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Microbial macroecology: In search of mechanisms governing microbial biogeographic patterns | |
Xu, Xiaofeng; Wang, Nannan1,2; Lipson, David; Sinsabaugh, Robert3; Schimel, Josh4; He, Liyuan; Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.; Tedersoo, Leho6 | |
2020 | |
Source Publication | GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
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ISSN | 1466-822X |
Volume | 29Issue:11Pages:1870-1886 |
Abstract | Introduction Rapidly advancing technologies and accumulating information about microbial communities across the globe allow the quantification of microbial properties and functions at a macro-scale. These emerging microbial biogeographic patterns call for a practical macroecological approach to investigate their underlying mechanisms. Aims The primary aims of this paper are to review the advancements of microbial macroecology in seeking mechanisms governing microbial biogeographic patterns, and to further lay out a roadmap for microbial macroecology in 10 years. Methods We reviewed the progress of microbial macroecology and demonstrated the application of the microbial macroecological approach to microbial biogeographic patterns with three case studies. Results Microbial macroecology provides a platform for understanding microbial abundance, community structure, and functioning across space, time, and taxonomic hierarchy. It emphasizes the integral effects of environmental filtering, microbial responses, diversification, dispersal, and local extinction that drive the microbial biogeographic patterns. The microbial macroecological approach emphasizes the last two stages of the four-stage scientific method applied to microbial ecology: (a) describing microbial traits across scales to reveal patterns, (b) mathematically representing these patterns, (c) developing and testing conceptual models to build a mechanistic understanding of these patterns from a macroecological perspective, (d) plugging the new knowledge into the theoretical advancements. Three case studies were used to demonstrate the microbial macroecological approach for understanding the global patterns of microbial biomass carbon, microbial composition (fungi : bacteria ratio), and microbial carbon use efficiency. Conclusions Microbial macroecology offers a platform for understanding the mechanisms that drive biogeographic patterns of microbial abundance, diversity and functions. It is likely that these patterns and mechanisms will be increasingly incorporated into predictive models that link climate, carbon dynamics, and biogeochemical processes. A roadmap is outlined for the growing microbial macroecology field; we expect significant progress will be made in five research directions over the next 10 years. |
Keyword | biogeography macroecology microbes pattern soil |
Subject Area | Ecology ; Geography, Physical |
DOI | 10.1111/geb.13162 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Keyword | CARBON-USE EFFICIENCY ; BETA-DIVERSITY ; BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES ; DISPERSAL LIMITATION ; AREA RELATIONSHIP ; GLOBAL PATTERNS ; SOIL ; FUNGAL ; STOICHIOMETRY ; EVOLUTION |
WOS Research Area | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Physical Geography |
WOS ID | WOS:000555280600001 |
Publisher | WILEY |
Subtype | Article |
Publication Place | HOBOKEN |
EISSN | 1466-8238 |
Funding Organization | CSU Program for Education & Research in Biotechnology ; Biological and Environmental Research ; San Diego State University ; Top Notch program in China |
Corresponding Author Email | xxu@sdsu.edu |
OA | Bronze |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/21649 |
Collection | 植被与环境变化国家重点实验室 |
Affiliation | 1.San Diego State Univ, Dept Biol, San Diego, CA 92182 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Northeast Inst Geog & Agroecol, Changchun, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Univ New Mexico, Dept Biol, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA 5.Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Ecol Evolut & Marine Biol, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA 6.Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.] Leiden Univ, Inst Environm Sci, Environm Biol Dept, CML, Leiden, Netherlands 7.Univ Tartu, Inst Ecol & Earth Sci, Tartu, Estonia |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Xu, Xiaofeng,Wang, Nannan,Lipson, David,et al. Microbial macroecology: In search of mechanisms governing microbial biogeographic patterns[J]. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY,2020,29(11):1870-1886. |
APA | Xu, Xiaofeng.,Wang, Nannan.,Lipson, David.,Sinsabaugh, Robert.,Schimel, Josh.,...&Tedersoo, Leho.(2020).Microbial macroecology: In search of mechanisms governing microbial biogeographic patterns.GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY,29(11),1870-1886. |
MLA | Xu, Xiaofeng,et al."Microbial macroecology: In search of mechanisms governing microbial biogeographic patterns".GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY 29.11(2020):1870-1886. |
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