Stable functional structure despite high taxonomic variability across fungal communities in soils of old-growth montane forests.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major advances over the past decade in molecular ecology are providing access to soil fungal diversity in forest ecosystems worldwide, but the diverse functions and metabolic capabilities of this microbial community remain largely elusive. We conducted a field survey in montane old-growth broadleaved and conifer forests, to investigate the relationship between soil fungal diversity and functional genetic traits. To assess the extent to which variation in community composition was associated with dominant tree species (oak, spruce, and fir) and environmental variations in the old-growth forests in the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Yunnan Province, we applied rDNA metabarcoding. We also assessed fungal gene expression in soil using mRNA sequencing and specifically assessed

SUBMITTER: Zeng Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10544587 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature