Novel soil-inhabiting clades fill gaps in the fungal tree of life
Abstract Background Fungi are a diverse eukaryotic group of degraders, pathogens, and symbionts, with many lineages known only from DNA sequences in soil, sediments, air, and water. Results We provide rough phylogenetic placement and principal niche analysis for >40 previously unrecognized fungal...
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| author | Leho Tedersoo Mohammad Bahram Rasmus Puusepp R. Henrik Nilsson Timothy Y. James |
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| description | Abstract Background Fungi are a diverse eukaryotic group of degraders, pathogens, and symbionts, with many lineages known only from DNA sequences in soil, sediments, air, and water. Results We provide rough phylogenetic placement and principal niche analysis for >40 previously unrecognized fungal groups at the order and class level from global soil samples based on combined 18S (nSSU) and 28S (nLSU) rRNA gene sequences. Especially, Rozellomycota (Cryptomycota), Zygomycota s.lat, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota are rich in novel fungal lineages, most of which exhibit distinct preferences for climate and soil pH. Conclusions This study uncovers the great phylogenetic richness of previously unrecognized order- to phylum-level fungal lineages. Most of these rare groups are distributed in different ecosystems of the world but exhibit distinct ecological preferences for climate or soil pH. Across the fungal kingdom, tropical and non-tropical habitats are equally likely to harbor novel groups. We advocate that a combination of traditional and high-throughput sequencing methods enable efficient recovery and phylogenetic placement of such unknown taxonomic groups. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c33d159d3aca43b2a866fb12969e6a6c2022-12-22T00:05:20ZengBMCMicrobiome2049-26182017-04-015111010.1186/s40168-017-0259-5Novel soil-inhabiting clades fill gaps in the fungal tree of lifeLeho Tedersoo0Mohammad Bahram1Rasmus Puusepp2R. Henrik Nilsson3Timothy Y. James4Natural History Museum, University of TartuInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of TartuInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of TartuDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of GothenburgDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of MichiganAbstract Background Fungi are a diverse eukaryotic group of degraders, pathogens, and symbionts, with many lineages known only from DNA sequences in soil, sediments, air, and water. Results We provide rough phylogenetic placement and principal niche analysis for >40 previously unrecognized fungal groups at the order and class level from global soil samples based on combined 18S (nSSU) and 28S (nLSU) rRNA gene sequences. Especially, Rozellomycota (Cryptomycota), Zygomycota s.lat, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota are rich in novel fungal lineages, most of which exhibit distinct preferences for climate and soil pH. Conclusions This study uncovers the great phylogenetic richness of previously unrecognized order- to phylum-level fungal lineages. Most of these rare groups are distributed in different ecosystems of the world but exhibit distinct ecological preferences for climate or soil pH. Across the fungal kingdom, tropical and non-tropical habitats are equally likely to harbor novel groups. We advocate that a combination of traditional and high-throughput sequencing methods enable efficient recovery and phylogenetic placement of such unknown taxonomic groups.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0259-5Phylogenetic lineagesKingdom FungiNiche modellingRandom forestBiogeography |
| spellingShingle | Leho Tedersoo Mohammad Bahram Rasmus Puusepp R. Henrik Nilsson Timothy Y. James Novel soil-inhabiting clades fill gaps in the fungal tree of life Microbiome Phylogenetic lineages Kingdom Fungi Niche modelling Random forest Biogeography |
| title | Novel soil-inhabiting clades fill gaps in the fungal tree of life |
| title_full | Novel soil-inhabiting clades fill gaps in the fungal tree of life |
| title_fullStr | Novel soil-inhabiting clades fill gaps in the fungal tree of life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Novel soil-inhabiting clades fill gaps in the fungal tree of life |
| title_short | Novel soil-inhabiting clades fill gaps in the fungal tree of life |
| title_sort | novel soil inhabiting clades fill gaps in the fungal tree of life |
| topic | Phylogenetic lineages Kingdom Fungi Niche modelling Random forest Biogeography |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0259-5 |
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