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Collins G, Schneider C, Boštjančić LL, Burkhardt U, Christian A, Decker P, Ebersberger I, Hohberg K, Lecompte O, Merges D, Muelbaier H, Romahn J, Römbke J, Rutz C, Schmelz R, Schmidt A, Theissinger K, Veres R, Lehmitz R, Pfenninger M, Bálint M. The MetaInvert soil invertebrate genome resource provides insights into below-ground biodiversity and evolution. Commun Biol 2023; 6:1241. [PMID: 38066075 PMCID: PMC10709333 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05621-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Soil invertebrates are among the least understood metazoans on Earth. Thus far, the lack of taxonomically broad and dense genomic resources has made it hard to thoroughly investigate their evolution and ecology. With MetaInvert we provide draft genome assemblies for 232 soil invertebrate species, representing 14 common groups and 94 families. We show that this data substantially extends the taxonomic scope of DNA- or RNA-based taxonomic identification. Moreover, we confirm that theories of genome evolution cannot be generalised across evolutionarily distinct invertebrate groups. The soil invertebrate genomes presented here will support the management of soil biodiversity through molecular monitoring of community composition and function, and the discovery of evolutionary adaptations to the challenges of soil conditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gemma Collins
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| | - Clément Schneider
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Soil Zoology, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany
| | - Ljudevit Luka Boštjančić
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Computer Science, ICube, UMR 7357, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern Landau, Landau, Germany
| | | | - Axel Christian
- Soil Zoology, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany
| | - Peter Decker
- Soil Zoology, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany
| | - Ingo Ebersberger
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| | - Karin Hohberg
- Soil Zoology, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany
| | - Odile Lecompte
- Department of Computer Science, ICube, UMR 7357, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
| | - Dominik Merges
- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Hannah Muelbaier
- Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| | - Juliane Romahn
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| | - Jörg Römbke
- ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Flörsheim, Germany
| | - Christelle Rutz
- Department of Computer Science, ICube, UMR 7357, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
| | | | - Alexandra Schmidt
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
| | - Kathrin Theissinger
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern Landau, Landau, Germany
| | - Robert Veres
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute of Biology and Geology, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
| | - Ricarda Lehmitz
- Soil Zoology, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany
| | - Markus Pfenninger
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
| | - Miklós Bálint
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- Department of Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, Germany.
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