Journal
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 1038-1047Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16024
Keywords
core microbiota; functional stability; reforestation; soil microbiome; vertical spatial variation
Funding
- National Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars of China [42122050]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41830755, 42077222, 41807030, 31570493, 31270529]
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This study found that core microbiota are crucial for maintaining the functional stability of soil microbiomes, especially in restored ecosystems. Core taxa within soil networks with similar ecological preferences play a significant role in functional stability. Reforestation was shown to decrease functional stability in soil microbiomes, with variations seen along the vertical soil profile.
Revealing the ecological roles of core microbiota in the maintenance of the functional stability of soil microbiomes is crucial for sustainable ecosystem functioning; however, there is a dearth of whole-soil profile studies on the fundamental topic in microbial ecology, especially in the context of ecological restoration. Here, we explored whether core microbiota influence the temporal changes in the functional stability of soil microbiomes throughout the soil profile (i.e., soil depths of 0-300 cm) during natural succession in restored ex-arable ecosystems, via high-throughput amplicon and metagenomic sequencing. We revealed that core microbiota were essential for the maintenance of the functional stability of soil microbiomes in reforestation ecosystems. Specifically, the core taxa within one cluster of soil network, which had similar ecological preferences, had major contributions to functional stability. Reforestation significantly decreased the functional stability of soil microbiomes, which exhibited significant variations along the vertical soil profile in the reforested soils. Overall, the findings enhance our understanding of the factors driving functional stability in soil microbiomes, and suggests that core microbiota should be considered a key factor and integrated in policy and management activities targeting the enhancement and maintenance of functional stability and ecosystem sustainability in ecological restoration programs.
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