TY - JOUR
T1 - The Sphagnum microbiome supports bog ecosystem functioning under extreme conditions.
AU - Bragina, Anastasia
AU - Oberauner-Wappis, Lisa
AU - Zachow, Christin
AU - Halwachs, Bettina
AU - Thallinger, Gerhard
AU - Müller, Henry
AU - Berg, Gabriele
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Sphagnum‐dominated bogs represent a unique yet widely distributed type of terrestrial ecosystem and strongly contribute to global biosphere functioning. Sphagnum is colonized by highly diverse microbial communities, but less is known about their function. We identified a high functional diversity within the Sphagnum microbiome applying an Illumina‐based metagenomic approach followed by de novo assembly and MG‐RAST annotation. An interenvironmental comparison revealed that the Sphagnum microbiome harbours specific genetic features that distinguish it significantly from microbiomes of higher plants and peat soils. The differential traits especially support ecosystem functioning by a symbiotic lifestyle under poikilohydric and ombrotrophic conditions. To realise a plasticity–stability balance, we found abundant subsystems responsible to cope with oxidative and drought stresses, to exchange (mobile …
AB - Sphagnum‐dominated bogs represent a unique yet widely distributed type of terrestrial ecosystem and strongly contribute to global biosphere functioning. Sphagnum is colonized by highly diverse microbial communities, but less is known about their function. We identified a high functional diversity within the Sphagnum microbiome applying an Illumina‐based metagenomic approach followed by de novo assembly and MG‐RAST annotation. An interenvironmental comparison revealed that the Sphagnum microbiome harbours specific genetic features that distinguish it significantly from microbiomes of higher plants and peat soils. The differential traits especially support ecosystem functioning by a symbiotic lifestyle under poikilohydric and ombrotrophic conditions. To realise a plasticity–stability balance, we found abundant subsystems responsible to cope with oxidative and drought stresses, to exchange (mobile …
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291365-294X
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.12885/abstract
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12885
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12885
M3 - Article
SN - 0962-1083
VL - 23
SP - 4489
EP - 4851
JO - Molecular Ecology
JF - Molecular Ecology
IS - 18
ER -
