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Title: The Utility of Macroecological Rules for Microbial Biogeography

Abstract

Macroecological rules have been developed for plants and animals that describe large-scale distributional patterns and attempt to explain the underlying physiological and ecological processes behind them. Similarly, microorganisms exhibit patterns in relative abundance, distribution, diversity, and traits across space and time, yet it remains unclear the extent to which microorganisms follow macroecological rules initially developed for macroorganisms. Additionally, the usefulness of these rules as a null hypothesis when surveying microorganisms has yet to be fully evaluated. With rapid advancements in sequencing technology, we have seen a recent increase in microbial studies that utilize macroecological frameworks. Here, we review and synthesize these macroecological microbial studies with two main objectives: (1) to determine to what extent macroecological rules explain the distribution of host-associated and free-living microorganisms, and (2) to understand which environmental factors and stochastic processes may explain these patterns among microbial clades (archaea, bacteria, fungi, and protists) and habitats (host-associated and free living; terrestrial and aquatic). Overall, 78% of microbial macroecology studies focused on free living, aquatic organisms. In addition, most studies examined macroecological rules at the community level with only 35% of studies surveying organismal patterns across space. At the community level microorganisms often tracked patterns of macroorganisms for islandmore » biogeography (74% confirm) but rarely followed Latitudinal Diversity Gradients (LDGs) of macroorganisms (only 32% confirm). However, when microorganisms and macroorganisms shared the same macroecological patterns, underlying environmental drivers (e.g., temperature) were the same. Because we found a lack of studies for many microbial groups and habitats, we conclude our review by outlining several outstanding questions and creating recommendations for future studies in microbial ecology.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1782031
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2296-701X
Publisher:
Frontiers Research Foundation
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; microorganisms; Rapoport’s rule; Abundance/Occupancy; Bergmann’s rule; Theory of Island Biogeography; Species-Area Relationship; Latitudinal Diversity Gradient; macroecology

Citation Formats

Dickey, Jonathan R., Swenie, Rachel A., Turner, Sophia C., Winfrey, Claire C., Yaffar De La Fuente, Daniela, Padukone, Anchal, Beals, Kendall K., Sheldon, Kimberly S., and Kivlin, Stephanie N. The Utility of Macroecological Rules for Microbial Biogeography. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.633155.
Dickey, Jonathan R., Swenie, Rachel A., Turner, Sophia C., Winfrey, Claire C., Yaffar De La Fuente, Daniela, Padukone, Anchal, Beals, Kendall K., Sheldon, Kimberly S., & Kivlin, Stephanie N. The Utility of Macroecological Rules for Microbial Biogeography. United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.633155
Dickey, Jonathan R., Swenie, Rachel A., Turner, Sophia C., Winfrey, Claire C., Yaffar De La Fuente, Daniela, Padukone, Anchal, Beals, Kendall K., Sheldon, Kimberly S., and Kivlin, Stephanie N. Thu . "The Utility of Macroecological Rules for Microbial Biogeography". United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.633155. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1782031.
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title = {The Utility of Macroecological Rules for Microbial Biogeography},
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abstractNote = {Macroecological rules have been developed for plants and animals that describe large-scale distributional patterns and attempt to explain the underlying physiological and ecological processes behind them. Similarly, microorganisms exhibit patterns in relative abundance, distribution, diversity, and traits across space and time, yet it remains unclear the extent to which microorganisms follow macroecological rules initially developed for macroorganisms. Additionally, the usefulness of these rules as a null hypothesis when surveying microorganisms has yet to be fully evaluated. With rapid advancements in sequencing technology, we have seen a recent increase in microbial studies that utilize macroecological frameworks. Here, we review and synthesize these macroecological microbial studies with two main objectives: (1) to determine to what extent macroecological rules explain the distribution of host-associated and free-living microorganisms, and (2) to understand which environmental factors and stochastic processes may explain these patterns among microbial clades (archaea, bacteria, fungi, and protists) and habitats (host-associated and free living; terrestrial and aquatic). Overall, 78% of microbial macroecology studies focused on free living, aquatic organisms. In addition, most studies examined macroecological rules at the community level with only 35% of studies surveying organismal patterns across space. At the community level microorganisms often tracked patterns of macroorganisms for island biogeography (74% confirm) but rarely followed Latitudinal Diversity Gradients (LDGs) of macroorganisms (only 32% confirm). However, when microorganisms and macroorganisms shared the same macroecological patterns, underlying environmental drivers (e.g., temperature) were the same. Because we found a lack of studies for many microbial groups and habitats, we conclude our review by outlining several outstanding questions and creating recommendations for future studies in microbial ecology.},
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