Ecology Letters,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
20(8), P. 1034 - 1042
Published: July 4, 2017
The
efficiency
by
which
fungi
decompose
organic
matter
contributes
to
the
amount
of
carbon
that
is
retained
in
biomass
vs.
lost
atmosphere
as
respiration.
This
use
(CUE)
affected
various
abiotic
conditions,
including
temperature
and
nutrient
availability.
Theoretically,
physiological
costs
interspecific
interactions
should
likewise
alter
CUE,
yet
magnitude
these
untested.
Here
we
conduct
a
microcosm
experiment
quantify
how
among
wood-decay
basidiomycete
growth,
respiration
CUE
across
nitrogen
gradient.
We
show
species
induced
consistent
declines
regardless
conditions.
Multispecies
communities
exhibited
reductions
up
25%
relative
individual
with
this
biotic
effect
being
greater
than
observed
variation
attributable
Our
results
suggest
extent
fungal-mediated
fluxes
respond
environmental
change
may
be
influenced
strongly
interactions.
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
81(2)
Published: April 12, 2017
The
ecology
of
forest
soils
is
an
important
field
research
due
to
the
role
forests
as
carbon
sinks.
Consequently,
a
significant
amount
information
has
been
accumulated
concerning
their
ecology,
especially
for
temperate
and
boreal
forests.
Although
most
studies
have
focused
on
fungi,
soil
bacteria
also
play
roles
in
this
environment.
In
soils,
inhabit
multiple
habitats
with
specific
properties,
including
bulk
soil,
rhizosphere,
litter,
deadwood
habitats,
where
communities
are
shaped
by
nutrient
availability
biotic
interactions.
Bacteria
contribute
range
essential
processes
involved
cycling
carbon,
nitrogen,
phosphorus.
They
take
part
decomposition
dead
plant
biomass
highly
fungal
mycelia.
rhizospheres
trees,
interact
roots
mycorrhizal
fungi
commensalists
or
mycorrhiza
helpers.
mediate
critical
steps
nitrogen
cycle,
N
fixation.
Bacterial
respond
effects
global
change,
such
climate
warming,
increased
levels
dioxide,
anthropogenic
deposition.
This
response,
however,
often
reflects
specificities
each
studied
ecosystem,
it
still
impossible
fully
incorporate
into
predictive
models.
understanding
bacterial
advanced
dramatically
recent
years,
but
incomplete.
exact
extent
contribution
ecosystem
will
be
recognized
only
future,
when
activities
all
community
members
simultaneously.
Forests,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
10(1), P. 42 - 42
Published: Jan. 9, 2019
Terrestrial
plants
including
forest
trees
are
generally
known
to
live
in
close
association
with
microbial
organisms.
The
inherent
features
of
this
can
be
commensalism,
parasitism
or
mutualism.
term
“microbiota”
has
been
used
describe
ecological
community
plant-associated
pathogenic,
mutualistic,
endophytic
and
commensal
microorganisms.
Many
these
microbiota
inhabiting
could
have
a
potential
impact
on
the
health
of,
disease
progression
in,
biomes.
Comparatively,
studies
tree
microbiomes
their
roles
mutualism
lag
far
behind
parallel
work
crop
human
microbiome
projects.
Very
recently,
our
understanding
plant
enriched
due
novel
technological
advances
using
metabarcoding,
metagenomics,
metatranscriptomics
metaproteomics
approaches.
In
addition,
availability
massive
DNA
databases
(e.g.,
NCBI
(USA),
EMBL
(Europe),
DDBJ
(Japan),
UNITE
(Estonia))
as
well
powerful
computational
bioinformatics
tools
helped
facilitate
data
mining
by
researchers
across
diverse
disciplines.
Available
demonstrate
that
phyllosphere
bacterial
communities
dominated
members
only
few
phyla
(Proteobacteria,
Actinobacteria,
Bacteroidetes).
bulk
soil,
dominant
fungal
group
is
Basidiomycota,
whereas
Ascomycota
most
prevalent
within
tissues.
current
challenge,
however,
how
harness
link
acquired
knowledge
for
translational
management.
Among
tree-associated
microorganisms,
biota
attracting
lot
attention
beneficial
health-
growth-promoting
effects,
were
preferentially
discussed
review.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
117(21), P. 11551 - 11558
Published: May 13, 2020
Significance
Fungi
play
a
key
role
in
the
global
carbon
cycle
as
main
decomposers
of
litter
and
wood.
Although
current
climate
models
reflect
limited
functional
variation
microbial
groups,
fungi
differ
vastly
their
decomposing
ability.
Here,
we
examine
which
traits
explain
fungal-mediated
wood
decomposition.
In
laboratory
study
34
fungal
isolates,
found
that
ability
varies
along
spectrum
from
stress-tolerant,
poorly
to
fast-growing,
competitive
rapidly
decompose
We
observed
similar
patterns
5-y
field
experiment,
communities
fast-growing
more
decomposed
logs
forest.
Finally,
show
how
linking
decomposition
rates
known
spatial
could
improve
broad-scale
predictions
by
fungi.