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Fan Q, Liu K, Wang Z, Liu D, Li T, Hou H, Zhang Z, Chen D, Zhang S, Yu A, Deng Y, Cui X, Che R. Soil microbial subcommunity assembly mechanisms are highly variable and intimately linked to their ecological and functional traits. Mol Ecol 2024; 33:e17302. [PMID: 38421102 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Revealing the mechanisms underlying soil microbial community assembly is a fundamental objective in molecular ecology. However, despite increasing body of research on overall microbial community assembly mechanisms, our understanding of subcommunity assembly mechanisms for different prokaryotic and fungal taxa remains limited. Here, soils were collected from more than 100 sites across southwestern China. Based on amplicon high-throughput sequencing and iCAMP analysis, we determined the subcommunity assembly mechanisms for various microbial taxa. The results showed that dispersal limitation and homogenous selection were the primary drivers of soil microbial community assembly in this region. However, the subcommunity assembly mechanisms of different soil microbial taxa were highly variable. For instance, the contribution of homogenous selection to Crenarchaeota subcommunity assembly was 70%, but it was only around 10% for the subcommunity assembly of Actinomycetes, Gemmatimonadetes and Planctomycetes. The assembly of subcommunities including microbial taxa with higher occurrence frequencies, average relative abundance and network degrees, as well as wider niches tended to be more influenced by homogenizing dispersal and drift, but less affected by heterogeneous selection and dispersal limitation. The subcommunity assembly mechanisms also varied substantially among different functional guilds. Notably, the subcommunity assembly of diazotrophs, nitrifiers, saprotrophs and some pathogens were predominantly controlled by homogenous selection, while that of denitrifiers and fungal pathogens were mainly affected by stochastic processes such as drift. These findings provide novel insights into understanding soil microbial diversity maintenance mechanisms, and the analysis pipeline holds significant value for future research.
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- Qiuping Fan
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Geography Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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Behrenfeld MJ, Bisson KM. Neutral Theory and Plankton Biodiversity. ANNUAL REVIEW OF MARINE SCIENCE 2024; 16:283-305. [PMID: 37368954 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-112122-105229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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The biodiversity of the plankton has been interpreted largely through the monocle of competition. The spatial distancing of phytoplankton in nature is so large that cell boundary layers rarely overlap, undermining opportunities for resource-based competitive exclusion. Neutral theory accounts for biodiversity patterns based purely on random birth, death, immigration, and speciation events and has commonly served as a null hypothesis in terrestrial ecology but has received comparatively little attention in aquatic ecology. This review summarizes basic elements of neutral theory and explores its stand-alone utility for understanding phytoplankton diversity. A theoretical framework is described entailing a very nonneutral trophic exclusion principle melded with the concept of ecologically defined neutral niches. This perspective permits all phytoplankton size classes to coexist at any limiting resource level, predicts greater diversity than anticipated from readily identifiable environmental niches but less diversity than expected from pure neutral theory, and functions effectively in populations of distantly spaced individuals.
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- Michael J Behrenfeld
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA; ,
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA; ,
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Zhang Z, Wu C, Di Y, Zhang J, Chai B, Zhou S. Identification and relative contributions of environmental driving factors for abundant and rare bacterial taxa to thermal stratification evolution. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 232:116424. [PMID: 37327840 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The thermal stratification of reservoir affects water quality, and water quality evolution is largely driven by microorganisms. However, few studies have been conducted on the response of abundant taxa (AT) and rare taxa (RT) to thermal stratification evolution in reservoirs. Here, using high-throughput absolute quantitative techniques, we examined the classification, phylogenetic diversity patterns, and assembly mechanisms of different subcommunities during different periods and investigated the key environmental factors driving community construction and composition. The results showed that community and phylogenic distances of RT were higher than AT (P < 0.001), and community and phylogenic distances of the different subcommunities were significantly positively correlated with the dissimilarity of environmental factors (P < 0.001). Nitrate (NO3--N) was the main driving factor of AT and RT in the water stratification period, and Mn was the main driving factor in the water mixing period (MP) based on redundancy analysis (RDA) and random forest analysis (RF). The interpretation rate of key environmental factors based on the selected indicator species in RT by RF was higher than that of AT, and Xylophilus (10.5%) and Prosthecobacter (0.1%) had the highest average absolute abundance in AT and RT during the water stable stratification period (SSP), whereas Unassigned had the highest abundance during the MP and weak stratification period (WSP). The network of RT and environmental factors was more stable than that of AT, and stratification made the network more complex. NO3--N was the main node of the network during the SSP, and manganese (Mn) was the main node during the MP. Dispersal limitation dominated community aggregation, the proportion of AT was higher than that of RT. Structural Equation Model (SEM) showed that NO3--N and temperature (T) had the highest direct and total effects on β-diversity of AT and RT for the SP and MP, respectively.
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- Ziwei Zhang
- Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, PR China
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- Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, PR China
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- Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, PR China
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- Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, PR China
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- Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for the Regulation and Comprehensive Management of Water Resources and Water Environment, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, 056038, PR China
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- Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, PR China.
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Wang Y, Du R, Cao X, Yu H, Xu Y, Yu Y, Peng J. Evaporation dominates the loss of plateau lake in Southwest China using water isotope balance assessment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 873:162415. [PMID: 36822415 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The water balance budget in remote plateau lakes provides a fundamental information on the local climate-hydrological pattern. However, integrated investigation on the waters entering the lake, especially groundwater, was limited. To assess the current climate stress on Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau lakes, we collected rivers, groundwater, lake, and precipitation with varying isotopic compositions in the Chenghai Lake basin over four separate campaigns during a hydrological year. The wide and enriched variation of isotope composition in rivers, groundwater, and lake indicate that they have undergone distinct evaporations, which further reveal the recharging and mixing processes. Based on the similar isotopic signals between rivers and precipitation, rivers can serve as proxies for precipitation. Groundwater was primarily replenished by high mountain precipitation duo to the stable isotopic values in aquifers. Even through mass water in lake was able to smooth out some variability, the considerable isotopic variation of lake during the four collections suggested the influence of meteorological conditions. According to the assessment of isotope balance model, lake evaporation accounts for almost 65 % of the total inflow for one year, which partially explains the climate stress on the lake level. As the most sensitive variables, changes in relative humidity (h) and isotope composition of atmospheric moisture (δA) resulted in remarkable variations in E/I ratios and the constructed water isotope framework. These results shed light on the capacity of evaporation relative to lake input and provide interpretations on local paleoclimate and predicted-climate construction.
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- Yajun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 214122, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- College of Marine Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Xiong'an Institute of Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiong'an 071899, China.
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Wu T, Zhong L, Pang JW, Ren NQ, Ding J, Yang SS. Effect of Fe3+ on the nutrient removal performance and microbial community in a biofilm system. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1140404. [PMID: 37089551 PMCID: PMC10117941 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1140404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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In this study, the influence of Fe3+ on N removal, microbial assembly, and species interactions in a biofilm system was determined. The results showed that maximum efficiencies of ammonia nitrogen (NH4+-N), total nitrogen (TN), phosphorus (P), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal were achieved using 10 mg/L Fe3+, reaching values of 100, 78.85, 100, and 95.8%, respectively, whereas at concentrations of 15 and 30 mg/L Fe3+ suppressed the removal of NH4+-N, TN, and COD. In terms of absolute abundance, the expression of bacterial amoA, narG, nirK, and napA was maximal in the presence of 10 mg/L Fe3+ (9.18 × 105, 8.58 × 108, 1.09 × 108, and 1.07 × 109 copies/g dry weight, respectively). Irrespective of Fe3+ concentrations, the P removal efficiency remained at almost 100%. Candidatus_Competibacter (10.26–23.32%) was identified as the most abundant bacterial genus within the system. Determinism (50%) and stochasticity (50%) contributed equally to microbial community assembly. Co-occurrence network analysis revealed that in the presence of Fe3+, 60.94% of OTUs in the biofilm system exhibited positive interactions, whereas 39.06% exhibited negative interactions. Within the OTU-based co-occurrence network, fourteen species were identified as key microbes. The stability of the system was found to be predominantly shaped by microbial cooperation, complemented by competition for resources or niche incompatibility. The results of this study suggested that during chemical P removal in wastewater treatment plants using biofilm methods, the concentration of supplemental Fe3+ should be maintained at 10 mg/L, which would not only contribute to P elimination, but also enhance N and COD removal.
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- Tong Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group, CECEP Talroad Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
- *Correspondence: Jie Ding,
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
- Shan-Shan Yang,
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Liang Y, Ma A, Zhuang G. Construction of Environmental Synthetic Microbial Consortia: Based on Engineering and Ecological Principles. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:829717. [PMID: 35283862 PMCID: PMC8905317 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.829717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
In synthetic biology, engineering principles are applied to system design. The development of synthetic microbial consortia represents the intersection of synthetic biology and microbiology. Synthetic community systems are constructed by co-cultivating two or more microorganisms under certain environmental conditions, with broad applications in many fields including ecological restoration and ecological theory. Synthetic microbial consortia tend to have high biological processing efficiencies, because the division of labor reduces the metabolic burden of individual members. In this review, we focus on the environmental applications of synthetic microbial consortia. Although there are many strategies for the construction of synthetic microbial consortia, we mainly introduce the most widely used construction principles based on cross-feeding. Additionally, we propose methods for constructing synthetic microbial consortia based on traits and spatial structure from the perspective of ecology to provide a basis for future work.
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- Yu Liang
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Resource and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Resource and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Resource and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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