Rare subcommunity maintains the stability of ecosystem multifunctionality by deterministic assembly processes in subtropical estuaries
Microorganisms, especially rare microbial species, are crucial in estuarine ecosystems for driving biogeochemical processes and preserving biodiversity. However, the understanding of the links between ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) and the diversity of rare bacterial taxa in estuary ecosystems r...
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| author | Shu Yang Shu Yang Qinghua Hou Nan Li Pengbin Wang Huaxian Zhao Qingxiang Chen Xinyi Qin Jiongqing Huang Xiaoli Li Nengjian Liao Gonglingxia Jiang Ke Dong Tianyu Zhang |
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| description | Microorganisms, especially rare microbial species, are crucial in estuarine ecosystems for driving biogeochemical processes and preserving biodiversity. However, the understanding of the links between ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) and the diversity of rare bacterial taxa in estuary ecosystems remains limited. Employing high-throughput sequencing and a variety of statistical methods, we assessed the diversities and assembly process of abundant and rare bacterioplankton and their contributions to EMF in a subtropical estuary. Taxonomic analysis revealed Proteobacteria as the predominant phylum among both abundant and rare bacterial taxa. Notably, rare taxa demonstrated significantly higher taxonomic diversity and a larger species pool than abundant taxa. Additionally, our findings highlighted that deterministic assembly processes predominantly shape microbial communities, with heterogeneous selection exerting a stronger influence on rare taxa. Further analysis reveals that rare bacterial beta-diversity significantly impacts to EMF, whereas alpha diversity did not. The partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM) analysis demonstrated that the beta diversity of abundant and rare taxa, as the main biotic factor, directly affected EMF, while temperature and total organic carbon (TOC) were additional key factors to determine the relationship between beta diversity and EMF. These findings advance our understanding of the distribution features and ecological knowledge of the abundant and rare taxa in EMF in subtropical estuaries, and provide a reference for exploring the multifunctionality of different biospheres in aquatic environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d28c8b1f7ec146ccab53d5bca355f74f2024-04-19T04:46:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2024-04-011510.3389/fmicb.2024.13655461365546Rare subcommunity maintains the stability of ecosystem multifunctionality by deterministic assembly processes in subtropical estuariesShu Yang0Shu Yang1Qinghua Hou2Nan Li3Pengbin Wang4Huaxian Zhao5Qingxiang Chen6Xinyi Qin7Jiongqing Huang8Xiaoli Li9Nengjian Liao10Gonglingxia Jiang11Ke Dong12Tianyu Zhang13Key Laboratory of Climate, Resources and Environment in Continental Shelf Sea and Deep Sea of Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Department of Oceanography, Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction, College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, ChinaKey Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf, Ministry of Education (Nanning Normal University), Nanning, ChinaKey Laboratory of Climate, Resources and Environment in Continental Shelf Sea and Deep Sea of Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Department of Oceanography, Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction, College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, ChinaKey Laboratory of Climate, Resources and Environment in Continental Shelf Sea and Deep Sea of Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Department of Oceanography, Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction, College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, ChinaKey Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Re-sources, Hangzhou, ChinaKey Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf, Ministry of Education (Nanning Normal University), Nanning, ChinaKey Laboratory of Climate, Resources and Environment in Continental Shelf Sea and Deep Sea of Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Department of Oceanography, Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction, College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, ChinaKey Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf, Ministry of Education (Nanning Normal University), Nanning, ChinaSchool of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai, ChinaSchool of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai, ChinaCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, ChinaKey Laboratory of Climate, Resources and Environment in Continental Shelf Sea and Deep Sea of Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Department of Oceanography, Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction, College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, ChinaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Kyonggi University, Gwanggyosan-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Republic of KoreaKey Laboratory of Climate, Resources and Environment in Continental Shelf Sea and Deep Sea of Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Department of Oceanography, Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction, College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, ChinaMicroorganisms, especially rare microbial species, are crucial in estuarine ecosystems for driving biogeochemical processes and preserving biodiversity. However, the understanding of the links between ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) and the diversity of rare bacterial taxa in estuary ecosystems remains limited. Employing high-throughput sequencing and a variety of statistical methods, we assessed the diversities and assembly process of abundant and rare bacterioplankton and their contributions to EMF in a subtropical estuary. Taxonomic analysis revealed Proteobacteria as the predominant phylum among both abundant and rare bacterial taxa. Notably, rare taxa demonstrated significantly higher taxonomic diversity and a larger species pool than abundant taxa. Additionally, our findings highlighted that deterministic assembly processes predominantly shape microbial communities, with heterogeneous selection exerting a stronger influence on rare taxa. Further analysis reveals that rare bacterial beta-diversity significantly impacts to EMF, whereas alpha diversity did not. The partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM) analysis demonstrated that the beta diversity of abundant and rare taxa, as the main biotic factor, directly affected EMF, while temperature and total organic carbon (TOC) were additional key factors to determine the relationship between beta diversity and EMF. These findings advance our understanding of the distribution features and ecological knowledge of the abundant and rare taxa in EMF in subtropical estuaries, and provide a reference for exploring the multifunctionality of different biospheres in aquatic environments.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1365546/full16S rRNAbiodiversitycommunity assemblyecosystem multifunctionalityestuary ecosystemrare tax |
| spellingShingle | Shu Yang Shu Yang Qinghua Hou Nan Li Pengbin Wang Huaxian Zhao Qingxiang Chen Xinyi Qin Jiongqing Huang Xiaoli Li Nengjian Liao Gonglingxia Jiang Ke Dong Tianyu Zhang Rare subcommunity maintains the stability of ecosystem multifunctionality by deterministic assembly processes in subtropical estuaries Frontiers in Microbiology 16S rRNA biodiversity community assembly ecosystem multifunctionality estuary ecosystem rare tax |
| title | Rare subcommunity maintains the stability of ecosystem multifunctionality by deterministic assembly processes in subtropical estuaries |
| title_full | Rare subcommunity maintains the stability of ecosystem multifunctionality by deterministic assembly processes in subtropical estuaries |
| title_fullStr | Rare subcommunity maintains the stability of ecosystem multifunctionality by deterministic assembly processes in subtropical estuaries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rare subcommunity maintains the stability of ecosystem multifunctionality by deterministic assembly processes in subtropical estuaries |
| title_short | Rare subcommunity maintains the stability of ecosystem multifunctionality by deterministic assembly processes in subtropical estuaries |
| title_sort | rare subcommunity maintains the stability of ecosystem multifunctionality by deterministic assembly processes in subtropical estuaries |
| topic | 16S rRNA biodiversity community assembly ecosystem multifunctionality estuary ecosystem rare tax |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1365546/full |
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