Fungi and cercozoa regulate methane-associated prokaryotes in wetland methane emissions.

ABSTRACT: Wetlands are natural sources of methane (CH₄) emissions, providing the largest contribution to the atmospheric CH₄ pool. Changes in the ecohydrological environment of coastal salt marshes, especially the surface inundation level, cause instability in the CH₄ emission levels of coastal ecosystems. Although soil methane-associated microorganisms play key roles in both CH₄ generation and metabolism, how other microorganisms regulate methane emission and their responses to inundation has not been investigated. Here, we studied the responses of prokaryotic, fungal and cercozoan communities following 5 years of inundation treatments in a wetland experimental site, and molecular ecological networks analysis (MENs) was constructed to characterize the int

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9853292 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature