Trait-based approaches for understanding microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

被引:302
作者
Krause, Sascha [1 ,2 ]
Le Roux, Xavier [3 ]
Niklaus, Pascal A. [4 ]
Van Bodegom, Peter M. [5 ]
Lennon, Jay T. [6 ]
Bertilsson, Stefan [7 ]
Grossart, Hans-Peter [8 ,9 ]
Philippot, Laurent [10 ]
Bodelier, Paul L. E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Netherlands Inst Ecol NIOO KNAW, Dept Microbial Ecol, Wageningen, Netherlands
[2] Univ Washington, Dept Chem Engn, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[3] Univ Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, UMR 5557,USC 1193, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
[4] Univ Zurich, Inst Evolutionary Biol & Environm Studies, Zurich, Switzerland
[5] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Ecol Sci, Subdept Syst Ecol, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[6] Indiana Univ, Dept Biol, Bloomington, IN USA
[7] Uppsala Univ, Dept Ecol & Genet, Limnol & Sci Life Lab, Uppsala, Sweden
[8] Leibniz Inst Freshwater Ecol & Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
[9] Univ Potsdam, Inst Biochem & Biol, Potsdam, Germany
[10] INRA, UMR Agroecol 1347, F-21034 Dijon, France
来源
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY | 2014年 / 5卷
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
functional traits; ecosystem function; ecological theory; study designs; microbial diversity; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; GLOBAL PATTERNS; BACTERIAL TAXA; PASTURE SOIL; TRADE-OFFS; CELL-SIZE;
D O I
10.3389/fmicb.2014.00251
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
In ecology, biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEE) research has seen a shift in perspective from taxonomy to function in the last two decades, with successful application of trait-based approaches. This shift offers opportunities for a deeper mechanistic understanding of the role of biodiversity in maintaining multiple ecosystem processes and services. In this paper, we highlight studies that have focused on BEE of microbial communities with an emphasis on integrating trait-based approaches to microbial ecology. In doing so, we explore some of the inherent challenges and opportunities of understanding BEE using microbial systems. For example, microbial biologists characterize communities using gene phylogenies that are often unable to resolve functional traits. Additionally, experimental designs of existing microbial BEE studies are often inadequate to unravel BEE relationships. We argue that combining eco-physiological studies with contemporary molecular tools in a trait-based framework can reinforce our ability to link microbial diversity to ecosystem processes. We conclude that such trait-based approaches are a promising framework to increase the understanding of microbial BEE relationships and thus generating systematic principles in microbial ecology and more generally ecology.
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