Interkingdom interaction: the soil isopod Porcellio scaber stimulates the methane-driven bacterial and fungal interaction.

ABSTRACT: Porcellio scaber (woodlice) are (sub-)surface-dwelling isopods, widely recognized as "soil bioengineers", modifying the edaphic properties of their habitat, and affecting carbon and nitrogen mineralization that leads to greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, the impact of soil isopods on methane-cycling processes remains unknown. Using P. scaber as a model macroinvertebrate in a microcosm study, we determined how the isopod influences methane uptake and the associated interaction network in an agricultural soil. Stable isotope probing (SIP) with ¹³C-methane was combined to a co-occurrence network analysis to directly link activity to the methane-oxidizing community (bacteria and fungus) involved in the trophic interaction. Compared to microcosms without the isopod, P. scaber significant

SUBMITTER: Heffner T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10290665 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature