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Distinct assembly mechanisms underlie similar biogeographical patterns of rare and abundant bacteria in Tibetan Plateau grassland soils

Journal Article · · Environmental Microbiology
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  1. Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Beijing 100101 China, College of Resources and Environment University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100039 China
  2. Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Beijing 100101 China, College of Resources and Environment University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100039 China, CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101 China
  3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Washington 99352 USA
  4. State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Resources Science and Technology Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 China
  5. Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Department of Genetics University of Pretoria Pretoria 0002 South Africa
  6. School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW Sydney Randwick NSW 2052 Australia
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Summary

Rare biosphere represents the majority of Earth's biodiversity and performs vital ecological functions, yet little is known about its biogeographical patterns and community assembly processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Herein, we investigated the community composition and phylogeny of rare (relative abundance <0.1%) and abundant (>1%) bacteria in dryland grassland soils on the Tibetan Plateau. Results revealed similar biogeographical patterns of rare and abundant bacteria at both compositional and phylogenetic levels, but rare subcommunity was more heavily influenced by stochasticity (72%) than the abundant (57%). The compositional variation of rare bacteria was less explained by environmental factors (41%) than that of the abundant (80%), while the phylogeny of rare bacteria (36%) was more explained than that of the abundant (29%). The phylogeny of rare bacteria was equally explained by local factors (soil and vegetation) and geospatial distance (11.5% and 11.9% respectively), while that of the abundant was more explained by geospatial distance (22.1%) than local factors (11.3%). Furthermore, a substantially tighter connection between the community phylogeny and composition was observed in rare ( R 2 = 0.65) than in abundant bacteria ( R 2 = 0.08). Our study provides novel insights into the assembly processes and biographical patterns of rare and abundant bacteria in dryland soils.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1608156
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1719123
Journal Information:
Environmental Microbiology, Journal Name: Environmental Microbiology Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 22; ISSN 1462-2912
Publisher:
Wiley-BlackwellCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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