A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide

Eleonora Egidi; Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo; Jonathan M. Plett; Juntao Wang; David J. Eldridge; Richard D. Bardgett; Fernando T. Maestre; Brajesh K. Singh

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10373-z

Nature Communications (May 2019)

A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide

Eleonora Egidi,
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo,
Jonathan M. Plett,
Juntao Wang,
David J. Eldridge,
Richard D. Bardgett,
Fernando T. Maestre,
Brajesh K. Singh

Affiliations

Eleonora Egidi: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
Jonathan M. Plett: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
Juntao Wang: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
David J. Eldridge: Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Richard D. Bardgett: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester
Fernando T. Maestre: Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Brajesh K. Singh: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10373-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

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Soil fungi play essential roles in ecosystems worldwide. Here, the authors sequence and analyze 235 soil samples collected from across the globe, and identify dominant fungal taxa and their associated environmental attributes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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