Estimating and mapping ecological processes influencing microbial community assembly

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作者
Stegen, James C. [1 ]
Lin, Xueju [1 ]
Fredrickson, Jim K. [1 ]
Konopka, Allan E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Pacific NW Natl Lab, Div Biol Sci, Fundamental & Computat Sci Directorate, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352 USA
关键词
ecological niche theory; ecological neutral theory; Hanford Site 300 Area; microbial biogeography; null modeling; phylogenetic beta-diversity; phylogenetic signal; Raup-Crick; BETA DIVERSITY; PHYLOGENETIC STRUCTURE; SPATIAL PROCESSES; SPECIES RICHNESS; NICHE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; DISPERSAL; DYNAMICS; FOREST;
D O I
10.3389/fmicb.2015.00370
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Ecological community assembly is governed by a combination of (i) selection resulting from among-taxa differences in performance; (ii) dispersal resulting from organismal movement; and (iii) ecological drift resulting from stochastic changes in population sizes. The relative importance and nature of these processes can vary across environments. Selection can be homogeneous or variable, and while dispersal is a rate, we conceptualize extreme dispersal rates as two categories; dispersal limitation results from limited exchange of organisms among communities, and homogenizing dispersal results from high levels of organism exchange. To estimate the influence and spatial variation of each process we extend a recently developed statistical framework, use a simulation model to evaluate the accuracy of the extended framework, and use the framework to examine subsurface microbial communities over two geologic formations. For each subsurface community we estimate the degree to which it is influenced by homogeneous selection, variable selection, dispersal limitation, and homogenizing dispersal. Our analyses revealed that the relative influences of these ecological processes vary substantially across communities even within a geologic formation. We further identify environmental and spatial features associated with each ecological process, which allowed mapping of spatial variation in ecological-process-influences. The resulting maps provide a new lens through which ecological systems can be understood; in the subsurface system investigated here they revealed that the influence of variable selection was associated with the rate at which redox conditions change with subsurface depth.
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