Soil Microbial Biogeography in a Changing World: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
Soil microbial communities are fundamental to maintaining key soil processes associated with litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and plant productivity and are thus integral to human well-being. Recent technological advances have exponentially increased our knowledge concerning the global ecolog...
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doaj-b9fdd7fc5bf1462e9226e102364e86602020-11-25T03:18:42ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologymSystems2379-50772020-04-0152e00803-1910.1128/mSystems.00803-19Soil Microbial Biogeography in a Changing World: Recent Advances and Future PerspectivesHaiyan ChuGui-Feng GaoYuying MaKunkun FanManuel Delgado-BaquerizoSoil microbial communities are fundamental to maintaining key soil processes associated with litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and plant productivity and are thus integral to human well-being. Recent technological advances have exponentially increased our knowledge concerning the global ecological distributions of microbial communities across space and time and have provided evidence for their contribution to ecosystem functions. However, major knowledge gaps in soil biogeography remain to be addressed over the coming years as technology and research questions continue to evolve.Soil microbial communities are fundamental to maintaining key soil processes associated with litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and plant productivity and are thus integral to human well-being. Recent technological advances have exponentially increased our knowledge concerning the global ecological distributions of microbial communities across space and time and have provided evidence for their contribution to ecosystem functions. However, major knowledge gaps in soil biogeography remain to be addressed over the coming years as technology and research questions continue to evolve. In this minireview, we state recent advances and future directions in the study of soil microbial biogeography and discuss the need for a clearer concept of microbial species, projections of soil microbial distributions toward future global change scenarios, and the importance of embracing culture and isolation approaches to determine microbial functional profiles. This knowledge will be critical to better predict ecosystem functions in a changing world.https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00803-19future perspectivesrecent advancessoil microbial biogeography |
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Soil Microbial Biogeography in a Changing World: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives |
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Soil Microbial Biogeography in a Changing World: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives |
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Soil Microbial Biogeography in a Changing World: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives |
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Soil Microbial Biogeography in a Changing World: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives |
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soil microbial biogeography in a changing world: recent advances and future perspectives |
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American Society for Microbiology |
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Soil microbial communities are fundamental to maintaining key soil processes associated with litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and plant productivity and are thus integral to human well-being. Recent technological advances have exponentially increased our knowledge concerning the global ecological distributions of microbial communities across space and time and have provided evidence for their contribution to ecosystem functions. However, major knowledge gaps in soil biogeography remain to be addressed over the coming years as technology and research questions continue to evolve.Soil microbial communities are fundamental to maintaining key soil processes associated with litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and plant productivity and are thus integral to human well-being. Recent technological advances have exponentially increased our knowledge concerning the global ecological distributions of microbial communities across space and time and have provided evidence for their contribution to ecosystem functions. However, major knowledge gaps in soil biogeography remain to be addressed over the coming years as technology and research questions continue to evolve. In this minireview, we state recent advances and future directions in the study of soil microbial biogeography and discuss the need for a clearer concept of microbial species, projections of soil microbial distributions toward future global change scenarios, and the importance of embracing culture and isolation approaches to determine microbial functional profiles. This knowledge will be critical to better predict ecosystem functions in a changing world. |
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