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Title: Variations of soil microbial community structures beneath broadleaved forest trees in temperate and subtropical climate zones

Abstract

Global warming has shifted climate zones poleward or upward. However, understanding the responses and mechanism of microbial community structure and functions relevant to natural climate zone succession is challenged by the high complexity of microbial communities. Here, we examined soil microbial community in three broadleaved forests located in the Wulu Mountain (WLM, temperate climate), Funiu Mountain (FNM, at the border of temperate and subtropical climate zones), or Shennongjia Mountain (SNJ, subtropical climate). Although plant species richness decreased with latitudes, the microbial taxonomic a-diversity increased with latitudes, concomitant with increases in soil total and available nitrogen and phosphorus contents. Phylogenetic NRI (Net Relatedness Index) values increased from -0.718 in temperate zone (WLM) to 1.042 in subtropical zone (SNJ), showing a shift from over dispersion to clustering likely caused by environmental filtering such as low pH and nutrients. Similarly, taxonomy-based association networks of subtropical forest samples were larger and tighter, suggesting clustering. In contrast, functional a-diversity was similar among three forests, but functional gene networks of the FNM forest significantly (P < 0.050) differed from the others. A significant correlation (R = 0.616, P < 0.001) between taxonomic and functional β-diversity was observed only in the FNM forest, suggesting low functional redundancymore » at the border of climate zones. Using a strategy of space-for-time substitution, we predict that poleward climate range shift will lead to decreased microbial taxonomic a-diversities in broadleaved forest.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [2];  [4];  [5];  [5];  [2];  [6];  [7];  [4]
  1. The Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing (China); Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
  2. The Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing (China)
  3. The Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing (China); Central South Univ., Changsha (China); The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao Univ., Qingdao (China)
  4. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
  5. Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
  6. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China); Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  7. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1344292
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1567077
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Frontiers in Microbiology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher:
Frontiers Research Foundation
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; microbial community; GeoChip; high-throughput seuqencing; broadleaved forests; soil biogeochemical process

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Yang, Sihang, Zhang, Yuguang, Cong, Jing, Wang, Mengmeng, Zhao, Mengxin, Lu, Hui, Xie, Changyi, Yang, Caiyun, Yuan, Tong, Li, Diqiang, Zhou, Jizhong, Gu, Baohua, and Yang, Yunfeng. Variations of soil microbial community structures beneath broadleaved forest trees in temperate and subtropical climate zones. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00200.
Yang, Sihang, Zhang, Yuguang, Cong, Jing, Wang, Mengmeng, Zhao, Mengxin, Lu, Hui, Xie, Changyi, Yang, Caiyun, Yuan, Tong, Li, Diqiang, Zhou, Jizhong, Gu, Baohua, & Yang, Yunfeng. Variations of soil microbial community structures beneath broadleaved forest trees in temperate and subtropical climate zones. United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00200
Yang, Sihang, Zhang, Yuguang, Cong, Jing, Wang, Mengmeng, Zhao, Mengxin, Lu, Hui, Xie, Changyi, Yang, Caiyun, Yuan, Tong, Li, Diqiang, Zhou, Jizhong, Gu, Baohua, and Yang, Yunfeng. Fri . "Variations of soil microbial community structures beneath broadleaved forest trees in temperate and subtropical climate zones". United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00200. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1344292.
@article{osti_1344292,
title = {Variations of soil microbial community structures beneath broadleaved forest trees in temperate and subtropical climate zones},
author = {Yang, Sihang and Zhang, Yuguang and Cong, Jing and Wang, Mengmeng and Zhao, Mengxin and Lu, Hui and Xie, Changyi and Yang, Caiyun and Yuan, Tong and Li, Diqiang and Zhou, Jizhong and Gu, Baohua and Yang, Yunfeng},
abstractNote = {Global warming has shifted climate zones poleward or upward. However, understanding the responses and mechanism of microbial community structure and functions relevant to natural climate zone succession is challenged by the high complexity of microbial communities. Here, we examined soil microbial community in three broadleaved forests located in the Wulu Mountain (WLM, temperate climate), Funiu Mountain (FNM, at the border of temperate and subtropical climate zones), or Shennongjia Mountain (SNJ, subtropical climate). Although plant species richness decreased with latitudes, the microbial taxonomic a-diversity increased with latitudes, concomitant with increases in soil total and available nitrogen and phosphorus contents. Phylogenetic NRI (Net Relatedness Index) values increased from -0.718 in temperate zone (WLM) to 1.042 in subtropical zone (SNJ), showing a shift from over dispersion to clustering likely caused by environmental filtering such as low pH and nutrients. Similarly, taxonomy-based association networks of subtropical forest samples were larger and tighter, suggesting clustering. In contrast, functional a-diversity was similar among three forests, but functional gene networks of the FNM forest significantly (P < 0.050) differed from the others. A significant correlation (R = 0.616, P < 0.001) between taxonomic and functional β-diversity was observed only in the FNM forest, suggesting low functional redundancy at the border of climate zones. Using a strategy of space-for-time substitution, we predict that poleward climate range shift will lead to decreased microbial taxonomic a-diversities in broadleaved forest.},
doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2017.00200},
journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology},
number = ,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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