The co-occurrence patterns and assembly mechanisms of microeukaryotic communities in geothermal ecosystems of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

ABSTRACT: Geothermal spring ecosystems, as extreme habitats, exert significant environmental pressure on their microeukaryotic communities. However, existing studies on the stability of microeukaryotic communities in geothermal ecosystems across different habitats and temperature gradients are still limited. In this study, we used high-throughput 18S rDNA sequencing in combination with environmental factor analysis to investigate the co-occurrence patterns, assembly mechanisms, and responses to environmental changes of microeukaryotic communities in sediment and water samples from 36 geothermal springs across different temperature gradients in southern Tibet. The results show that with increasing temperature, the network stability of microeukaryotic communities in sediments significantly improved, w

SUBMITTER: Yan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11832674 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature