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Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria, Richter-Heitmann, Tim ORCID: 0000-0002-2791-7252 and Bonkowski, Michael (2020). Contrasting Responses of Protistan Plant Parasites and Phagotrophs to Ecosystems, Land Management and Soil Properties. Front. Microbiol., 11. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-302X

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Abstract

Functional traits are increasingly used in ecology to link the structure of microbial communities to ecosystem processes. We investigated two important protistan lineages, Cercozoa and Endomyxa (Rhizaria) in soil using Illumina sequencing and analyzed their diversity and functional traits along with their responses to environmental factors in grassland and forest across Germany. From 600 soil samples, we obtained 2,101 Operational Taxonomic Units representing similar to 18 million Illumina reads (region V4, 18S rRNA gene). All major taxonomic and functional groups were present, dominated by small bacterivorous flagellates (Glissomonadida). Endomyxan plant parasites were absent from forests. In grassland, Cercozoa and Endomyxa were promoted by more intensive land use management. Grassland and forest strikingly differed in community composition. Relative abundances of bacterivores and eukaryvores were inversely influenced by environmental factors. These patterns provide new insights into the functional organization of soil biota and indications for a more sustainable land-use management.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Richter-Heitmann, Tim UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2791-7252 UNSPECIFIED Bonkowski, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-323872
DOI:	10.3389/fmicb.2020.01823
Journal or Publication Title:	Front. Microbiol.
Volume:	11
Date:	2020
Publisher:	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Place of Publication:	LAUSANNE
ISSN:	1664-302X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FOOD-WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; DIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; PATTERNS; FERTILIZATION; DRIVERS Multiple languages Microbiology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/32387