Life history strategies of soil bacterial communities across global terrestrial biomes.


Journal

Nature microbiology
ISSN: 2058-5276
Titre abrégé: Nat Microbiol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101674869

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Nov 2023
Historique:
received: 22 07 2022
accepted: 08 08 2023
medline: 8 11 2023
pubmed: 6 10 2023
entrez: 5 10 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The life history strategies of soil microbes determine their metabolic potential and their response to environmental changes. Yet these strategies remain poorly understood. Here we use shotgun metagenomes from terrestrial biomes to characterize overarching covariations of the genomic traits that capture dominant life history strategies in bacterial communities. The emerging patterns show a triangle of life history strategies shaped by two trait dimensions, supporting previous theoretical and isolate-based studies. The first dimension ranges from streamlined genomes with simple metabolisms to larger genomes and expanded metabolic capacities. As metabolic capacities expand, bacterial communities increasingly differentiate along a second dimension that reflects a trade-off between increasing capacities for environmental responsiveness or for nutrient recycling. Random forest analyses show that soil pH, C:N ratio and precipitation patterns together drive the dominant life history strategy of soil bacterial communities and their biogeographic distribution. Our findings provide a trait-based framework to compare life history strategies of soil bacteria.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37798477
doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01465-0
pii: 10.1038/s41564-023-01465-0
doi:

Substances chimiques

Soil 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2093-2102

Subventions

Organisme : DOE | SC | Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
ID : DE-SC0020382
Organisme : DOE | SC | Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
ID : DE-SC0016410
Organisme : EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Excellent Science (H2020 Priority Excellent Science)
ID : erc-stg-948219, EPYC
Organisme : RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
ID : BBS/e/F/000Pr10355

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

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Auteurs

Gabin Piton (G)

Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. gabin.piton@inrae.fr.
Eco&Sols, University Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France. gabin.piton@inrae.fr.

Steven D Allison (SD)

Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.

Mohammad Bahram (M)

Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.

Falk Hildebrand (F)

Gut Microbes and Health, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
Digital Biology, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.

Jennifer B H Martiny (JBH)

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.

Kathleen K Treseder (KK)

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.

Adam C Martiny (AC)

Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.

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