Metatranscriptomics reveals a differential temperature effect on the structural and functional organization of the anaerobic food web in rice field soil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The expected increase in global surface temperature due to climate change may have a tremendous effect on the structure and function of the anaerobic food web in flooded rice field soil. Here, we used the metatranscriptomic analysis of total RNA to gain a system-level understanding of this temperature effect on the methanogenic food web.

Results

Mesophilic (30 °C) and thermophilic (45 °C) food web communities had a modular structure. Family-specific rRNA dynamics indicated that each network module represents a particular function within the food webs. Temperature had a differential effect on all the functional activities, including polymer hydrolysis, syntrophic oxidation of key intermediates, and methanogenesis. This was further evidenced by the temporal expressi

SUBMITTER: Peng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6147125 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature