Lose-lose consequences of bacterial community-driven invasions in soil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-driven invasion, also known as community coalescence, occurs widely in natural ecosystems. Despite that, our knowledge about the process and mechanisms controlling community-driven invasion in soil ecosystems is lacking. Here, we performed a set of coalescence experiments in soil microcosms and assessed impacts up to 60 days after coalescence by quantifying multiple traits (compositional, functional, and metabolic) of the invasive and coalescent communities.

Results

Our results showed that coalescences significantly triggered changes in the resident community's succession trajectory and functionality (carbohydrate metabolism), even when the size of the invasive community is small (~ 5% of the resident density) and 99% of the invaders failed to survive. T

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946201 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature