Network hubs in root-associated fungal metacommunities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although a number of recent studies have uncovered remarkable diversity of microbes associated with plants, understanding and managing dynamics of plant microbiomes remain major scientific challenges. In this respect, network analytical methods have provided a basis for exploring "hub" microbial species, which potentially organize community-scale processes of plant-microbe interactions.

Methods

By compiling Illumina sequencing data of root-associated fungi in eight forest ecosystems across the Japanese Archipelago, we explored hubs within "metacommunity-scale" networks of plant-fungus associations. In total, the metadata included 8080 fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs) detected from 227 local populations of 150 plant species/taxa.

Results

Few fungal

SUBMITTER: Toju H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6015470 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature