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New Biological Insights Into How Deforestation in Amazonia Affects Soil Microbial Communities Using Metagenomics and Metagenome-Assembled Genomes

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Kroeger, Marie E. [1] ; Delmont, Tom O. [2] ; Eren, A. M. [2, 3] ; Meyer, Kyle M. [4] ; Guo, Jiarong [5] ; Khan, Kiran [1] ; Rodrigues, Jorge L. M. [6] ; Bohannan, Brendan J. M. [4] ; Tringe, Susannah G. [7] ; Borges, Clovis D. [8] ; Tiedje, James M. [5] ; Tsai, Siu M. [8] ; Nusslein, Klaus [1]
Total Authors: 13
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Microbiol, Amherst, MA 01003 - USA
[2] Univ Chicago, Dept Med, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 - USA
[3] Josephine Bay Paul Ctr, Marine Biol Lab, Woods Hole, MA - USA
[4] Univ Oregon, Inst Ecol & Evolut, Eugene, OR 97403 - USA
[5] Michigan State Univ, Ctr Microbial Ecol, E Lansing, MI 48824 - USA
[6] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Land Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA 95616 - USA
[7] US DOE, Joint Genome Inst, Walnut Creek, CA - USA
[8] Univ Sao Paulo, Ctr Energia Nucl Agr, Piracicaba - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 8
Document type: Journal article
Source: FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY; v. 9, JUL 23 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 4
Abstract

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon occurs at an alarming rate, which has broad effects on global greenhouse gas emissions, carbon storage, and biogeochemical cycles. In this study, soil metagenomes and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were analyzed for alterations to microbial community composition, functional groups, and putative physiology as it related to land-use change and tropical soil. A total of 28 MAGs were assembled encompassing 10 phyla, including both dominant and rare biosphere lineages. Amazon Acidobacteria subdivision 3, Melainabacteria, Microgenomates, and Parcubacteria were found exclusively in pasture soil samples, while Candidatus Rokubacteria was predominant in the adjacent rainforest soil. These shifts in relative abundance between land-use types were supported by the different putative physiologies and life strategies employed by the taxa. This research provides unique biological insights into candidate phyla in tropical soil and how deforestation may impact the carbon cycle and affect climate change. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/50320-4 - Dimensions US-BIOTA - São Paulo: collaborative research: integrating dimensions of microbial biodiversity across land use change in tropical forests
Grantee:Tsai Siu Mui
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants