A total of 900 soil samples were collected from five habitats,including primary coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests,secondary coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests,secondary broad-leaved forests,secondary shrub fore...A total of 900 soil samples were collected from five habitats,including primary coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests,secondary coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests,secondary broad-leaved forests,secondary shrub forests,and cutover lands in spring,summer,and autumn to quantify responses of soil Collembolans(springtails)to the restoration of vegetation of temperate coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests.The results reveal that the taxonomic composition of Collembolans varied in the different stages of vegetation restoration.Seasonal variations were in regard to their abundance and richness.High similarities existed in Collembola communities at different stages of vegetation restoration,and distribution patterns of Collembola taxa displayed an evenness throughout all habitats.Soil Collembolans tended to gather on litter layers and soil surface;the highest abundance was found in the upper 5 cm soil layer during the initial stages of vegetation recovery.Tomocerus,Proisotoma,and Folsomia genera responded positively to the restoration of vegetation.However,responses of Ceratophysella and Parisotoma genera were negative.In addition,the Onychiuridae family did not respond to the vegetation restoration process.It was concluded that restoration of vegetative cover can increase the abundance of soil Collembolans,but different genera respond differently.展开更多
The unique gut habitat led to a core intestinal micro-biome in diverse soil ecosystems.The collembolan guts may help eliminate soil pathogens.Host-selection carried more weight on community assembly of gut microbiome....The unique gut habitat led to a core intestinal micro-biome in diverse soil ecosystems.The collembolan guts may help eliminate soil pathogens.Host-selection carried more weight on community assembly of gut microbiome.Soil invertebrates are widely distributed in the ecosystem and are essential for soil ecological processes.Inverte-brate gut microbiome plays an important role in host health and has been considered as a hidden microbial repository.However,little is known about how gut microbiome in soil invertebrates respond to diverse soil ecosystems.Based on a laboratory microcosm experiment,we characterized the assembling of microbiome of soil collembolans(Folsomia candida)from six representative regions of the soil ecosystem which they inhabit.Results showed that collembolan gut microbial communities differed significantly from their surrounding soil microbial communities.A dominant core gut microbiome was identified in gut habitat.Community analyses indicated that deterministic process dominated in the community assembly of collembolan gut microbiome.The results further demonstrate a dominant contribution of host selection in shaping gut microbiome.It is also worthy to mention that pathogens,such as common agricultural phytopathogenic fungi Fusarium,were involved in core microbiome,indicating that collembolans could act as vectors of pathogens.Our results unravelled the existence of gut core microbiome of collembolans in soil ecosystems and provided new insights for under-standing the crucial role of gut microbiome of soil fauna in maintaining microbial biodiversity and stability of soil ecosystems.展开更多
基金We express our sincere thanks to Dr.Ernest Bernard(University of Tennessee,Knoxville,USA)for his kind help.At the same time,we would like to thank Dr.Xiaoqiang Li,Dr.Zhenghai Wang,Huiying Han,Hongyue Li,Wenli Xue,Yumei Guo,and Xinchang Kou for their help with field work and laboratory analyses。
文摘A total of 900 soil samples were collected from five habitats,including primary coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests,secondary coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests,secondary broad-leaved forests,secondary shrub forests,and cutover lands in spring,summer,and autumn to quantify responses of soil Collembolans(springtails)to the restoration of vegetation of temperate coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests.The results reveal that the taxonomic composition of Collembolans varied in the different stages of vegetation restoration.Seasonal variations were in regard to their abundance and richness.High similarities existed in Collembola communities at different stages of vegetation restoration,and distribution patterns of Collembola taxa displayed an evenness throughout all habitats.Soil Collembolans tended to gather on litter layers and soil surface;the highest abundance was found in the upper 5 cm soil layer during the initial stages of vegetation recovery.Tomocerus,Proisotoma,and Folsomia genera responded positively to the restoration of vegetation.However,responses of Ceratophysella and Parisotoma genera were negative.In addition,the Onychiuridae family did not respond to the vegetation restoration process.It was concluded that restoration of vegetative cover can increase the abundance of soil Collembolans,but different genera respond differently.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42277102).
文摘The unique gut habitat led to a core intestinal micro-biome in diverse soil ecosystems.The collembolan guts may help eliminate soil pathogens.Host-selection carried more weight on community assembly of gut microbiome.Soil invertebrates are widely distributed in the ecosystem and are essential for soil ecological processes.Inverte-brate gut microbiome plays an important role in host health and has been considered as a hidden microbial repository.However,little is known about how gut microbiome in soil invertebrates respond to diverse soil ecosystems.Based on a laboratory microcosm experiment,we characterized the assembling of microbiome of soil collembolans(Folsomia candida)from six representative regions of the soil ecosystem which they inhabit.Results showed that collembolan gut microbial communities differed significantly from their surrounding soil microbial communities.A dominant core gut microbiome was identified in gut habitat.Community analyses indicated that deterministic process dominated in the community assembly of collembolan gut microbiome.The results further demonstrate a dominant contribution of host selection in shaping gut microbiome.It is also worthy to mention that pathogens,such as common agricultural phytopathogenic fungi Fusarium,were involved in core microbiome,indicating that collembolans could act as vectors of pathogens.Our results unravelled the existence of gut core microbiome of collembolans in soil ecosystems and provided new insights for under-standing the crucial role of gut microbiome of soil fauna in maintaining microbial biodiversity and stability of soil ecosystems.
