Trophic level drives the host microbiome of soil invertebrates at a continental scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing our knowledge of soil biodiversity is fundamental to forecast changes in ecosystem functions under global change scenarios. All multicellular organisms are now known to be holobionts, containing large assemblages of microbial species. Soil fauna is now known to have thousands of species living within them. However, we know very little about the identity and function of host microbiome in contrasting soil faunal groups, across different terrestrial biomes, or at a large spatial scale. Here, we examined the microbiomes of multiple functionally important soil fauna in contrasting terrestrial ecosystems across China.

Results

Different soil fauna had diverse and unique microbiomes, which were also distinct from those in surrounding soils. These unique microb

SUBMITTER: Zhu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8454154 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature