Scientific Data (May 2024)
Global Spore Sampling Project: A global, standardized dataset of airborne fungal DNA
- Otso Ovaskainen,
- Nerea Abrego,
- Brendan Furneaux,
- Bess Hardwick,
- Panu Somervuo,
- Isabella Palorinne,
- Nigel R. Andrew,
- Ulyana V. Babiy,
- Tan Bao,
- Gisela Bazzano,
- Svetlana N. Bondarchuk,
- Timothy C. Bonebrake,
- Georgina L. Brennan,
- Syndonia Bret-Harte,
- Claus Bässler,
- Luciano Cagnolo,
- Erin K. Cameron,
- Elodie Chapurlat,
- Simon Creer,
- Luigi P. D’Acqui,
- Natasha de Vere,
- Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau,
- Michel A. K. Dongmo,
- Ida B. Dyrholm Jacobsen,
- Brian L. Fisher,
- Miguel Flores de Jesus,
- Gregory S. Gilbert,
- Gareth W. Griffith,
- Anna A. Gritsuk,
- Andrin Gross,
- Håkan Grudd,
- Panu Halme,
- Rachid Hanna,
- Jannik Hansen,
- Lars Holst Hansen,
- Apollon D. M. T. Hegbe,
- Sarah Hill,
- Ian D. Hogg,
- Jenni Hultman,
- Kevin D. Hyde,
- Nicole A. Hynson,
- Natalia Ivanova,
- Petteri Karisto,
- Deirdre Kerdraon,
- Anastasia Knorre,
- Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber,
- Juri Kurhinen,
- Masha Kuzmina,
- Nicolas Lecomte,
- Erin Lecomte,
- Viviana Loaiza,
- Erik Lundin,
- Alexander Meire,
- Armin Mešić,
- Otto Miettinen,
- Norman Monkhause,
- Peter Mortimer,
- Jörg Müller,
- R. Henrik Nilsson,
- Puani Yannick C. Nonti,
- Jenni Nordén,
- Björn Nordén,
- Claudia Paz,
- Petri Pellikka,
- Danilo Pereira,
- Geoff Petch,
- Juha-Matti Pitkänen,
- Flavius Popa,
- Caitlin Potter,
- Jenna Purhonen,
- Sanna Pätsi,
- Abdullah Rafiq,
- Dimby Raharinjanahary,
- Niklas Rakos,
- Achala R. Rathnayaka,
- Katrine Raundrup,
- Yury A. Rebriev,
- Jouko Rikkinen,
- Hanna M. K. Rogers,
- Andrey Rogovsky,
- Yuri Rozhkov,
- Kadri Runnel,
- Annika Saarto,
- Anton Savchenko,
- Markus Schlegel,
- Niels Martin Schmidt,
- Sebastian Seibold,
- Carsten Skjøth,
- Elisa Stengel,
- Svetlana V. Sutyrina,
- Ilkka Syvänperä,
- Leho Tedersoo,
- Jebidiah Timm,
- Laura Tipton,
- Hirokazu Toju,
- Maria Uscka-Perzanowska,
- Michelle van der Bank,
- F. Herman van der Bank,
- Bryan Vandenbrink,
- Stefano Ventura,
- Solvi R. Vignisson,
- Xiaoyang Wang,
- Wolfgang W. Weisser,
- Subodini N. Wijesinghe,
- S. Joseph Wright,
- Chunyan Yang,
- Nourou S. Yorou,
- Amanda Young,
- Douglas W. Yu,
- Evgeny V. Zakharov,
- Paul D. N. Hebert,
- Tomas Roslin
Affiliations
- Otso Ovaskainen
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä
- Nerea Abrego
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä
- Brendan Furneaux
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä
- Bess Hardwick
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Panu Somervuo
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Isabella Palorinne
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Nigel R. Andrew
- Natural History Museum, Zoology, University of New England
- Ulyana V. Babiy
- Wrangel Island State Nature Reserve
- Tan Bao
- Department of Biological Sciences, MacEwan University
- Gisela Bazzano
- Universidad Nacional de Còrdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Centro de Zoología Aplicada
- Svetlana N. Bondarchuk
- Sikhote-Alin State Nature Biosphere Reserve named after K. G. Abramov
- Timothy C. Bonebrake
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
- Georgina L. Brennan
- CSIC, Institute of Marine Sciences, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta
- Syndonia Bret-Harte
- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska
- Claus Bässler
- Goethe-University Frankfurt, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Conservation Biology
- Luciano Cagnolo
- Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal
- Erin K. Cameron
- Department of Environmental Science, Saint Mary’s University
- Elodie Chapurlat
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- Simon Creer
- Molecular Ecology and Evolution at Bangor (MEEB), School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor
- Luigi P. D’Acqui
- Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems - IRET, National Research Council - CNR, Via Madonna del Piano n° 10
- Natasha de Vere
- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
- Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau
- INRAE, BIOGECO
- Michel A. K. Dongmo
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
- Ida B. Dyrholm Jacobsen
- Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Kivioq 2
- Brian L. Fisher
- Entomology, 55 Music Concourse Drive, California Academy of Sciences
- Miguel Flores de Jesus
- Legado das Águas, Reserva Votorantin
- Gregory S. Gilbert
- Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Gareth W. Griffith
- Department of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University
- Anna A. Gritsuk
- Sikhote-Alin State Nature Biosphere Reserve named after K. G. Abramov
- Andrin Gross
- Research Unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, SwissFungi, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
- Håkan Grudd
- Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Abisko Scientific Research Station
- Panu Halme
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä
- Rachid Hanna
- Center for Tropical Research, Congo Basin Institute, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Jannik Hansen
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
- Lars Holst Hansen
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
- Apollon D. M. T. Hegbe
- Research Unit in Tropical Mycology and Plant-Soil Fungi Interactions, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, BP 123
- Sarah Hill
- Natural History Museum, Zoology, University of New England
- Ian D. Hogg
- Canadian High Arctic Research Station, Polar Knowledge Canada
- Jenni Hultman
- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki
- Kevin D. Hyde
- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University
- Nicole A. Hynson
- Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Natalia Ivanova
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Petteri Karisto
- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich
- Deirdre Kerdraon
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- Anastasia Knorre
- Science Department, National Park Krasnoyarsk Stolby
- Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna
- Juri Kurhinen
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Masha Kuzmina
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Nicolas Lecomte
- Centre d’études nordiques and Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology, Department of Biology, Pavillon Rémi-Rossignol, 18, Antonine-Maillet, Université de Moncton
- Erin Lecomte
- Centre d’études nordiques and Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology, Department of Biology, Pavillon Rémi-Rossignol, 18, Antonine-Maillet, Université de Moncton
- Viviana Loaiza
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zürich
- Erik Lundin
- Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Abisko Scientific Research Station
- Alexander Meire
- Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Abisko Scientific Research Station
- Armin Mešić
- Laboratory for Biological Diversity, Rudjer Boskovic Institute
- Otto Miettinen
- Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki
- Norman Monkhause
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Peter Mortimer
- Centre for Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jörg Müller
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg
- R. Henrik Nilsson
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, University of Gothenburg, Box 461
- Puani Yannick C. Nonti
- Research Unit in Tropical Mycology and Plant-Soil Fungi Interactions, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, BP 123
- Jenni Nordén
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
- Björn Nordén
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
- Claudia Paz
- Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Av 24A 1515
- Petri Pellikka
- Department of Geosciences and Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki
- Danilo Pereira
- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich
- Geoff Petch
- School of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester
- Juha-Matti Pitkänen
- Natural Resources Institute Finland
- Flavius Popa
- Department of Ecosystem Monitoring, Research & Conservation, Black Forest National Park
- Caitlin Potter
- Department of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University
- Jenna Purhonen
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä
- Sanna Pätsi
- The Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku
- Abdullah Rafiq
- Molecular Ecology and Evolution at Bangor (MEEB), School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor
- Dimby Raharinjanahary
- Madagascar Biodiversity Center, Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza
- Niklas Rakos
- Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Abisko Scientific Research Station
- Achala R. Rathnayaka
- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University
- Katrine Raundrup
- Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Kivioq 2
- Yury A. Rebriev
- Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Jouko Rikkinen
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Hanna M. K. Rogers
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- Andrey Rogovsky
- Science Department, National Park Krasnoyarsk Stolby
- Yuri Rozhkov
- State Nature Reserve Olekminsky
- Kadri Runnel
- Mycology and Microbiology Center, University of Tartu
- Annika Saarto
- The Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku
- Anton Savchenko
- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu
- Markus Schlegel
- Research Unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, SwissFungi, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
- Niels Martin Schmidt
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
- Sebastian Seibold
- TUD Dresden University of Technology, Forest Zoology
- Carsten Skjøth
- School of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester
- Elisa Stengel
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg
- Svetlana V. Sutyrina
- Sikhote-Alin State Nature Biosphere Reserve named after K. G. Abramov
- Ilkka Syvänperä
- The Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku
- Leho Tedersoo
- Mycology and Microbiology Center, University of Tartu
- Jebidiah Timm
- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska
- Laura Tipton
- School of Natural Science and Mathematics, Chaminade University of Honolulu
- Hirokazu Toju
- Laboratory of Ecosystems and Coevolution, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
- Maria Uscka-Perzanowska
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- Michelle van der Bank
- African Centre for DNA Barcoding (ACDB), University of Johannesburg
- F. Herman van der Bank
- African Centre for DNA Barcoding (ACDB), University of Johannesburg
- Bryan Vandenbrink
- Canadian High Arctic Research Station, Polar Knowledge Canada
- Stefano Ventura
- Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems - IRET, National Research Council - CNR, Via Madonna del Piano n° 10
- Solvi R. Vignisson
- Sudurnes Science and Learning Center
- Xiaoyang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wolfgang W. Weisser
- Technical University of Munich, Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Life Science Systems, School of Life Sciences
- Subodini N. Wijesinghe
- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University
- S. Joseph Wright
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado
- Chunyan Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nourou S. Yorou
- Research Unit in Tropical Mycology and Plant-Soil Fungi Interactions, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, BP 123
- Amanda Young
- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska
- Douglas W. Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Evgeny V. Zakharov
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Paul D. N. Hebert
- Canadian High Arctic Research Station, Polar Knowledge Canada
- Tomas Roslin
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03410-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 17
Abstract
Abstract Novel methods for sampling and characterizing biodiversity hold great promise for re-evaluating patterns of life across the planet. The sampling of airborne spores with a cyclone sampler, and the sequencing of their DNA, have been suggested as an efficient and well-calibrated tool for surveying fungal diversity across various environments. Here we present data originating from the Global Spore Sampling Project, comprising 2,768 samples collected during two years at 47 outdoor locations across the world. Each sample represents fungal DNA extracted from 24 m3 of air. We applied a conservative bioinformatics pipeline that filtered out sequences that did not show strong evidence of representing a fungal species. The pipeline yielded 27,954 species-level operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Each OTU is accompanied by a probabilistic taxonomic classification, validated through comparison with expert evaluations. To examine the potential of the data for ecological analyses, we partitioned the variation in species distributions into spatial and seasonal components, showing a strong effect of the annual mean temperature on community composition.
