RT journal article
T1 Unearthing the soil-borne microbiome of land plants
A1 Ochoa Hueso, Raúl
A1 Eldridge, David J.
A1 Berdugo, Miguel
A1 Trivedi, Pankaj
A1 Sokoya, Blessing
A1 Cano-Díaz, Concha
A1 Abades, Sebastián
A1 Alfaro, Fernando
A1 Bamigboye, Adebola
A1 Bastida, Felipe
A1 Blanco Pastor, Jose Luis
A1 de los Rios, Asunción
A1 Durán, Jorge
A1 Geisen, Stefan
A1 Grebenc, Tine
A1 Illán, Javier G.
A1 Liu, Yu-Rong
A1 Makhalanyane, Thulani P.
A1 Mamet, Steven
A1 Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.
A1 Moreno, José L.
A1 Unuk Nahberger, Tina
A1 Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F.
A1 Plaza, César
A1 Rey, Ana
A1 Rodríguez, Alexandra
A1 Siebe, Christina
A1 Singh, Brajesh K.
A1 Teixido, Alberto L.
A1 Torres-Díaz, Cristian
A1 Wang, Ling
A1 Wang, Jianyong
A1 Wang, Juntao
A1 Zaady, Eli
A1 Zhou, Xiaobing
A1 Zhou, Xin-Quan
A1 Tedersoo, Leho
A1 Delgado Baquerizo, Manuel
A2 Biología
K1 belowground networks
K1 environmental thresholds
K1 moss microbiome
K1 plant microbiome
K1 plant–soil interactions
AB Plant–soil biodiversity interactions are fundamental for the functioning of terrestrialecosystems. Yet, the existence of a set of globally distributed topsoil microbial and smallinvertebrate organisms consistently associated with land plants (i.e., their consistent soil-bornemicrobiome), together with the environmental preferences and functional capabilitiesof these organisms, remains unknown. We conducted a standardized field surveyunder 150 species of land plants, including 58 species of bryophytes and 92 of vascularplants, across 124 locations from all continents. We found that, despite the immense biodiversityof soil organisms, the land plants evaluated only shared a small fraction (less than1%) of all microbial and invertebrate taxa that were present across contrasting climaticand soil conditions and vegetation types. These consistent taxa were dominated by generalistdecomposers and phagotrophs and their presence was positively correlated with theabundance of functional genes linked to mineralization. Finally, we showed that crossingenvironmental thresholds in aridity (aridity index of 0.65, i.e., the transition from mesic todry ecosystems), soil pH (5.5; i.e., the transition from acidic to strongly acidic soils), andcarbon (less than 2%, the lower limit of fertile soils) can result in drastic disruptions in theassociations between land plants and soil organisms, with potential implications for thedelivery of soil ecosystem processes under ongoing global environmental change.
PB Wiley
SN 1365-2486
YR 2024
FD 2024-02-13
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33515
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33515
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026