Cultivated and fallow fields harbor distinct communities of Basidiomycota

TY - JOUR

T1 - Cultivated and fallow fields harbor distinct communities of Basidiomycota

AU - Kjøller, Rasmus

AU - Rosendahl, Søren

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Basidiomycota constitute a group of fungi with highly diverse ecological strategies from ectomycorrhizas and plant pathogens to saprotrophic fungi. We used 454 sequencing to obtain sequences of Basidiomycota from a cultivated and an adjacent fallow field, to investigate the influence of soil cultivation on the species composition and distribution patterns. Nonparametric multidimensional scaling (NMS) clearly segregated the basidiomycetes communities in the two fields, though some species were shared. Axis 1 and 2 of the ordination correlated with soil organic matter content and pH respectively. Most OTUs had affinity to known species, but some unknown clades were seen in both fields. Spatial analysis demonstrated higher spatial autocorrelation (up to 50 m) in the managed field in comparison with the fallow field. The study showed that agricultural soils have considerable species richness, and that community composition and turn-over potentially is influenced both by land use and spatial scale.le.

AB - Basidiomycota constitute a group of fungi with highly diverse ecological strategies from ectomycorrhizas and plant pathogens to saprotrophic fungi. We used 454 sequencing to obtain sequences of Basidiomycota from a cultivated and an adjacent fallow field, to investigate the influence of soil cultivation on the species composition and distribution patterns. Nonparametric multidimensional scaling (NMS) clearly segregated the basidiomycetes communities in the two fields, though some species were shared. Axis 1 and 2 of the ordination correlated with soil organic matter content and pH respectively. Most OTUs had affinity to known species, but some unknown clades were seen in both fields. Spatial analysis demonstrated higher spatial autocorrelation (up to 50 m) in the managed field in comparison with the fallow field. The study showed that agricultural soils have considerable species richness, and that community composition and turn-over potentially is influenced both by land use and spatial scale.le.

KW - Basidiomycota

KW - Environmental factors

KW - Fungal community

KW - Land-use history

KW - Pyrosequencing

KW - Spatial distance

U2 - 10.1016/j.funeco.2014.02.005

DO - 10.1016/j.funeco.2014.02.005

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1754-5048

VL - 9

SP - 43

EP - 51

JO - Fungal Ecology

JF - Fungal Ecology

ER -