The Transition From Stochastic to Deterministic Bacterial Community Assembly During Permafrost Thaw Succession

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Stacey Jarvis Doherty, Robyn A. Barbato, A. Stuart Grandy, W. Kelley Thomas, Sylvain Monteux, Ellen Dorrepaal, Margareta Johansson, Jessica G. Ernakovich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: permafrost thaw; microbial community; community assembly; phylogenetic null modeling; ecological processes; Microbiology; QR1-502; Abisko; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.596589; https://doaj.org/article/7ef3b27df26d4be9a3c0d3bfe3f3f076

The Northern high latitudes are warming twice as fast as the global average, and permafrost has become vulnerable to thaw. Changes to the environment during thaw leads to shifts in microbial communities and their associated functions, such as greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding the ecological pr...