Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils
Our understanding of the diversity and community dynamics of soil fungi has increased greatly through the use of DNA‐based identification. Community characterisation of metabolically active communities via RNA sequencing has previously revealed differences between ‘active’ and ‘total’ fungal communi...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:518091 2023-05-15T13:49:34+02:00 Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils Cox, Filipa Newsham, Kevin K. Robinson, Clare H. 2019-05 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518091/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518091/1/Cox_et_al-2019-Environmental_Microbiology.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.14533 en eng Society for Applied Microbiology https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518091/1/Cox_et_al-2019-Environmental_Microbiology.pdf Cox, Filipa; Newsham, Kevin K. orcid:0000-0002-9108-0936 Robinson, Clare H. 2019 Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils. Environmental Microbiology, 21 (5). 1586-1596. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14533 <https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14533> cc_by_4 CC-BY Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2019 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14533 2023-02-04T19:45:31Z Our understanding of the diversity and community dynamics of soil fungi has increased greatly through the use of DNA‐based identification. Community characterisation of metabolically active communities via RNA sequencing has previously revealed differences between ‘active’ and ‘total’ fungal communities, which may be influenced by the persistence of DNA from non‐active components. However, it is not known how fungal traits influence their prevalence in these contrasting community profiles. In this study, we co‐extracted DNA and RNA from soil collected from three Antarctic islands to test for differences between total and active soil fungal communities. By matching these geographically isolated fungi against a global dataset of soil fungi, we show that widely dispersed taxa are often more abundant in the total community, whilst taxa restricted to Antarctica are more likely to have higher abundance in the active community. In addition, we find that active communities have lower richness, and show a reduction in the abundance of the most dominant fungi, whilst there are consistent differences in the abundances of certain taxonomic groups between the total and active communities. These results suggest that the views of soil fungal communities offered by DNA‐ and RNA‐based characterisation differ in predictable ways. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Environmental Microbiology 21 5 1586 1596 |
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Our understanding of the diversity and community dynamics of soil fungi has increased greatly through the use of DNA‐based identification. Community characterisation of metabolically active communities via RNA sequencing has previously revealed differences between ‘active’ and ‘total’ fungal communities, which may be influenced by the persistence of DNA from non‐active components. However, it is not known how fungal traits influence their prevalence in these contrasting community profiles. In this study, we co‐extracted DNA and RNA from soil collected from three Antarctic islands to test for differences between total and active soil fungal communities. By matching these geographically isolated fungi against a global dataset of soil fungi, we show that widely dispersed taxa are often more abundant in the total community, whilst taxa restricted to Antarctica are more likely to have higher abundance in the active community. In addition, we find that active communities have lower richness, and show a reduction in the abundance of the most dominant fungi, whilst there are consistent differences in the abundances of certain taxonomic groups between the total and active communities. These results suggest that the views of soil fungal communities offered by DNA‐ and RNA‐based characterisation differ in predictable ways. |
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Cox, Filipa Newsham, Kevin K. Robinson, Clare H. Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils |
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Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils |
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Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils |
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Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils |
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Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils |
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Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils |
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endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of antarctic soils |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518091/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518091/1/Cox_et_al-2019-Environmental_Microbiology.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.14533 |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518091/1/Cox_et_al-2019-Environmental_Microbiology.pdf Cox, Filipa; Newsham, Kevin K. orcid:0000-0002-9108-0936 Robinson, Clare H. 2019 Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils. Environmental Microbiology, 21 (5). 1586-1596. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14533 <https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14533> |
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