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Title
Mycorrhizal fungi show regular community compositions in natural ecosystems
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Abstract
Dissimilarity overlap curve analysis has shown that universality is a common feature in many complex microbial communities, suggesting that the same taxa interact in a similar manner when shared between communities. We present evidence that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, common plant root symbionts, show universal community compositions in natural ecosystems and that this pattern is conserved even at larger spatial scales. However, universality was not detected in agricultural ecosystems potentially implying that agricultural symbiont communities are formed in a different manner.
Language
English
Source (journal)
The ISME journal : multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology. - London
Publication
London : Nature publishing group , 2018
ISSN
1751-7362
DOI
10.1038/ISMEJ.2017.169
Volume/pages
12 :2 (2018) , p. 380-385
ISI
000422779100008
Pubmed ID
28984847
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
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Effects of phosphorus limitations on Life, Earth system and Society (IMBALANCE-P).
FORHOT: the Icelandic natural temperature gradients: a gift from nature.
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