Environmental Microbiome,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 25, 2020
Abstract
Background
Microorganisms
in
rivers
and
lakes
are
essential
for
nutrient
recycling
aquatic
ecosystems.
Understanding
the
ecological
processes
shaping
microbial
communities
is
of
crucial
importance
ecology
biogeography.
However,
diversity
microorganisms
forces
that
control
this
poorly
understood.
This
particularly
true
within
framework
river-lake
continuum
arid
regions.
Results
Using
a
whole
catchment-sampling
effort,
we
explored
biogeographical
patterns
mechanisms
community
(bacteria
archaea)
assembly
catchment
largest
inland
once
freshwater
lake
(Lake
Bosten)
China.
Water
samples
from
headstream
tributaries,
mainstream
River
Kaidu
to
downstream
Lake
Bosten
were
characterized
using
amplicon
sequencing
16S
rRNA
genes.
Higher
α-diversity
was
found
tributaries
compared
with
Bosten.
And
composition
also
significantly
different
between
its
connected
river
habitats.
Canonical
correspondence
analysis
demonstrated
salinity
total
suspended
solids
most
important
environmental
factors
variations.
Overall,
pure
spatial
explained
13.7
5.6%
variation,
respectively,
while
32.0%
variation
by
combined
variables.
These
observations
suggested
spatially
structured
variations
mainly
shaped
biogeography
region.
Both
deterministic
stochastic
influenced
habitats,
pattern
pronounced
microbiome
habitat.
Co-occurrence
network
revealed
more
abundant
complicated
correlations
among
frequently
occurred
taxa
habitat
habitat,
implying
multispecies
interactions
(e.g.,
competition)
structures.
Conclusions
Our
findings
demonstrate
an
succession
along
across
basin
China,
highlight
effects
on
regional
β
-diversity
species
local
assembly.
Environmental Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
22(4), P. 1327 - 1340
Published: Feb. 18, 2020
Summary
Despite
the
important
roles
of
soil
microbes,
especially
most
diverse
rare
taxa
in
maintaining
community
diversity
and
multifunctionality,
how
different
climate
regimes
alter
stability
functions
microbial
biosphere
remains
unknown.
We
reciprocally
transplanted
field
soils
across
a
latitudinal
gradient
to
simulate
change
sampled
annually
after
harvesting
maize
over
following
6
years
(from
2005
2011).
By
sequencing
16S
ribosomal
RNA
gene
amplicons,
we
found
that
changing
significantly
altered
composition
dynamics
communities.
A
continuous
succession
abundant
communities
was
observed.
Rare
were
more
stable
under
climatic
regimes,
with
lower
variations
temporal
dynamics,
higher
constancy
diversity.
More
nitrogen
cycling
genes
detected
members
than
members,
including
amoA
,
napA
nifH
nirK
nirS
norB
nrfA
.
Random
forest
analysis
receiver
operating
characteristics
showed
may
act
as
potential
contributors
yield
climatics.
The
study
indicates
taxonomically
functionally
has
increase
functional
redundancy
enhance
ability
counteract
environmental
disturbances.
With
ongoing
global
change,
exploring
process
changes
be
elucidating
ecosystem
multifunctionality
are
mediated
by
Environmental Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
23(4), P. 1907 - 1924
Published: Sept. 30, 2020
Plants
harbour
highly
diverse
mycobiomes
which
sustain
essential
functions
for
host
health
and
productivity.
However,
ecological
processes
that
govern
the
plant-mycobiome
assembly,
interactions
their
impact
on
ecosystem
remain
poorly
known.
Here
we
characterized
role
community
assembly
of
both
abundant
rare
fungal
taxa
along
soil-plant
continuums
(rhizosphere,
phyllosphere
endosphere)
in
maize-wheat/barley
rotation
system
under
different
fertilization
practices
at
two
contrasting
sites.
Our
results
indicate
mycobiome
is
shaped
predominantly
by
compartment
niche
species
rather
than
environmental
factors.
Moreover,
crop-associated
communities
are
dominated
few
mainly
belonging
to
Sordariomycetes
Dothideomycetes,
while
majority
diversity
within
represented
taxa.
For
plant
compartments,
sub-community
determined
stochastic
processes.
In
contrast,
more
sensitive
selection
governed
deterministic
Furthermore,
our
demonstrate
play
an
important
co-occurrence
network
functioning
like
crop
yield
soil
enzyme
activities.
These
significantly
advance
understanding
highlight
key
sustaining
stability
functions.
The ISME Journal,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
13(9), P. 2196 - 2208
Published: May 3, 2019
Abstract
Although
it
is
widely
recognized
that
cyanobacterial
blooms
have
substantial
influence
on
the
plankton
community
in
general,
their
correlations
with
whole
of
eukaryotic
at
longer
time
scales
remain
largely
unknown.
Here,
we
investigated
temporal
dynamics
communities
two
subtropical
reservoirs
over
a
6-year
period
(2010–2015)
following
one
biomass
cycle—the
bloom
(middle
2010),
cyanobacteria
decrease
(late
2010–early
2011),
non-bloom
(2011–2014),
increase,
and
second
2014–2015).
The
succession
strongly
correlated
this
cycle
was
divided
into
four
periods,
each
had
distinct
characteristics
environments
both
reservoirs.
Integrated
co-occurrence
networks
based
study
revealed
remarkably
high
network
centralities,
OTUs
stronger
exhibited
higher
centralities.
integrated
were
also
modularly
responded
to
different
therefore
cycle.
Moreover,
sub-networks
periods
indicated
patterns
not
constant
but
varied
associating
biomass.
Based
these
long-term
observations,
our
results
reveal
created
niches
between
persistent
bloom,
non-bloom,
increase
cyanobacteria,
associated
patterns.
Our
important
implications
for
understanding
how
complex
aquatic
respond
under
changing
environments.
Ecological Indicators,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
136, P. 108695 - 108695
Published: Feb. 21, 2022
Seasonal
variations
of
environmental
factors
generally
result
in
considerable
changes
microbiomes,
yet
we
still
lack
a
clear
understanding
how
microbial
communities
maintain
their
ecological
stability.
Here,
analyze
long-term
(nine
years)
high-throughput
sequencing
dataset
by
network
analysis
to
illustrate
the
stability
varies
among
seasons
lake
ecosystems.
The
results
showed
that
networks
were
distinctly
different
seasons,
and
most
complex
autumn
exhibited
highest
We
found
strong
connecting
structures
microbes
(large
modules)
significantly
(P
<
0.05)
correlated
with
water
temperature
pH,
which
would
negatively
affect
keystone
taxa
destabilize
communities.
more
stable
removal
unstable
networks.
Moreover,
specific
due
filtering
relevant
interspecific
interactions.
These
suggested
seasonal
could
influence
community
via
regulation
taxa.
Thus,
be
used
as
indicators
reflect
findings
improve
our
co-occurrence
patterns
reveal
mechanism
aquatic
mSystems,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
6(2)
Published: March 23, 2021
The
relationships
between
soil
biodiversity
and
ecosystem
functions
are
an
important
yet
poorly
understood
topic
in
microbial
ecology.
This
study
presents
exploratory
effort
to
gain
predictive
understanding
of
the
factors
driving
diversity
potential
nutrient
cycling
complex
terrestrial
ecosystems.
Environmental Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
22(3), P. 832 - 849
Published: Aug. 30, 2019
Summary
Despite
the
essential
functions
of
sedimentary
bacterial
and
fungal
communities
in
biogeochemical
cycling,
little
is
known
about
their
biogeographic
patterns
driving
processes
large
rivers.
Here
we
investigated
assemblies
co‐occurrence
Jinsha
River,
one
largest
rivers
southwestern
China.
The
mainstream
river
was
divided
into
upstream,
midstream
downstream.
results
showed
that
both
differed
significantly
among
three
sections.
For
communities,
composition
variations
all
sites
or
each
section
were
controlled
by
combination
dispersal
limitation
environmental
selection,
dominant
factor.
Compared
with
bacteria,
fungi
had
stronger
limitation.
Co‐occurrence
network
analyses
revealed
higher
connectivity
but
a
lower
proportion
positive
interaction
than
at
sites.
In
particular,
keystone
species
belonging
to
phyla
Proteobacteria
Firmicutes
Ascomycota
Chytridiomycota
may
play
critical
roles
maintaining
community
function.
Together,
these
observations
indicate
have
influence
less
implying
different
assembly
mechanisms
ecological
between
bacteria