Fungal Community Composition and Diversity Vary With Soil Horizons in a Subtropical Forest

Luo, Xia; Liu, Kezhong; Shen, Yiming; Yao, Guojing; Yang, Wenge; Mortimer, Peter E.; Gui, Heng

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.650440

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“…In subtropical forests, the soil fungi diversity and richness were significantly higher in the organic horizons than in the mineral horizons [48]. This pattern of variation is similar to that in the boreal forests, and the nutrient changes across soil profiles significantly and contributes to such observations [48,49]. Peatlands also are common in boreal forests.…”

Section: Soil Fungal Community Diversity and Structuresupporting

confidence: 53%

“…For example, the soil fungal richness tends to be higher in pristine peatland than in disturbed peatland [46,47]. In subtropical forests, the soil fungi diversity and richness were significantly higher in the organic horizons than in the mineral horizons [48]. This pattern of variation is similar to that in the boreal forests, and the nutrient changes across soil profiles significantly and contributes to such observations [48,49].…”

Section: Soil Fungal Community Diversity and Structurementioning

confidence: 57%

“…In the subtropical forests, the abundance of Basidiomycota increased along the soil depth from the organic horizon (loose and partly decayed organic matter) to the mineral horizon [48,55,56]. This might be due to their symbiotic relationships with plant roots [57].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This might be due to their symbiotic relationships with plant roots [57]. Mycena, Sistotrema, and Cryptoccocus (saprophytic fungi) were the most abundant genera in the litter horizon, while Russula and Lactarius (symbiotic fungi) were more abundant in the deeper soil horizon [48]. The plant renewal rates are faster in humid subtropical areas, and the litter in organic horizon is more abundant [58,59]; fungi that feed on cellulose and lignin tend to be more abundant [60], while the mycorrhizal fungi are more associated with plant root in the deeper soil horizon [57].…”

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“…(2) The soil fungal richness tended to be higher in pristine peatland than that in disturbed peatland [46,47]. (3) The soil fungi diversity and richness were significantly higher in the organic horizons than that in the mineral horizons in subtropical forests [48].…”

Section: Soil Fungal Community Structure and Function In Temperate Fo...mentioning

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Soil Fungal Community and Potential Function in Different Forest Ecosystems

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Forests acting as carbon storage and sequestration play an essential role in the global nutrient cycle, in which fungi are active participants. The forests cover almost all regions from the boreal, temperate to the subtropical and tropical forests. The relative proportion of carbon sequestrated in forest soil varies from approximately 85% of the terrestrial carbon pool in boreal forests to 60% in temperate forests and to 50% in tropical rainforests. Fungi as decomposers of organic matter and root-associated mediators of belowground carbon transport and respiration are the key drivers of the carbon cycle in forests. For example, saprophytic fungi can degrade soil organic matter to release carbon into the soil, whereas symbiotic fungi could form symbiosis with plants, through which plant and fungi can benefit each other with nutrient flow. Given the importance of fungi in the ecological environment, this paper summarizes the importance of soil fungi in terms of fungal diversity and function in forest ecosystems.

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Ranking environmental and edaphic attributes driving soil microbial community structure and activity with special attention to spatial and temporal scales

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Tiedje

2024

mLife

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The incredibly complex soil microbial communities at small scales make their analysis and identification of reasons for the observed structures challenging. Microbial community structure is mainly a result of the inoculum (dispersal), the selective advantages of those organisms under the habitat‐based environmental attributes, and the ability of those colonizers to sustain themselves over time. Since soil is protective, and its microbial inhabitants have long adapted to varied soil conditions, significant portions of the soil microbial community structure are likely stable. Hence, a substantial portion of the community will not correlate to often measured soil attributes. We suggest that the drivers be ranked on the basis of their importance to the fundamental needs of the microbes: (i) those that supply energy, i.e., organic carbon and electron acceptors; (ii) environmental effectors or stressors, i.e., pH, salt, drought, and toxic chemicals; (iii) macro‐organism associations, i.e., plants and their seasonality, animals and their fecal matter, and soil fauna; and (iv) nutrients, in order, N, P, and probably of lesser importance, other micronutrients, and metals. The relevance of drivers also varies with spatial and time scales, for example, aggregate to field to regional, and persistent to dynamic populations to transcripts, and with the extent of phylogenetic difference, hence phenotypic differences in organismal groups. We present a summary matrix to provide guidance on which drivers are important for particular studies, with special emphasis on a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, and illustrate this with genomic and population (rRNA gene) data from selected studies.

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Metagenomics Unveils Microbial Diversity and Their Biogeochemical Roles in Water and Sediment of Thermokarst Lakes in the Yellow River Source Area

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Fungal Community Composition and Diversity Vary With Soil Horizons in a Subtropical Forest

Cited by 25 publications

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Soil Fungal Community and Potential Function in Different Forest Ecosystems

Soil Fungal Community and Potential Function in Different Forest Ecosystems

Ranking environmental and edaphic attributes driving soil microbial community structure and activity with special attention to spatial and temporal scales

Metagenomics Unveils Microbial Diversity and Their Biogeochemical Roles in Water and Sediment of Thermokarst Lakes in the Yellow River Source Area

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