Diversity-triggered deterministic bacterial assembly constrains community functions

oleh: Weibing Xun, Wei Li, Wu Xiong, Yi Ren, Yunpeng Liu, Youzhi Miao, Zhihui Xu, Nan Zhang, Qirong Shen, Ruifu Zhang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-08-01

Deskripsi

The role of microbial β-diversity in soil ecosystem function is not well-studied. Here, the authors use genetic data to show that microbial α-diversity levels may have impacts on stochastic/deterministic assembly processes and functions of soil microbiome.