Termite Societies Promote the Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Archaeal Communities in Mound Soils.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies involving microbial communities in termite mounds have been more focused on bacteria and fungi with little attention given to archaea, which play significant roles in nutrient cycling. Thus, we aimed at characterizing the archaeal taxonomic and functional diversity in two termite mound soils using the shotgun sequencing method with the assumption that termite activities could promote archaeal diversity. Our findings showed that termite mound soils have archaeal groups that are taxonomically different from their surrounding soils, with Euryarchaeota, Korarchaeota, and Nanoarchaeota being predominant while Thaumarchaeota and Crenarchaeota were predominant in the surrounding soils. Additionally, the observed nutrient pathways: phosphorus, nitr

SUBMITTER: Wakung'oli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7345372 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature