Degrune, Florine, Dumack, Kenneth, Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-6265-1907, Bonkowski, Michael, Sosa-Hernandez, Moises A., Schloter, Michael, Kautz, Timo, Fischer, Doreen and Rillig, Matthias C. ORCID: 0000-0003-3541-7853 (2019). Distinct communities of Cercozoa at different soil depths in a temperate agricultural field. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 95 (4). OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1574-6941

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Abstract

Protists are the most important predators of soil microbes like bacteria and fungi and are highly diverse in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the structure of protistan communities throughout the soil profile is still poorly explored. Here, we used Illumina sequencing to track differences in the relative abundance and diversity of Cercozoa, a major group of protists, at two depths; 10-30 cm (topsoil) and 60-75 cm (subsoil) in an agricultural field in Germany. At the two depths, we also distinguished among three soil compartments: rhizosphere, drilosphere (earthworm burrows) and bulk soil. With increasing depth, we found an overall decline in richness, but we were able to detect subsoil specific phylotypes and contrasting relative abundance patterns between topsoil and subsoil for different clades. We also found that the compartment effect disappeared in the subsoil when compared to the topsoil. More studies are now needed to describe and isolate these possibly subsoil specific phylotypes and better understand their ecology and function.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Degrune, FlorineUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dumack, KennethUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fiore-Donno, Anna MariaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-6265-1907UNSPECIFIED
Bonkowski, MichaelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Sosa-Hernandez, Moises A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schloter, MichaelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kautz, TimoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fischer, DoreenUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rillig, Matthias C.UNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-3541-7853UNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-151300
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiz041
Journal or Publication Title: FEMS Microbiol. Ecol.
Volume: 95
Number: 4
Date: 2019
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Place of Publication: OXFORD
ISSN: 1574-6941
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
RIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCES; PROTISTAN COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; BURROW WALLS; NAKED FILOSE; BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY; PHYLOGENY; BACTERIAL; COMPACTIONMultiple languages
MicrobiologyMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15130

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