNA based molecular techniques, have proven to be very helpful to explore their taxonomic identity. In the present compilation, we provide detailed information on estimates of fungi provided by different mycologistsover time. Along with this, a comprehensive analysis of the importance of classical and molecular methods is also presented. In orderto understand the utility of genus and species specific markers in fungal identification, a polyphasic approach to investigate various fungi is also presented in this paper. An account of the study of various fungi based on culture-based and cultureindependent methods is also provided here to understand the development and significance of both approaches. The available information on classical and modern methods compiled in this study revealed that the DNA based molecular studies are still scant, and more studies are required to achieve the accurate estimation of fungi present on earth.
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Cook K, Sharma J, Taylor AD, Herriott IC, Taylor DL. Epiphytic fungal communities vary by substrate type and at sub-meter spatial scales. Mol Ecol 2022; 31:1879-1891. [PMID: 35060231 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fungal species have numerous important environmental functions. Where these functions occur will depend on how fungi are spatially distributed, but spatial structures of fungal communities are largely unknown, especially in understudied hyperdiverse tropical tree canopy systems. We explore fungal communities in a Costa Rican tropical rainforest canopy, with a focus on local-scale spatial structure and substrate specificity of fungi. Samples of ~1 cm3 were collected from 135 points along 5 adjacent tree branches, with inter-sample distances from 1 to 800 cm, and dissected into four substrates: outer host tree bark, inner bark, dead bryophytes, and living bryophytes. We sequenced the ITS2 region to characterize total fungal communities. Fungal community composition and diversity varied among substrate types, even when multiple substrates were in direct contact. Fungi were most diverse in living bryophytes, with 39% of all OTUs found exclusively in this substrate, and the least diverse in inner bark. Fungal communities had significant positive spatial autocorrelation and distance decay of similarity only at distances less than one meter. Similarity among samples declines by half in less than ten cm, and even at these short distances, similarities are low with few OTUs shared among samples. These results indicate that community turnover is high and occurs at very small spatial scales, with any two locations sharing very few fungi in common. High heterogeneity of fungal communities in space and among substrates may have implications for the distributions, population dynamics, and diversity of other tree canopy organisms, including epiphytic plants.
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- Kel Cook
- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Castetter Hall 1480, MSC03-2020, 219 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Bayer Plant Science Building, Room 219, 2911 15th Street, Mail Stop 2122, Lubbock, TX, 79409-2122, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Edmondson Hall 216, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, 311 Irving I Building, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Castetter Hall 1480, MSC03-2020, 219 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001, USA
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Sawada K, Watanabe S, Nguyen HL, Sugihara S, Seki M, Kobayashi H, Toyota K, Funakawa S. Comparison of the Structure and Diversity of Root-Associated and Soil Microbial Communities Between Acacia Plantations and Native Tropical Mountain Forests. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:735121. [PMID: 34659163 PMCID: PMC8511777 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.735121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Deforestation of native tropical forests has occurred extensively over several decades. The plantation of fast-growing trees, such as Acacia spp., is expanding rapidly in tropical regions, which can contribute to conserve the remaining native tropical forests. To better understand belowground biogeochemical cycles and the sustainable productivity of acacia plantations, we assessed the effects of vegetation (acacia plantations vs. native forests) and soil types (Oxisols vs. Ultisols) on soil properties, including the diversity and community structures of bacteria- and fungi-colonizing surface and subsurface roots and soil in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The results in surface soil showed that pH was significantly higher in acacia than in native for Oxisols but not for Ultisols, while exchangeable Al was significantly lower in acacia than in native for Ultisols but not for Oxisols. Bacterial alpha diversity (especially within phylum Chloroflexi) was higher in acacia than in native only for Oxisols but not for Ultisols, which was the same statistical result as soil pH but not exchangeable Al. These results suggest that soil pH, but not exchangeable Al, can be the critical factor to determine bacterial diversity. Acacia tree roots supported greater proportions of copiotrophic bacteria, which may support lower contents of soil inorganic N, compared with native tree roots for both Oxisols and Ultisols. Acacia tree roots also supported greater proportions of plant pathogenic Mycoleptodiscus sp. but appeared to reduce the abundances and diversity of beneficial ECM fungi compared with native tree roots regardless of soil types. Such changes in fungal community structures may threaten the sustainable productivity of acacia plantations in the future.
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- Kozue Sawada
- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, Hue, Vietnam
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Symbiotic Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Khokon AM, Schneider D, Daniel R, Polle A. Soil Layers Matter: Vertical Stratification of Root-Associated Fungal Assemblages in Temperate Forests Reveals Differences in Habitat Colonization. Microorganisms 2021; 9:2131. [PMID: 34683452 PMCID: PMC8537680 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9102131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi play pivotal roles in ecosystem functioning. Here, we studied the vertical differentiation of root-associated fungi (RAF) in temperate forests. We analysed RAF assemblages in the organic and mineral soil from 150 experimental forest plots across three biogeographic regions spanning a distance of about 800 km. Saprotrophic RAF showed the highest richness in organic and symbiotrophic RAF in mineral soil. Symbiotrophic RAF exhibited higher relative abundances than saprotrophic fungi in both soil layers. Beta-diversity of RAF was mainly due to turnover between organic and mineral soil and showed regional differences for symbiotrophic and saprotrophic fungi. Regional differences were also found for different phylogenetic levels, i.e., fungal orders and indicator species in the organic and mineral soil, supporting that habitat conditions strongly influence differentiation of RAF assemblages. Important exceptions were fungal orders that occurred irrespective of the habitat conditions in distinct soil layers across the biogeographic gradient: Russulales and Cantharellales (ectomycorrhizal fungi) were enriched in RAF assemblages in mineral soil, whereas saprotrophic Polyporales and Sordariales and ectomycorrhizal Boletales were enriched in RAF assemblages in the organic layer. These results underpin a phylogenetic signature for niche partitioning at the rank of fungal orders and suggest that RAF assembly entails two strategies encompassing flexible and territorial habitat colonization by different fungal taxa.
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- Anis Mahmud Khokon
- Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany;
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (D.S.); (R.D.)
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (D.S.); (R.D.)
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- Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany;
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Willing CE, Pierroz G, Guzman A, Anderegg LDL, Gao C, Coleman-Derr D, Taylor JW, Bruns TD, Dawson TE. Keep your friends close: Host compartmentalisation of microbial communities facilitates decoupling from effects of habitat fragmentation. Ecol Lett 2021; 24:2674-2686. [PMID: 34523223 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Root-associated fungal communities modify the climatic niches and even the competitive ability of their hosts, yet how the different components of the root microbiome are modified by habitat loss remains a key knowledge gap. Using principles of landscape ecology, we tested how free-living versus host-associated microbes differ in their response to landscape heterogeneity. Further, we explore how compartmentalisation of microbes into specialised root structures filters for key fungal symbionts. Our study demonstrates that free-living fungal community structure correlates with landscape heterogeneity, but that host-associated fungal communities depart from these patterns. Specifically, biotic filtering in roots, especially via compartmentalisation within specialised root structures, decouples the biogeographic patterns of host-associated fungal communities from the soil community. In this way, even as habitat loss and fragmentation threaten fungal diversity in the soils, plant hosts exert biotic controls to ensure associations with critical mutualists, helping to preserve the root mycobiome.
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- Claire E Willing
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.,Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA-ARS, Albany, California, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.,Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.,State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.,Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA-ARS, Albany, California, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.,Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.,Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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Cale JA, Scott N, Pec GJ, Landhäusser SM, Karst J. Choices on sampling, sequencing, and analyzing DNA influence the estimation of community composition of plant fungal symbionts. APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES 2021; 9:e11449. [PMID: 34760409 PMCID: PMC8564097 DOI: 10.1002/aps3.11449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plant root symbionts, namely mycorrhizal fungi, can be characterized using a variety of methods, but most of these rely on DNA. While Sanger sequencing still fulfills particular research objectives, next-generation sequencing currently dominates the field, thus understanding how the two methods differ is important for identifying both opportunities and limitations to characterizing fungal communities. In addition to testing sequencing methods, we also examined how roots and soils may yield different fungal communities and how disturbance may affect those differences. We sequenced DNA from ectomycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots of Pinus banksiana and found that operational taxonomic unit richness was higher, and compositional variance lower, for Illumina MiSeq-sequenced communities compared to Sanger-sequenced communities. We also found that fungal communities associated with roots were distinct in composition compared to those associated with soils and, moreover, that soil-associated fungi were more clustered in composition than those of roots. Finally, we found community dissimilarity between roots and soils was insensitive to disturbance; however, rarefying read counts had a sizeable influence on trends in fungal richness. Although interest in mycorrhizal communities is typically focused on the abiotic and biotic filters sorting fungal species, our study shows that the choice of methods to sample, sequence, and analyze DNA can also influence the estimation of community composition.
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- Jonathan A. Cale
- Department of Renewable ResourcesUniversity of Alberta442 Earth Sciences BuildingEdmontonAlbertaT6G 2E3Canada
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- Department of Renewable ResourcesUniversity of Alberta442 Earth Sciences BuildingEdmontonAlbertaT6G 2E3Canada
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- Department of Renewable ResourcesUniversity of Alberta442 Earth Sciences BuildingEdmontonAlbertaT6G 2E3Canada
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Nebraska at KearneyKearneyNebraska68849USA
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- Department of Renewable ResourcesUniversity of Alberta442 Earth Sciences BuildingEdmontonAlbertaT6G 2E3Canada
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- Department of Renewable ResourcesUniversity of Alberta442 Earth Sciences BuildingEdmontonAlbertaT6G 2E3Canada
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Petrolli R, Augusto Vieira C, Jakalski M, Bocayuva MF, Vallé C, Cruz EDS, Selosse MA, Martos F, Kasuya MCM. A fine-scale spatial analysis of fungal communities on tropical tree bark unveils the epiphytic rhizosphere in orchids. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 231:2002-2014. [PMID: 33983644 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Approximately 10% of vascular plants are epiphytes and, even though this has long been ignored in past research, are able to interact with a variety of fungi, including mycorrhizal taxa. However, the structure of fungal communities on bark, as well as their relationship with epiphytic plants, is largely unknown. To fill this gap, we conducted environmental metabarcoding of the ITS-2 region to understand the spatial structure of fungal communities of the bark of tropical trees, with a focus on epiphytic orchid mycorrhizal fungi, and tested the influence of root proximity. For all guilds, including orchid mycorrhizal fungi, fungal communities were more similar when spatially close on bark (i.e. they displayed positive spatial autocorrelation). They also showed distance decay of similarity with respect to epiphytic roots, meaning that their composition on bark increasingly differed, compared to roots, with distance from roots. We first showed that all of the investigated fungal guilds exhibited spatial structure at very small scales. This spatial structure was influenced by the roots of epiphytic plants, suggesting the existence of an epiphytic rhizosphere. Finally, we showed that orchid mycorrhizal fungi were aggregated around them, possibly as a result of reciprocal influence between the mycorrhizal partners.
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- Rémi Petrolli
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, EPHE, Sorbonne Université, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, F-75005, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, EPHE, Sorbonne Université, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, F-75005, France
- Department of Microbiology, Viçosa Federal University (UFV), P. H. Rolfs Street CEP: 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, Gdańsk, 80-308, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Viçosa Federal University (UFV), P. H. Rolfs Street CEP: 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, EPHE, Sorbonne Université, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, F-75005, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Viçosa Federal University (UFV), P. H. Rolfs Street CEP: 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, EPHE, Sorbonne Université, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, F-75005, France
- Department of Microbiology, Viçosa Federal University (UFV), P. H. Rolfs Street CEP: 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, Gdańsk, 80-308, Poland
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, EPHE, Sorbonne Université, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, F-75005, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Viçosa Federal University (UFV), P. H. Rolfs Street CEP: 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Differential Responses of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities to Long-Term Fertilization in the Wheat Rhizosphere and Root Endosphere. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e0034921. [PMID: 34160265 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00349-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) provide essential nutrients to crops and are critically impacted by fertilization in agricultural ecosystems. Understanding shifts in AMF communities in and around crop roots under different fertilization regimes can provide important lessons for improving agricultural production and sustainability. Here, we compared the responses of AMF communities in the rhizosphere (RS) and root endosphere (ES) of wheat (Triticum aestivum) to different fertilization treatments, nonfertilization (control), mineral fertilization only (NPK), mineral fertilization plus wheat straw (NPKS), and mineral fertilization plus cow manure (NPKM). We employed high-throughput amplicon sequencing and investigated the diversity, community composition, and network structure of AMF communities to assess their responses to fertilization. Our results elucidated that AMF communities in the RS and ES respond differently to fertilization schemes. Long-term NPK application decreased the RS AMF alpha diversity significantly, whereas additional organic amendments (straw or manure) had no effect. In contrast, NPK fertilization increased the ES AMF alpha diversity significantly, while additional organic amendments decreased it significantly. The effect of different fertilization schemes on AMF network complexity in the RS and ES were similar to their effects on alpha diversity. Changes to AMF communities in the RS and ES correlated mainly with the pH and phosphorus level of the rhizosphere soil under long-term inorganic and organic fertilization regimes. We suggest that the AMF community in the roots should be given more consideration when studying the effects of fertilization regimes on AMF in agroecosystems. IMPORTANCE Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are an integral component of rhizospheres, bridging the soil and plant systems and are highly sensitive to fertilization. However, surprisingly little is known about how the response differs between the roots and the surrounding soil. Decreasing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity under fertilization has been reported, implying a potential reduction in the mutualism between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. However, we found opposing responses to long-term fertilization managements of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the wheat roots and rhizosphere soil. These results suggested that changes in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in soils do not reflect those in the roots, highlighting that the root arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community is pertinent to understand arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their crop hosts' responses to anthropogenic influences.
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Gorfer M, Mayer M, Berger H, Rewald B, Tallian C, Matthews B, Sandén H, Katzensteiner K, Godbold DL. High Fungal Diversity but Low Seasonal Dynamics and Ectomycorrhizal Abundance in a Mountain Beech Forest. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2021; 82:243-256. [PMID: 33755773 PMCID: PMC8282586 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01736-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Forests on steep slopes constitute a significant proportion of European mountain areas and are important as production and protection forests. This study describes the soil fungal community structure in a European beech-dominated mountain forest stands in the Northern Calcareous Alps and investigates how it is determined by season and soil properties. Samples were collected at high spatial resolution in an area of ca. 100 m × 700 m in May (spring) and August (summer). Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing of the ITS2-region revealed distinct patterns for the soil fungal communities. In contrast to other studies from temperate European beech forest stands, Ascomycota dominated the highly diverse fungal community, while ectomycorrhizal fungi were of lower abundance. Russulaceae, which are often among the dominant ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with European beech, were absent from all samples. Potentially plant pathogenic fungi were more prevalent than previously reported. Only subtle seasonal differences were found between fungal communities in spring and summer. Especially, dominant saprotrophic taxa were largely unaffected by season, while slightly stronger effects were observed for ectomycorrhizal fungi. Soil characteristics like pH and organic carbon content, on the other hand, strongly shaped abundant taxa among the saprotrophic fungal community.
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- Markus Gorfer
- Bioresources Unit, Center for Health & Bioresources, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- Forest Ecology, Dept. of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria
- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Ecology, Dept. of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria.
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- Bioresources Unit, Center for Health & Bioresources, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- Forest Ecology, Dept. of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria
- Environment Agency Austria, Vienna, Austria
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- Forest Ecology, Dept. of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- Forest Ecology, Dept. of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- Forest Ecology, Dept. of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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Clary Sage Cultivation and Mycorrhizal Inoculation Influence the Rhizosphere Fungal Community of an Aged Trace-Element Polluted Soil. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9061333. [PMID: 34205382 PMCID: PMC8234821 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9061333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Soil fungal communities play a central role in natural systems and agroecosystems. As such, they have attracted significant research interest. However, the fungal microbiota of aromatic plants, such as clary sage (Salvia sclarea L.), remain unexplored. This is especially the case in trace element (TE)-polluted conditions and within the framework of phytomanagement approaches. The presence of high concentrations of TEs in soils can negatively affect not only microbial diversity and community composition but also plant establishment and growth. Hence, the objective of this study is to investigate the soil fungal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) community composition and their changes over time in TE-polluted soils in the vicinity of a former lead smelter and under the cultivation of clary sage. We used Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing to evaluate the effects of in situ clary sage cultivation over two successive years, combined or not with exogenous AMF inoculation, on the rhizospheric soil and root fungal communities. We obtained 1239 and 569 fungal amplicon sequence variants (ASV), respectively, in the rhizospheric soil and roots of S. sclarea under TE-polluted conditions. Remarkably, 69 AMF species were detected at our experimental site, belonging to 12 AMF genera. Furthermore, the inoculation treatment significantly shaped the fungal communities in soil and increased the number of AMF ASVs in clary sage roots. In addition, clary sage cultivation over successive years could be one of the explanatory parameters for the inter-annual variation in both fungal and AMF communities in the soil and root biotopes. Our data provide new insights on fungal and AMF communities in the rhizospheric soil and roots of an aromatic plant, clary sage, grown in TE-polluted agricultural soil.
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Frey B, Walthert L, Perez-Mon C, Stierli B, Köchli R, Dharmarajah A, Brunner I. Deep Soil Layers of Drought-Exposed Forests Harbor Poorly Known Bacterial and Fungal Communities. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:674160. [PMID: 34025630 PMCID: PMC8137989 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.674160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Soil microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi play important roles in the biogeochemical cycling of soil nutrients, because they act as decomposers or are mutualistic or antagonistic symbionts, thereby influencing plant growth and health. In the present study, we investigated the vertical distribution of the soil microbiome to a depth of 2 m in Swiss drought-exposed forests of European beech and oaks on calcareous bedrock. We aimed to disentangle the effects of soil depth, tree (beech, oak), and substrate (soil, roots) on microbial abundance, diversity, and community structure. With increasing soil depth, organic carbon, nitrogen, and clay content decreased significantly. Similarly, fine root biomass, microbial biomass (DNA content, fungal abundance), and microbial alpha-diversity decreased and were consequently significantly related to these physicochemical parameters. In contrast, bacterial abundance tended to increase with soil depth, and the bacteria to fungi ratio increased significantly with greater depth. Tree species was only significantly related to the fungal Shannon index but not to the bacterial Shannon index. Microbial community analyses revealed that bacterial and fungal communities varied significantly across the soil layers, more strongly for bacteria than for fungi. Both communities were also significantly affected by tree species and substrate. In deep soil layers, poorly known bacterial taxa from Nitrospirae, Chloroflexi, Rokubacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Firmicutes and GAL 15 were overrepresented. Furthermore, archaeal phyla such as Thaumarchaeota and Euryarchaeota were more abundant in subsoils than topsoils. Fungal taxa that were predominantly found in deep soil layers belong to the ectomycorrhizal Boletus luridus and Hydnum vesterholtii. Both taxa are reported for the first time in such deep soil layers. Saprotrophic fungal taxa predominantly recorded in deep soil layers were unknown species of Xylaria. Finally, our results show that the microbial community structure found in fine roots was well represented in the bulk soil. Overall, we recorded poorly known bacterial and archaeal phyla, as well as ectomycorrhizal fungi that were not previously known to colonize deep soil layers. Our study contributes to an integrated perspective on the vertical distribution of the soil microbiome at a fine spatial scale in drought-exposed forests.
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- Beat Frey
- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Oh SY, Park KH, Baldrian P, Fong JJ, Kwon HJ, Kim SY, Lim YW. Fungal diversity living in the root and sporophore of the endemic Korean fern Mankyua chejuense. FUNGAL ECOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.101038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Similarities and Differences among Soil Fungal Assemblages in Managed Forests and Formerly Managed Forest Reserves. FORESTS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/f12030353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Unlike the numerous works concerning the effect of management on the forest mycobiome, only a few studies have addressed how fungi from different trophic groups recover from natural and anthropogenic disturbances and develop structural features typical of unmanaged old-growth forests. Our objective is to compare the soil fungal assemblages represented by different functional/trophic groups in protected and managed stands located in European mixed forests dominated by Scots pine. Fungal communities were analyzed using high-throughput Illumina MiSeq sequencing of fungal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) amplicons. Formerly managed forest reserves (established around 50 years ago) and forests under standard forest management appeared to be similar in terms of total and mean species richness of all fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs), as well as OTUs assigned to different functional trophic groups. Among the 599 recorded OTUs, 497 (83%) were shared between both management types, whereas 9.5% of taxa were unique to forest reserves and 7.5% were unique to managed stands. Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the predominant phyla, comprising 88% of all identified fungi. The main functional components of soil fungal assemblages consisted of saprotrophic (42% fungal OTUs; 27% reads) and ectomycorrhizal fungi (16%; 47%). Two-way analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) revealed that both site and management strategy influenced the species composition of soil fungal communities, with site being a primary effect for saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi. Volume of coarse and very fine woody debris and soil pH significantly influenced the ectomycorrhizal fungal community, whereas saprotrophic fungi were influenced primarily by volume of coarse woody debris and soil nitrate concentration. Among the identified fungal OTUs, 18 red-listed fungal species were identified from both forest reserves and managed forests, comprising two ECM fungi and four saprotrophs from the category of endangered species. Our results suggest that the transformation of fungal diversity after cessation of forest management is rather slow, and that both forest reserves and managed forests help uphold fungal diversity.
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Undisturbed Soil Pedon under Birch Forest: Characterization of Microbiome in Genetic Horizons. SOIL SYSTEMS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/soilsystems5010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Vast areas of land in the forest-steppe of West Siberia are occupied by birch forests, the most common ecosystems there. However, currently, little is known about the microbiome composition in the underlying soil, especially along a sequence of soil genetic horizons. The study aimed at inventorying microbiome in genetic horizons of a typical Phaeozem under undisturbed birch forest in West Siberia. Bacteria and fungi were studied using 16S rRNA genes’ and ITS2 amplicon sequencing with Illumina MiSeq. Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria together accounted for two-thirds of the operational taxonomic units (OTUs) numbers and half of the sequences in each genetic horizon. Acidobacteria predominated in eluvial environments, whereas Proteobacteria, preferred topsoil. The fungal sequences were dominated by Ascomycota and Basidiomycota phyla. Basidiomycota was the most abundant in the topsoil, whereas Ascomycota increased down the soil profile. Thelephoraceae family was the most abundant in the A horizon, whereas the Pyronemataceae family dominants in the AEl horizon, ultimately prevailing in the subsoil. We conclude that soil genetic horizons shape distinct microbiomes, therefore soil horizontation should be accounted for while studying undisturbed soils. This study, representing the first description of bacterio- and mycobiomes in genetic horizons of the Phaeozem profile, provides a reference for future research.
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Habiyaremye JDD, Herrmann S, Reitz T, Buscot F, Goldmann K. Balance between geographic, soil, and host tree parameters to shape soil microbiomes associated to clonal oak varies across soil zones along a European North-South transect. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:2274-2292. [PMID: 33587815 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Tree root-associated microbiomes are shaped by geographic, soil physico-chemical, and host tree parameters. However, their respective impacts on microbiome variations in soils across larger spatial scales remain weakly studied. We out-planted saplings of oak clone DF159 (Quercus robur L.) as phytometer in four grassland field sites along a European North-South transect. After four years, we first compared the soil microbiomes of the tree root zone (RZ) and the tree root-free zone (RFZ). Then, we separately considered the total microbiomes of both zones, besides the microbiome with significant affinity to the RZ and compared their variability along the transect. Variations within the microbiome of the tree RFZ were shaped by geographic and soil physico-chemical changes, whereby bacteria responded more than fungi. Variations within both microbiomes of the tree RZ depended on the host tree and abiotic parameters. Based on perMANOVA and Mantel correlation tests, impacts of site specificities and geographic distance strongly decreased for the tree RZ affine microbiome. This pattern was more pronounced for fungi than bacteria. Shaping the microbiome of the soil zones in root proximity might be a mechanism mediating the acclimation of oaks to a wide range of environmental conditions across geographic regions.
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- Jean de Dieu Habiyaremye
- Department Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Halle, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Mathematics, Science and Physical Education, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
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- Department Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Halle, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Halle, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Halle, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Halle, Germany
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Chen W, Koide RT, Eissenstat DM. Topographic and Host Effects on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal and Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities in a Forested Watershed. Ecosystems 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-020-00486-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lumibao CY, Kimbrough ER, Day RH, Conner WH, Krauss KW, Van Bael SA. Divergent biotic and abiotic filtering of root endosphere and rhizosphere soil fungal communities along ecological gradients. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2020; 96:5860278. [PMID: 32562419 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Plant roots assemble in two distinct microbial compartments: the rhizosphere (microbes in soil surrounding roots) and the endosphere (microbes within roots). Our knowledge of fungal community assembly in these compartments is limited, especially in wetlands. We tested the hypothesis that biotic factors would have direct effects on rhizosphere and endosphere assembly, while abiotic factors would have direct and indirect effects. Using a field study, we examined the influences of salinity, water level and biotic factors on baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) fungal communities. We found that endosphere fungi, unlike rhizosphere fungi, were correlated with host density and canopy cover, suggesting that hosts can impose selective filters on fungi colonizing their roots. Meanwhile, local abiotic conditions strongly influenced both rhizosphere and endosphere diversity in opposite patterns, e.g. highest endosphere diversity (hump-shaped) and lowest rhizosphere diversity (U-shaped) at intermediate salinity levels. These results indicate that the assembly and structure of the root endosphere and rhizosphere within a host can be shaped by different processes. Our results also highlight the importance of assessing how environmental changes affect plant and plant-associated fungal communities in wetland ecosystems where saltwater intrusion and sea level rise are major threats to both plant and fungal communities.
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- Candice Y Lumibao
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, 700 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA, 70506, USA
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- Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Clemson University, P.O. Box 596, Georgetown, SC, 29442, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, 700 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA, 70506, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
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Lee NLY, Huang D, Quek ZBR, Lee JN, Wainwright BJ. Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula. IMA Fungus 2020; 11:17. [PMID: 32974121 PMCID: PMC7493156 DOI: 10.1186/s43008-020-00042-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Mangrove forests are key tropical marine ecosystems that are rich in fungi, but our understanding of fungal communities associated with mangrove trees and their various organs remains limited because much of the diversity lies within the microbiome. In this study, we investigated the fungal communities associated with the mangrove tree Sonneratia alba throughout Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. At each sampling location, we collected leaves, fruits, pneumatophores and sediment samples and performed amplicon sequencing of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 to characterise the associated communities. Results show distinct fungal communities at each sampled location with further differentiation according to the plant part. We find a significant distance decay of similarity, particularly for sediment samples due to the greater variability of sediment environments relative to the more stable fungal habitats provided by living plant organs. We are able to assign taxonomy to the majority of sequences from leaves and fruits, but a much larger portion of the sequences recovered from pneumatophores and sediment samples could not be identified. This pattern underscores the limited mycological research performed in marine environments and demonstrates the need for a concerted research effort on multiple species to fully characterise the coastal microbiome and its role in the functioning of marine ecosystems.
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- Nicole Li Ying Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117558 Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117558 Singapore.,Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119227 Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117558 Singapore
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- Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Malaysia
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- Yale-NUS College, National University of Singapore, 16 College Avenue West, Singapore, 138527 Singapore
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Marjanović Ž, Nawaz A, Stevanović K, Saljnikov E, Maček I, Oehl F, Wubet T. Root-Associated Mycobiome Differentiate between Habitats Supporting Production of Different Truffle Species in Serbian Riparian Forests. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E1331. [PMID: 32878332 PMCID: PMC7563819 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8091331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Balkan lowlands bordering with the Pannonia region are inhabited by diverse riparian forests that support production of different truffle species, predominantly the most prized white truffle of Piedmont (Tuber magnatum Pico), but also other commercial species (T.macrosporum Vitt., T. aestivum Vitt.). Surprisingly, little is known about the native root-associated mycobiome (RAM) of these lowland truffle-producing forests. Therefore, in this study we aim at exploring and comparing the RAMs of three different truffle-producing forests from Kolubara river plane in Serbia. Molecular methods based on next generation sequencing (NGS) were used to evaluate the diversity of root-associated fungal communities and to elucidate the influence of environmental factors on their differentiation. To our knowledge, this is the first study from such habitats with a particular focus on comparative analysis of the RAM in different truffle-producing habitats using a high-throughput sequencing approach. Our results indicated that the alpha diversity of investigated fungal communities was not significantly different between different truffle-producing forests and within a specific forest type, while the seasonal differences in the alpha diversity were only observed in the white truffle-producing forests. Taxonomic profiling at phylum level indicated the dominance of fungal OTUs belonging to phylum Ascomycota and Basidiomycota, with very minor presence of other phyla. Distinct community structures of root-associated mycobiomes were observed for white, mixed, and black truffle-producing forests. The core mycobiome analysis indicated a fair share of fungal genera present exclusively in white and black truffle-producing forest, while the core genera of mixed truffle-producing forests were shared with both white and black truffle-producing forests. The majority of detected fungal OTUs in all three forest types were symbiotrophs, with ectomycorrhizal fungi being a dominant functional guild. Apart from assumed vegetation factor, differentiation of fungal communities was driven by factors connected to the distance from the river and exposure to fluvial activities, soil age, structure, and pH. Overall, Pannonian riparian forests appear to host diverse root-associated fungal communities that are strongly shaped by variation in soil conditions.
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- Žaklina Marjanović
- Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade University, Kneza Višeslava 1, 11030 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany;
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;
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- Soil Science Institute, Teodora Drajzera 7, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;
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- Department of Agronomy, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
- Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies (FAMNIT), University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper, Slovenia
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- Agroscope, Competence Division for Plants and Plant Products, Ecotoxicology, Müller-Thurgau-Str. 29, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland;
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany;
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Větrovský T, Morais D, Kohout P, Lepinay C, Algora C, Awokunle Hollá S, Bahnmann BD, Bílohnědá K, Brabcová V, D'Alò F, Human ZR, Jomura M, Kolařík M, Kvasničková J, Lladó S, López-Mondéjar R, Martinović T, Mašínová T, Meszárošová L, Michalčíková L, Michalová T, Mundra S, Navrátilová D, Odriozola I, Piché-Choquette S, Štursová M, Švec K, Tláskal V, Urbanová M, Vlk L, Voříšková J, Žifčáková L, Baldrian P. GlobalFungi, a global database of fungal occurrences from high-throughput-sequencing metabarcoding studies. Sci Data 2020; 7:228. [PMID: 32661237 PMCID: PMC7359306 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0567-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Fungi are key players in vital ecosystem services, spanning carbon cycling, decomposition, symbiotic associations with cultivated and wild plants and pathogenicity. The high importance of fungi in ecosystem processes contrasts with the incompleteness of our understanding of the patterns of fungal biogeography and the environmental factors that drive those patterns. To reduce this gap of knowledge, we collected and validated data published on the composition of soil fungal communities in terrestrial environments including soil and plant-associated habitats and made them publicly accessible through a user interface at https://globalfungi.com . The GlobalFungi database contains over 600 million observations of fungal sequences across > 17 000 samples with geographical locations and additional metadata contained in 178 original studies with millions of unique nucleotide sequences (sequence variants) of the fungal internal transcribed spacers (ITS) 1 and 2 representing fungal species and genera. The study represents the most comprehensive atlas of global fungal distribution, and it is framed in such a way that third-party data addition is possible.
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- Tomáš Větrovský
- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Systematic Botany and Mycology, University of Tuscia, Largo dell'Università snc, Viterbo, 01100, Italy
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Department of Forest Science and Resources, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, 0316, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic.
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Arraiano-Castilho R, Bidartondo M, Niskanen T, Zimmermann S, Frey B, Brunner I, Senn-Irlet B, Hörandl E, Gramlich S, Suz L. Plant-fungal interactions in hybrid zones: Ectomycorrhizal communities of willows (Salix) in an alpine glacier forefield. FUNGAL ECOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nguyen DQ, Schneider D, Brinkmann N, Song B, Janz D, Schöning I, Daniel R, Pena R, Polle A. Soil and root nutrient chemistry structure root-associated fungal assemblages in temperate forests. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:3081-3095. [PMID: 32383336 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2018] [Revised: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Root-associated fungi (RAF) link nutrient fluxes between soil and roots and thus play important roles in ecosystem functioning. To enhance our understanding of the factors that control RAF, we fitted statistical models to explain variation in RAF community structure using data from 150 temperate forest sites covering a broad range of environmental conditions and chemical root traits. We found that variation in RAF communities was related to both root traits (e.g., cations, carbohydrates, NO3 - ) and soil properties (pH, cations, moisture, C/N). The identified drivers were the combined result of distinct response patterns of fungal taxa (determined at the rank of orders) to biotic and abiotic factors. Our results support that RAF community variation is related to evolutionary adaptedness of fungal lineages and consequently, drivers of RAF communities are context-dependent.
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- Dung Quang Nguyen
- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institut, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077, Germany.,Forest Protection Research Centre, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Duc Thang Ward, Bac Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institut, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institut, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institut, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077, Germany
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- Biogeochemical Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Str. 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institut, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institut, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077, Germany
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Aas AB, Andrew CJ, Blaalid R, Vik U, Kauserud H, Davey ML. Fine-scale diversity patterns in belowground microbial communities are consistent across kingdoms. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2020; 95:5484836. [PMID: 31049552 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiz058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The belowground environment is heterogeneous and complex at fine spatial scales. Physical structures, biotic components and abiotic conditions create a patchwork mosaic of potential niches for microbes. Questions remain about mechanisms and patterns of community assembly belowground, including: Do fungal and bacterial communities assemble differently? How do microbes reach the roots of host plants? Within a 4 m2 plot in alpine vegetation, high throughput sequencing of the 16S (bacteria) and ITS1 (fungal) ribosomal RNA genes was used to characterise microbial community composition in roots and adjacent soil of a viviparous host plant (Bistorta vivipara). At fine spatial scales, beta-diversity patterns in belowground bacterial and fungal communities were consistent, although compositional change was greater in bacteria than fungi. Spatial structure and distance-decay relationships were also similar for bacteria and fungi, with significant spatial structure detected at <50 cm among root- but not soil-associated microbes. Recruitment of root microbes from the soil community appeared limited at this sampling and sequencing depth. Possible explanations for this include recruitment from low-abundance populations of soil microbes, active recruitment from neighbouring plants and/or vertical transmission of symbionts to new clones, suggesting varied methods of microbial community assembly for viviparous plants. Our results suggest that even at relatively small spatial scales, deterministic processes play a significant role in belowground microbial community structure and assembly.
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- Anders Bjørnsgaard Aas
- Section of Genetic and Evolution Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Section of Genetic and Evolution Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Bergen, Norway
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- Section of Genetic and Evolution Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Section of Genetic and Evolution Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Section of Genetic and Evolution Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Division of Environment and Natural Resources, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, NO-1431 Ås, Norway
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Zhao PS, Guo MS, Gao GL, Zhang Y, Ding GD, Ren Y, Akhtar M. Community structure and functional group of root-associated Fungi of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica across stand ages in the Mu Us Desert. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:3032-3042. [PMID: 32211174 PMCID: PMC7083681 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Root-associated fungi (RAF) are an important factor affecting the host's growth, and their contribution to Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica plantation decline is substantial. Therefore, we selected three age groups of P. sylvestris plantations (26, 33, and 43 years), in the Mu Us Desert, to characterize the community structure and functional groups of RAF, identified by Illumina high-throughput sequencing and FUNGuild platform, respectively. The effects of soil properties and enzyme activities on fungal diversity and functional groups were also examined. The results indicated that (a) 805 operational taxonomic units of RAF associated with P. sylvestris belonged to six phyla and 163 genera. Diversity and richness were not significantly different in the three age groups, but community composition showed significant differences. Ascomycota and Basidiomycota dominated the fungal community, while Rhizopogon dominated in each plot. (b) The proportion of pathotrophs decreased with increasing age, while that of symbiotrophs increased sharply, which were mainly represented by ectomycorrhizal fungi. (c) Stand age and soil enzyme activity had a greater influence on fungal community composition than did soil properties, whereas environmental variables were not significantly correlated with fungal diversity and richness. Dynamics of fungal community composition and functional groups with the aging plantations reflected the growth state of P. sylvestris and were related to plantation degradation.
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- Pei-Shan Zhao
- Yanchi Research Station School of Soil and Water Conservation Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation Beijing China
- Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering Ministry of Education Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
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- Yanchi Research Station School of Soil and Water Conservation Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation Beijing China
- Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering Ministry of Education Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
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- Yanchi Research Station School of Soil and Water Conservation Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation Beijing China
- Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering Ministry of Education Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
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- Yanchi Research Station School of Soil and Water Conservation Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation Beijing China
- Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering Ministry of Education Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
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- Yanchi Research Station School of Soil and Water Conservation Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation Beijing China
- Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering Ministry of Education Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
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- Yanchi Research Station School of Soil and Water Conservation Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation Beijing China
- Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering Ministry of Education Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
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- Yanchi Research Station School of Soil and Water Conservation Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation Beijing China
- Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering Ministry of Education Beijing Forestry University Beijing China
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Groundwater Depth Overrides Tree-Species Effects on the Structure of Soil Microbial Communities Involved in Nitrogen Cycling in Plantation Forests. FORESTS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/f11030275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Microbial communities found in soil ecosystems play important roles in decomposing organic materials and recycling nutrients. A clear understanding on how biotic and abiotic factors influence the microbial community and its functional role in ecosystems is fundamental to terrestrial biogeochemistry and plant production. The purpose of this study was to investigate microbial communities and functional genes involved in nitrogen cycling as a function of groundwater depth (deep and shallow), tree species (pine and eucalypt), and season (spring and fall). Soil fungal, bacterial, and archaeal communities were determined by length heterogeneity polymerase chain reaction (LH-PCR). Soil ammonia oxidation archaeal (AOA) amoA gene, ammonia oxidation bacterial (AOB) amoA gene, nitrite oxidoreductase nrxA gene, and denitrifying bacterial narG, nirK, nirS, and nosZ genes were further studied using PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Soil fungal and bacterial communities remained similar between tree species and groundwater depths, respectively, regardless of season. Soil archaeal communities remained similar between tree species but differed between groundwater depths in the spring only. Archaeal amoA for nitrification and bacterial nirK and nosZ genes for denitrification were detected in DGGE, whereas bacterial amoA and nrxA for nitrification and bacterial narG and nirS genes for denitrification were undetectable. The detected nitrification and denitrification communities varied significantly with groundwater depth. There was no significant difference of nitrifying archaeal amoA or denitrifying nirK communities between different tree species regardless of season. The seasonal difference in microbial communities and functional genes involved in nitrogen cycling suggests microorganisms exhibit seasonal dynamics that likely impact relative rates of nitrification and denitrification.
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Goldmann K, Ammerschubert S, Pena R, Polle A, Wu BW, Wubet T, Buscot F. Early stage root-Associated fungi show a high temporal turnover, but Are independent of beech progeny. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E210. [PMID: 32033191 PMCID: PMC7074820 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8020210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The relationship between trees and root-associated fungal communities is complex. By specific root deposits and other signal cues, different tree species are able to attract divergent sets of fungal species. Plant intraspecific differences can lead to variable fungal patterns in the root's proximity. Therefore, within the Beech Transplant Experiment, we analyzed the impact of three different European beech ecotypes on the fungal communities in roots and the surrounding rhizosphere soil at two time points. Beech nuts were collected in three German sites in 2011. After one year, seedlings of the different progenies were out-planted on one site and eventually re-sampled in 2014 and 2017. We applied high-throughput sequencing of the fungal ITS2 to determine the correlation between tree progeny, a possible home-field advantage, plant development and root-associated fungal guilds under field conditions. Our result showed no effect of beech progeny on either fungal OTU richness or fungal community structure. However, over time the fungal OTU richness in roots increased and the fungal communities changed significantly, also in rhizosphere. In both plant compartments, the fungal communities displayed a high temporal turnover, indicating a permanent development and functional adaption of the root mycobiome of young beeches.
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- Kezia Goldmann
- UFZ-Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany;
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (S.A.); (R.P.); (A.P.)
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (S.A.); (R.P.); (A.P.)
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (S.A.); (R.P.); (A.P.)
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Mycology, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China;
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- UFZ-Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany;
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ-Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany;
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Stevens BM, Propster JR, Öpik M, Wilson GWT, Alloway SL, Mayemba E, Johnson NC. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots and soil respond differently to biotic and abiotic factors in the Serengeti. MYCORRHIZA 2020; 30:79-95. [PMID: 31970495 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-020-00931-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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This study explores the relationships of AM fungal abundance and diversity with biotic (host plant, ungulate grazing) and abiotic (soil properties, precipitation) factors in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Soil and root samples were collected from grazed and ungrazed plots at seven sites across steep soil fertility and precipitation gradients. AM fungal abundance in the soil was estimated from the density of spores and the concentration of a fatty acid biomarker. Diversity of AM fungi in roots and soils was measured using DNA sequencing and spore identification. AM fungal abundance in soil decreased with grazing and precipitation and increased with soil phosphorus. The community composition of AM fungal DNA in roots and soils differed. Root samples had more AM fungal indicator species associated with biotic factors (host plant species and grazing), and soil samples had more indicator species associated with particular sample sites. These findings suggest that regional edaphic conditions shape the site-level species pool from which plant species actively select root-colonizing fungal assemblages modified by grazing. Combining multiple measurements of AM fungal abundance and community composition provides the most informed assessment of the structure of mycorrhizal fungal communities in natural ecosystems.
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- Bo Maxwell Stevens
- School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 40 Lai St, 51005, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
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- School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
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- School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
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Rosas-Medina M, Maciá-Vicente JG, Piepenbring M. Diversity of Fungi in Soils with Different Degrees of Degradation in Germany and Panama. MYCOBIOLOGY 2019; 48:20-28. [PMID: 32158602 PMCID: PMC7048177 DOI: 10.1080/12298093.2019.1700658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Revised: 09/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Soil degradation can have an impact on the soil microbiota, but its specific effects on soil fungal communities are poorly understood. In this work, we studied the impact of soil degradation on the richness and diversity of communities of soil fungi, including three different degrees of degradation in Germany and Panama. Soil fungi were isolated monthly using the soil-sprinkling method for 8 months in Germany and 3 months in Panama, and characterized by morphological and molecular data. Soil physico-chemical properties were measured and correlated with the observed values of fungal diversity. We isolated a total of 71 fungal species, 47 from Germany, and 32 from Panama. Soil properties were not associated with fungal richness, diversity, or composition in soils, with the exception of soil compaction in Germany. The geographic location was a strong determinant of the soil fungal species composition although in both countries there was dominance by members of the orders Eurotiales and Hypocreales. In conclusion, the results of this work do not show any evident influence of soil degradation on communities of soil fungi in Germany or Panama.
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- Miguel Rosas-Medina
- Department of Mycology, Cluster for Integrative Fungal Research (IPF), Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Mycology, Cluster for Integrative Fungal Research (IPF), Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Mycology, Cluster for Integrative Fungal Research (IPF), Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Xuan L, Sheng Z, Lu J, Qiu Q, Chen J, Xiong J. Bacterioplankton community responses and the potential ecological thresholds along disturbance gradients. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 696:134015. [PMID: 31470324 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Increasing intensity and frequency of coastal pollutions are the trajectory to be expected due to anthropogenic pressures. However, it is still unclear how and to what extent bacterioplankton communities respond to the two factors, despite the functional importance of bacterioplankton in biogeochemical cycles. In this study, significant organic pollution index (OPI) and offshore distance gradients, as respective proxies of disturbance intensity and disturbance frequency, were detected in a regional scale across the East China Sea. A multiple regression on matrices (MRM) revealed that the biogeography of bacterioplankton community depended on spatial scale, which was governed by local characters. Bacterioplankton community compositions (BCCs) were primarily governed by the conjointly direct (-0.28) and indirect (-0.48) effects of OPI, while offshore distance contributed a large indirectly effect (0.52). A SEGMENTED analysis depicted non-linear responses of BCCs to increasing disturbance intensity and disturbance frequency, as evidenced by significant tipping points. This was also true for the dominant bacterial phyla. Notably, we screened 30 OPI-discriminatory taxa that could quantitatively diagnose coastal OPI levels, with an overall 79.3% accuracy. Collectively, the buffer capacity of bacterioplankton communities to increasing disturbance intensity and disturbance frequency is limited, of which the significant tipping points afford a warning line for coastal management. In addition, coastal pollution level can be accurately diagnosed by a few OPI-discriminatory taxa.
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- Lixia Xuan
- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China; School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China; School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China; School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China; School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.
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Wainwright BJ, Zahn GL, Zushi J, Lee NLY, Ooi JLS, Lee JN, Huang D. Seagrass-associated fungal communities show distance decay of similarity that has implications for seagrass management and restoration. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:11288-11297. [PMID: 31641473 PMCID: PMC6802368 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Marine fungal biodiversity remains vastly understudied, and even less is known of their biogeography and the processes responsible for driving these distributions in marine environments. We investigated the fungal communities associated with the seagrass Enhalus acoroides collected from Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia to test the hypothesis that fungal communities are homogeneous throughout the study area. Seagrass samples were separated into different structures (leaves, roots, and rhizomes), and a sediment sample was collected next to each plant. Amplicon sequencing of the fungal internal transcribed spacer 1 and subsequent analysis revealed significant differences in fungal communities collected from different locations and different structures. We show a significant pattern of distance decay, with samples collected close to each other having more similar fungal communities in comparison with those that are more distant, indicating dispersal limitations and/or differences in habitat type are contributing to the observed biogeographic patterns. These results add to our understanding of the seagrass ecosystem in an understudied region of the world that is also the global epicenter of seagrass diversity. This work has implications for seagrass management and conservation initiatives, and we recommend that fungal community composition be a consideration for any seagrass transplant or restoration programme.
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- Benjamin J. Wainwright
- Department of Biological SciencesNational University of SingaporeSingapore CitySingapore
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- Biology DepartmentUtah Valley UniversityOremUTUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesNational University of SingaporeSingapore CitySingapore
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- Department of GeographyFaculty of Arts and Social SciencesUniversity of MalayaKuala LumpurMalaysia
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- Faculty of Science and Marine EnvironmentUniversity Malaysia TerengganuTerengganuMalaysia
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- Department of Biological SciencesNational University of SingaporeSingapore CitySingapore
- Tropical Marine Science InstituteNational University of SingaporeSingapore CitySingapore
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Sapp M, Tyborski N, Linstädter A, López Sánchez A, Mansfeldt T, Waldhoff G, Bareth G, Bonkowski M, Rose LE. Site-specific distribution of oak rhizosphere-associated oomycetes revealed by cytochrome c oxidase subunit II metabarcoding. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:10567-10581. [PMID: 31624568 PMCID: PMC6787841 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The phylum Oomycota comprises important tree pathogens like Phytophthora quercina, involved in central European oak decline, and Phytophthora cinnamomi shown to affect holm oaks among many other hosts. Despite the importance to study the distribution, dispersal and niche partitioning of this phylum, metabarcoding surveys, and studies considering environmental factors that could explain oomycete community patterns are still rare. We investigated oomycetes in the rhizosphere of evergreen oaks in a Spanish oak woodland using metabarcoding based on Illumina sequencing of the taxonomic marker cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (cox2). We developed an approach amplifying a 333 bp long fragment using the forward primer Hud-F (Mycologia, 2000) and a reverse primer found using DegePrime (Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2014). Factors reflecting topo-edaphic conditions and tree health were linked to oomycete community patterns. The majority of detected OTUs belonged to the Peronosporales. Most taxa were relatives of the Pythiaceae, but relatives of the Peronosporaceae and members of the Saprolegniales were also found. The most abundant OTUs were related to Globisporangium irregulare and P. cinnamomi, both displaying strong site-specific patterns. Oomycete communities were strongly correlated with the environmental factors: altitude, crown foliation, slope and soil skeleton and soil nitrogen. Our findings illustrate the significance of small scale variation in habitat conditions for the distribution of oomycetes and highlight the importance to study oomycete communities in relation to such ecological patterns.
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- Melanie Sapp
- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)Population GeneticsHeinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)Population GeneticsHeinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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- Botanical Institute, Range Ecology and Range ManagementUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)University of BonnBonnGermany
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- Botanical Institute, Range Ecology and Range ManagementUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
- Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos NaturalesUniversidad Politécnica de MadridMadridSpain
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- Institute of GeographyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Institute of GeographyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Institute of GeographyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)Institute of ZoologyTerrestrial EcologyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)Population GeneticsHeinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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Lee SA, Kim Y, Kim JM, Chu B, Joa JH, Sang MK, Song J, Weon HY. A preliminary examination of bacterial, archaeal, and fungal communities inhabiting different rhizocompartments of tomato plants under real-world environments. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9300. [PMID: 31243310 PMCID: PMC6594962 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45660-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Plant microbiota is a key determinant of plant health and productivity. The composition and structure of plant microbiota varies according to plant tissue and compartment, which are specific habitats for microbial colonization. To investigate the structural composition of the microbiome associated with tomato roots under natural systems, we characterized the bacterial, archaeal, and fungal communities of three belowground compartments (rhizosphere, endosphere, and bulk soil) of tomato plants collected from 23 greenhouses in 7 geographic locations of South Korea. The microbial diversity and structure varied by rhizocompartment, with the most distinctive community features found in the endosphere. The bacterial and fungal communities in the bulk soil and rhizosphere were correlated with soil physicochemical properties, such as pH, electrical conductivity, and exchangeable cation levels, while this trend was not evident in the endosphere samples. A small number of core bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs) present in all samples from the rhizosphere and endosphere represented more than 60% of the total relative abundance. Among these core microbes, OTUs belonging to the genera Acidovorax, Enterobacter, Pseudomonas, Rhizobium, Streptomyces, and Variovorax, members of which are known to have beneficial effects on plant growth, were more relatively abundant in the endosphere samples. A co-occurrence network analysis indicated that the microbial community in the rhizosphere had a larger and more complex network than those in the bulk soil and endosphere. The analysis also identified keystone taxa that might play important roles in microbe-microbe interactions in the community. Additionally, profiling of predicted gene functions identified many genes associated with membrane transport in the endospheric and rhizospheric communities. Overall, the data presented here provide preliminary insight into bacterial, archaeal, and fungal phylogeny, functionality, and interactions in the rhizocompartments of tomato roots under real-world environments.
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- Shin Ae Lee
- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Wanju, 55365, South Korea
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Wanju, 55365, South Korea
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Wanju, 55365, South Korea
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Wanju, 55365, South Korea
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- Research Institute of Climate Change and Agriculture, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Jeju, 63240, South Korea
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Wanju, 55365, South Korea
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Wanju, 55365, South Korea
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Wanju, 55365, South Korea.
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Herzog C, Hartmann M, Frey B, Stierli B, Rumpel C, Buchmann N, Brunner I. Microbial succession on decomposing root litter in a drought-prone Scots pine forest. ISME JOURNAL 2019; 13:2346-2362. [PMID: 31123321 PMCID: PMC6776048 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0436-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Decomposition is a major flux of the carbon cycle in forest soils and understanding the involved processes is a key for budgeting carbon turnover. Decomposition is constrained by the presence of biological agents such as microorganisms and the underlying environmental conditions such as water availability. A metabarcoding approach of ribosomal markers was chosen to study the succession of bacterial and fungal decomposers on root litter. Litterbags containing pine roots were buried in a pine forest for two years and sequentially sampled. Decomposition and the associated communities were surveyed under ambient dry and long-term irrigation conditions. Early decomposition stages were characterized by the presence of fast-cycling microorganisms such as Bacteroidetes and Helotiales, which were then replaced by more specialized bacteria and litter-associated or parasitic groups such as Acidobacteria, white rots, and Pleosporales. This succession was likely driven by a decrease of easily degradable carbohydrates and a relative increase in persistent compounds such as lignin. We hypothesize that functional redundancy among the resident microbial taxa caused similar root decomposition rates in control and irrigated forest soils. These findings have important implications for drought-prone Alpine forests as frequent drought events reduce litter fall, but not litter decomposition, potentially resulting in lower carbon stocks.
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- Claude Herzog
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,ETH Zürich, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,ETH Zürich, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Ecology and Environment (IEES), Thiverval-Grignon, 78850, France
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
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Chen L, Xiang W, Wu H, Ouyang S, Lei P, Hu Y, Ge T, Ye J, Kuzyakov Y. Contrasting patterns and drivers of soil fungal communities in subtropical deciduous and evergreen broadleaved forests. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:5421-5433. [PMID: 31073876 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09867-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Subtropical broadleaved forests play a crucial role in supporting terrestrial ecosystem functions, but little is known about their belowground soil fungal communities despite that they have central functions in C, N, and P cycles. This study investigated the structures and identified the drivers of soil fungal communities in subtropical deciduous and evergreen broadleaved forests, using high-throughput sequencing and FUNGuild for fungal identification and assignment to the trophic guild. Fungal richness was much higher in the deciduous than in the evergreen forest. Both forests were dominated by Ascomycota and Basidiomycota phyla, but saprophytic fungi were more abundant in the deciduous forest and ectomycorrhizal fungi predominated in the evergreen forest. Fungal communities had strong links to plant and soil properties. Specifically, plant diversity and litter biomass were the main aboveground drivers of fungal diversity and composition in the deciduous forest, while host effects were prominent in the evergreen forest. The belowground factors, i.e., soil pH, water content, and nutrients especially available P, were identified as the primary drivers of soil fungal communities in the broadleaved forests. Co-occurrence network analysis revealed assembly of fungal composition in broadleaved forest soils was non-random. The smaller modularity of the network in the deciduous forest reflects lower resistance to environment changes. Concluding, these results showed that plant community attributes, soil properties, and potential interactions among fungal functional guilds operate jointly on the divergence of soil fungal community assembly in the two broadleaved forest types.
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- Liang Chen
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.,Huitong National Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir Plantation Ecosystems in Hunan Province, Huitong, Huaihua, 438107, Hunan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China. .,Huitong National Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir Plantation Ecosystems in Hunan Province, Huitong, Huaihua, 438107, Hunan, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.,Huitong National Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir Plantation Ecosystems in Hunan Province, Huitong, Huaihua, 438107, Hunan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.,Huitong National Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir Plantation Ecosystems in Hunan Province, Huitong, Huaihua, 438107, Hunan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.,Huitong National Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir Plantation Ecosystems in Hunan Province, Huitong, Huaihua, 438107, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, Changsha Research Station for Agricultural & Environmental Monitoring, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, Changsha Research Station for Agricultural & Environmental Monitoring, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, QLD, St. Lucia, 4072, Australia
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.,Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Department of Agricultural Soil Science, University of Goettingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia
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Brinkmann N, Schneider D, Sahner J, Ballauff J, Edy N, Barus H, Irawan B, Budi SW, Qaim M, Daniel R, Polle A. Intensive tropical land use massively shifts soil fungal communities. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3403. [PMID: 30833601 PMCID: PMC6399230 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39829-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Soil fungi are key players in nutrient cycles as decomposers, mutualists and pathogens, but the impact of tropical rain forest transformation into rubber or oil palm plantations on fungal community structures and their ecological functions are unknown. We hypothesized that increasing land use intensity and habitat loss due to the replacement of the hyperdiverse forest flora by nonendemic cash crops drives a drastic loss of diversity of soil fungal taxa and impairs the ecological soil functions. Unexpectedly, rain forest conversion was not associated with strong diversity loss but with massive shifts in soil fungal community composition. Fungal communities clustered according to land use system and loss of plant species. Network analysis revealed characteristic fungal genera significantly associated with different land use systems. Shifts in soil fungal community structure were particularly distinct among different trophic groups, with substantial decreases in symbiotrophic fungi and increases in saprotrophic and pathotrophic fungi in oil palm and rubber plantations in comparison with rain forests. In conclusion, conversion of rain forests and current land use systems restructure soil fungal communities towards enhanced pathogen pressure and, thus, threaten ecosystem health functions.
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- Nicole Brinkmann
- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia
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- Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia
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- Department of Forestry, University of Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia
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- Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agriculture University, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Penone C, Allan E, Soliveres S, Felipe-Lucia MR, Gossner MM, Seibold S, Simons NK, Schall P, van der Plas F, Manning P, Manzanedo RD, Boch S, Prati D, Ammer C, Bauhus J, Buscot F, Ehbrecht M, Goldmann K, Jung K, Müller J, Müller JC, Pena R, Polle A, Renner SC, Ruess L, Schönig I, Schrumpf M, Solly EF, Tschapka M, Weisser WW, Wubet T, Fischer M. Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features. Ecol Lett 2018; 22:170-180. [PMID: 30463104 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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While forest management strongly influences biodiversity, it remains unclear how the structural and compositional changes caused by management affect different community dimensions (e.g. richness, specialisation, abundance or completeness) and how this differs between taxa. We assessed the effects of nine forest features (representing stand structure, heterogeneity and tree composition) on thirteen above- and belowground trophic groups of plants, animals, fungi and bacteria in 150 temperate forest plots differing in their management type. Canopy cover decreased light resources, which increased community specialisation but reduced overall diversity and abundance. Features increasing resource types and diversifying microhabitats (admixing of oaks and conifers) were important and mostly affected richness. Belowground groups responded differently to those aboveground and had weaker responses to most forest features. Our results show that we need to consider forest features rather than broad management types and highlight the importance of considering several groups and community dimensions to better inform conservation.
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- Caterina Penone
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem management, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem management, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
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- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA.,Biology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale), Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.,Heinz Sielmann Foundation, Gut Herbigshagen, Duderstadt, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany.,Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Zoology, DIB, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Ecology Group, Institute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.,Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.,Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa Ancón, República de Panamá
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- Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem management, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale), Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
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Felipe-Lucia MR, Soliveres S, Penone C, Manning P, van der Plas F, Boch S, Prati D, Ammer C, Schall P, Gossner MM, Bauhus J, Buscot F, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, de Frutos A, Ehbrecht M, Frank K, Goldmann K, Hänsel F, Jung K, Kahl T, Nauss T, Oelmann Y, Pena R, Polle A, Renner S, Schloter M, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Schulze ED, Solly E, Sorkau E, Stempfhuber B, Tschapka M, Weisser WW, Wubet T, Fischer M, Allan E. Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4839. [PMID: 30446752 PMCID: PMC6240034 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07082-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Trade-offs and synergies in the supply of forest ecosystem services are common but the drivers of these relationships are poorly understood. To guide management that seeks to promote multiple services, we investigated the relationships between 12 stand-level forest attributes, including structure, composition, heterogeneity and plant diversity, plus 4 environmental factors, and proxies for 14 ecosystem services in 150 temperate forest plots. Our results show that forest attributes are the best predictors of most ecosystem services and are also good predictors of several synergies and trade-offs between services. Environmental factors also play an important role, mostly in combination with forest attributes. Our study suggests that managing forests to increase structural heterogeneity, maintain large trees, and canopy gaps would promote the supply of multiple ecosystem services. These results highlight the potential for forest management to encourage multifunctional forests and suggest that a coordinated landscape-scale strategy could help to mitigate trade-offs in human-dominated landscapes.
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- María R Felipe-Lucia
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Ecology, University of Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, San Vicente del Raspeig, 03690, Alicante, Spain
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBIK-F), Georg-Voigt-Straße 14-16, 60325, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBIK-F), Georg-Voigt-Straße 14-16, 60325, Frankfurt, Germany
- Department of Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 21-23, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85350, Freising, Germany
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- Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacherstr. 4, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Soil Ecology Department, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Ecological Networks, Department of Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 3, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Department of Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 3, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Soil Ecology Department, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Environmental Informatics, Faculty of Geography, Philipps-University Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 12, 35037, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89069, Ulm, Germany
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- UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Thuringian Forest, Brunnenstraße 1, 98711, Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig, Germany
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- Environmental Informatics, Faculty of Geography, Philipps-University Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 12, 35037, Marburg, Germany
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- Geoecology, University of Tübingen, Rümelinstr. 19-23, 72070, Tübingen, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180, Vienna, Austria
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- Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85758, Oberschleissheim, Germany
- Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Str 2, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Straße 10, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Straße 10, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Straße 10, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Straße 10, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Geoecology, University of Tübingen, Rümelinstr. 19-23, 72070, Tübingen, Germany
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- Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85758, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89069, Ulm, Germany
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Luis Clement Avenue, Building 401 Tupper, Balboa Ancón, Panama
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- Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85350, Freising, Germany
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- Soil Ecology Department, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBIK-F), Georg-Voigt-Straße 14-16, 60325, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland
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Schröter K, Wemheuer B, Pena R, Schöning I, Ehbrecht M, Schall P, Ammer C, Daniel R, Polle A. Assembly processes of trophic guilds in the root mycobiome of temperate forests. Mol Ecol 2018; 28:348-364. [PMID: 30276908 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Root-associated mycobiomes (RAMs) link plant and soil ecological processes, thereby supporting ecosystem functions. Understanding the forces that govern the assembly of RAMs is key to sustainable ecosystem management. Here, we dissected RAMs according to functional guilds and combined phylogenetic and multivariate analyses to distinguish and quantify the forces driving RAM assembly processes. Across large biogeographic scales (>1,000 km) in temperate forests (>100 plots), RAMs were taxonomically highly distinct but composed of a stable trophic structure encompassing symbiotrophic, ectomycorrhizal (55%), saprotrophic (7%), endotrophic (3%) and pathotrophic fungi (<1%). Taxonomic community composition of RAMs is explained by abiotic factors, forest management intensity, dominant tree family (Fagaceae, Pinaceae) and root resource traits. Local RAM assemblies are phylogenetically clustered, indicating stronger habitat filtering on roots in dry, acid soils and in conifer stands than in other forest types. The local assembly of ectomycorrhizal communities is driven by forest management intensity. At larger scales, root resource traits and soil pH shift the assembly process of ectomycorrhizal fungi from deterministic to neutral. Neutral or weak deterministic assembly processes are prevalent in saprotrophic and endophytic guilds. The remarkable consistency of the trophic composition of the RAMs suggests that temperate forests attract fungal assemblages that afford functional resilience under the current range of climatic and edaphic conditions. At local scales, the filtering processes that structure symbiotrophic assemblies can be influenced by forest management and tree selection, but at larger scales, environmental cues and host resource traits are the most prevalent forces.
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- Kristina Schröter
- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Wu BW, Gao C, Chen L, Buscot F, Goldmann K, Purahong W, Ji NN, Wang YL, Lü PP, Li XC, Guo LD. Host Phylogeny Is a Major Determinant of Fagaceae-Associated Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community Assembly at a Regional Scale. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2409. [PMID: 30364168 PMCID: PMC6191505 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Environmental filtering (niche process) and dispersal limitation (neutral process) are two of the primary forces driving community assembly in ecosystems, but how these processes affect the Fagaceae-associated ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal community at regional scales is so far poorly documented. We examined the EM fungal communities of 61 plant species in six genera belonging to the Fagaceae distributed across Chinese forest ecosystems (geographic distance up to ∼3,757 km) using Illumina Miseq sequencing of ITS2 sequences. The relative effects of environmental filtering (e.g., host plant phylogeny, soil and climate) and dispersal limitation (e.g., spatial distance) on the EM fungal community were distinguished using multiple models. In total, 2,706 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) of EM fungi, corresponding to 54 fungal lineages, were recovered at a 97% sequence similarity level. The EM fungal OTU richness was significantly affected by soil pH and nutrients and by host phylogeny. The EM fungal community composition was significantly influenced by combinations of host phylogeny, spatial distance, soil and climate. Furthermore, host phylogeny had the greatest effect on EM fungal community. The study suggests that the assembly of the EM fungal community is governed by both environmental filtering and dispersal limitation, with host effect being the most important determinant at the regional scale.
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- Bin-Wei Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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