Geographic patterns of co-occurrence network topological features for soil microbiota at continental scale in eastern China.

ABSTRACT: Soil microbiota play a critical role in soil biogeochemical processes and have a profound effect on soil functions. Recent studies have revealed microbial co-occurrence patterns in soil microbial communities, yet the geographic pattern of topological features in soil microbial co-occurrence networks at the continental scale are largely unknown. Here, we investigated the shifts of topological features in co-occurrence networks inferred from soil microbiota along a continental scale in eastern China. Integrating archaeal, bacterial and fungal community datasets, we inferred a meta-community co-occurrence network and analyzed node-level and network-level topological shifts associated with five climatic regions. Both node-level and network-level topological features revealed geographic pattern

SUBMITTER: Ma B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5029158 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature