Structure and assembly process of fungal communities in the Yangtze River Estuary
Marine fungi are essential for the ecological function of estuarine ecosystems. However, limited studies have reported on the structure and assembly pattern of the fungal communities in estuaries. The purpose of this study is to reveal the structure and the ecological process of the fungal community...
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| description | Marine fungi are essential for the ecological function of estuarine ecosystems. However, limited studies have reported on the structure and assembly pattern of the fungal communities in estuaries. The purpose of this study is to reveal the structure and the ecological process of the fungal community in the Yangtze River Estuary (YRE) by using the amplicon sequencing method. Phyla of Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Chytridiomycota were dominant in the seawater and sediment samples from YRE. The null model analysis, community-neutral community model (NCM), and phylogenetic normalized stochasticity ratio (pNST) showed that the stochastic process dominated the assembly of fungal communities in YRE. Drift and homogeneous dispersal were the predominant stochastic processes for the fungal community assembly in seawater and sediment samples, respectively. The co-occurrence network analysis showed that fungal communities were more complex and closely connected in the sediment than in the seawater samples. Phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Mucoromycota were the potential keystone taxa in the network. These findings demonstrated the importance of stochastic processes for the fungal community assembly, thereby widening our knowledge of the community structure and dynamics of fungi for future study and utilization in the YRE ecosystem. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-206e34dda90644a89f4dcfd2814ca9e12024-01-08T05:44:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2024-01-011410.3389/fmicb.2023.12202391220239Structure and assembly process of fungal communities in the Yangtze River EstuaryWu QuYaqiang ZuoYixuan ZhangJianxin WangMarine fungi are essential for the ecological function of estuarine ecosystems. However, limited studies have reported on the structure and assembly pattern of the fungal communities in estuaries. The purpose of this study is to reveal the structure and the ecological process of the fungal community in the Yangtze River Estuary (YRE) by using the amplicon sequencing method. Phyla of Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Chytridiomycota were dominant in the seawater and sediment samples from YRE. The null model analysis, community-neutral community model (NCM), and phylogenetic normalized stochasticity ratio (pNST) showed that the stochastic process dominated the assembly of fungal communities in YRE. Drift and homogeneous dispersal were the predominant stochastic processes for the fungal community assembly in seawater and sediment samples, respectively. The co-occurrence network analysis showed that fungal communities were more complex and closely connected in the sediment than in the seawater samples. Phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Mucoromycota were the potential keystone taxa in the network. These findings demonstrated the importance of stochastic processes for the fungal community assembly, thereby widening our knowledge of the community structure and dynamics of fungi for future study and utilization in the YRE ecosystem.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1220239/fullfungal communitystochastic processcommunity assemblyYangtze River Estuarykeystone taxa |
| spellingShingle | Wu Qu Yaqiang Zuo Yixuan Zhang Jianxin Wang Structure and assembly process of fungal communities in the Yangtze River Estuary Frontiers in Microbiology fungal community stochastic process community assembly Yangtze River Estuary keystone taxa |
| title | Structure and assembly process of fungal communities in the Yangtze River Estuary |
| title_full | Structure and assembly process of fungal communities in the Yangtze River Estuary |
| title_fullStr | Structure and assembly process of fungal communities in the Yangtze River Estuary |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structure and assembly process of fungal communities in the Yangtze River Estuary |
| title_short | Structure and assembly process of fungal communities in the Yangtze River Estuary |
| title_sort | structure and assembly process of fungal communities in the yangtze river estuary |
| topic | fungal community stochastic process community assembly Yangtze River Estuary keystone taxa |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1220239/full |
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