Diversity-triggered deterministic bacterial assembly constrains community functions

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Weibing Xun, Wei Li, Wu Xiong, Yi Ren, Yunpeng Liu, Youzhi Miao, Zhihui Xu, Nan Zhang, Qirong Shen, Ruifu Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11787-5