Deterministic processes dominate archaeal community assembly from the Pearl River to the northern South China Sea.

ABSTRACT: Archaea play a significant role in the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients in estuaries. However, comprehensive researches about their assembly processes remain notably insufficient. In this study, we systematically examined archaeal community dynamics distinguished between low-salinity and high-salinity groups in water and surface sediments over a 600-kilometer range from the upper Pearl River (PR) to the northern South China Sea (NSCS). Neutral community model analysis together with null model analysis showed that their C-score values were greater than 2, suggesting that deterministic processes could dominate the assembly of those planktonic or benthic archaeal communities at both the low-salinity and high-salinity sites. And deterministic processes contributed more in the low-salinity t

SUBMITTER: Lin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10324572 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature