Abstract

Within the supergroup Rotosphaeromycetes, or “Holomycota”/“Nucletmycea”, there are several well-recognised unicellular clades in the earliest diverging fungi (EDF). However, we know little about their occurrence. Here, we investigated EDF in the rhizosphere and bulk soils from cropland, forest, orchard, and wetland ecosystems around the Beijing-Hebei area, China, to illustrate their niche and ecosystem preference. More than 500 new operational taxonomic units (OTUs) of EDF were detected based on the 18S rRNA genes. Microsporida and Aphelida constitute dominant groups, whereas Rozellosporida was quite rare. Although the EDF community was site-specific, the soil chemical characteristics, vegetation, and other eukaryotic microorganisms were the key factors driving the occurrence of EDF. Moreover, the stochastic process consisted the most of the EDF community assembly.

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Title
Niche and ecosystem preference of earliest diverging fungi in soils
Author
Yang, Jiarui 1 ; Yun, Juanli 2 ; Liu, Xingzhong 3 ; Du, Wenbin 2 ; Xiang, Meichun 4 

 State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Life Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 
 State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China 
 State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Life Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China 
 State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Life Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 
Pages
239-255
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Sep 2023
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
ISSN
21501203
e-ISSN
21501211
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3092108363
Copyright
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