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1. Tracking endolithic microbiomes to support the sustainabilityand functioning of global drylands

Author

European Commission, Australian Research Council, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Coleine, Claudia [0000-0002-9289-6179], Egidi, E. [0000-0002-1211-2355], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Selbmann, Laura [0000-0002-8967-3329], Coleine, Claudia, Egidi, E., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Selbmann, Laura, European Commission, Australian Research Council, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Coleine, Claudia [0000-0002-9289-6179], Egidi, E. [0000-0002-1211-2355], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Selbmann, Laura [0000-0002-8967-3329], Coleine, Claudia, Egidi, E., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, and Selbmann, Laura

Abstract

Drylands cover almost half of the planet and support >25% the global population. In this era of global warming, they are expected to continue expanding by the end of the century as a consequence of predicted increases in aridity, which will affect multiple global locations that are already characterised by extreme temperatures, low and variable rainfall, and low soil fertility. In these fragile ecosystems, where microorganisms are integral to maintain functioning and primary productivity, endoliths (i.e., rock-inhabiting microorganisms) play a key role in soil formation and dynamics and are and critical drivers of ecological succession. Here, we posit that endolithic microbes could also function as early alarm warning indicators for environmental changes in the most arid ecosystems. Nevertheless, studies on endoliths are still rather fragmentary and mainly focused in a few specific dry areas such as the Antarctic or Atacama deserts. A global appraisal of the structure and function of the endolithic microbiome is needed for the assessment of the current state of dryland biodiversity worldwide, and to identify the regions that are more vulnerable to global changes. Such an effort will provide new knowledge and will implement official and international initiatives to track and conserve biodiversity on global drylands.

Published
2024

2. New microbial tools to boost restoration and soil organic matter

Author

Australian Research Council, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo [0000-0001-9539-4716], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Egidi, E. [0000-0002-1211-2355], Singh, Brajesh K. [0000-0003-4413-4185], Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Egidi, E., Singh, Brajesh K., Australian Research Council, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo [0000-0001-9539-4716], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Egidi, E. [0000-0002-1211-2355], Singh, Brajesh K. [0000-0003-4413-4185], Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Egidi, E., and Singh, Brajesh K.

Abstract

Anthropogenic activities are causing unprecedented rates of soil and ecosystem degradation, and the current restoration practices take decades and are prone to high rates of failure. Here we propose, the development and application of emerging microbiome tools that can potentially improve the contents and diversity of soil organic matters, enhancing the efficacy and consistency of restoration outcomes.

Published
2023

3. Symbiotic status alters fungal eco-evolutionary offspring trajectories

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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Australian Research Council, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), German Research Foundation, German Academic Exchange Service, Czech Science Foundation, European Commission, Universities Australia, Aguilar Trigueros, César A. [0000-0003-0512-9500], Krah, Franz-Sebastian [0000-0001-7866-7508], Zanne, Amy [0000-0001-6379-9452], Abrego, Nerea [0000-0001-6347-6127], Baldrian, Petr [0000-0002-8983-2721], Bässler, Claus [0000-0001-8177-8997], Bissett, Andrew [0000-0001-7396-1484], Chen, Baodong [0000-0002-1790-7800], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Egidi, E. [0000-0002-1211-2355], Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob [0000-0003-4713-6004], Kohout, Petr [0000-0002-3985-2310], Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Singh, Brajesh K. [0000-0003-4413-4185], Veresoglou, Stavros [0000-0001-6387-4109], Zhang, Haiyang [0000-0001-7951-0502], Aguilar Trigueros, César A., Krah, Franz-Sebastian, Cornwell, William K., Zanne, Amy, Abrego, Nerea, Anderson, Ian C., Andrew, Carrie J., Baldrian, Petr, Bässler, Claus, Bissett, Andrew, Chaudhary, V.B., Chen, Baodong, Chen, Yongliang, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Deveautour, Coline, Egidi, E., Flores-Moreno, Habacuc, Golan, Jacob, Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob, Hempel, Stefan, Hu, Yajun, Kauserud, Håvard, Kivlin, Stephanie N., Kohout, Petr, Lammel, Daniel R., Maestre, Fernando T., Pringle, Anne, Purhonen, Jenna, Singh, Brajesh K., Veresoglou, Stavros, Vetrovský, Tomáš, Zhang, Haiyang, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Australian Research Council, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), German Research Foundation, German Academic Exchange Service, Czech Science Foundation, European Commission, Universities Australia, Aguilar Trigueros, César A. [0000-0003-0512-9500], Krah, Franz-Sebastian [0000-0001-7866-7508], Zanne, Amy [0000-0001-6379-9452], Abrego, Nerea [0000-0001-6347-6127], Baldrian, Petr [0000-0002-8983-2721], Bässler, Claus [0000-0001-8177-8997], Bissett, Andrew [0000-0001-7396-1484], Chen, Baodong [0000-0002-1790-7800], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Egidi, E. [0000-0002-1211-2355], Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob [0000-0003-4713-6004], Kohout, Petr [0000-0002-3985-2310], Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Singh, Brajesh K. [0000-0003-4413-4185], Veresoglou, Stavros [0000-0001-6387-4109], Zhang, Haiyang [0000-0001-7951-0502], Aguilar Trigueros, César A., Krah, Franz-Sebastian, Cornwell, William K., Zanne, Amy, Abrego, Nerea, Anderson, Ian C., Andrew, Carrie J., Baldrian, Petr, Bässler, Claus, Bissett, Andrew, Chaudhary, V.B., Chen, Baodong, Chen, Yongliang, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Deveautour, Coline, Egidi, E., Flores-Moreno, Habacuc, Golan, Jacob, Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob, Hempel, Stefan, Hu, Yajun, Kauserud, Håvard, Kivlin, Stephanie N., Kohout, Petr, Lammel, Daniel R., Maestre, Fernando T., Pringle, Anne, Purhonen, Jenna, Singh, Brajesh K., Veresoglou, Stavros, Vetrovský, Tomáš, and Zhang, Haiyang

Abstract

Despite host-fungal symbiotic interactions being ubiquitous in all ecosystems, understanding how symbiosis has shaped the ecology and evolution of fungal spores that are involved in dispersal and colonization of their hosts has been ignored in life-history studies. We assembled a spore morphology database covering over 26,000 species of free-living to symbiotic fungi of plants, insects and humans and found more than eight orders of variation in spore size. Evolutionary transitions in symbiotic status correlated with shifts in spore size, but the strength of this effect varied widely among phyla. Symbiotic status explained more variation than climatic variables in the current distribution of spore sizes of plant-associated fungi at a global scale while the dispersal potential of their spores is more restricted compared to free-living fungi. Our work advances life-history theory by highlighting how the interaction between symbiosis and offspring morphology shapes the reproductive and dispersal strategies among living forms.

Published
2023

4. UV index and climate seasonality explain fungal community turnover in global drylands

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European Commission, Italian National Program for Antarctic Research, Australian Research Council, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Egidi, E. [0000-0002-1211-2355], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Guirado, Emilio [0000-0001-5348-7391], Albanese, Davide [0000-0002-9493-3850], Singh, Brajesh K. [0000-0003-4413-4185], Coleine, Claudia [0000-0002-9289-6179], Egidi, E., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Berdugo, Miguel, Guirado, Emilio, Albanese, Davide, Singh, Brajesh K., Coleine, Claudia, European Commission, Italian National Program for Antarctic Research, Australian Research Council, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Egidi, E. [0000-0002-1211-2355], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Guirado, Emilio [0000-0001-5348-7391], Albanese, Davide [0000-0002-9493-3850], Singh, Brajesh K. [0000-0003-4413-4185], Coleine, Claudia [0000-0002-9289-6179], Egidi, E., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Berdugo, Miguel, Guirado, Emilio, Albanese, Davide, Singh, Brajesh K., and Coleine, Claudia

Abstract

Aim Fungi are major drivers of ecosystem functioning. Increases in aridity are known to negatively impact fungal community composition in dryland ecosystems globally; yet, much less is known on the potential influence of other environmental drivers, and whether these relationships are linear or nonlinear. Time period 2017–2021. Location Global. Major taxa studied Fungi. Methods We re-analysed multiple datasets from different dryland biogeographical regions, for a total of 912 samples and 1,483 taxa. We examined geographical patterns in community diversity and composition, and spatial, edaphic and climatic factors driving them. Results UV index, climate seasonality, and sand content were the most important environmental predictors of community shifts, showing the strongest association with the richness of putative plant pathogens and saprobes. Important nonlinear relationships existed with each of these fungal guilds, with increases in UV and temperature seasonality above 7.5 and 900 SD (standard deviation x 100 of the mean monthly temperature), respectively, being associated with an increased probability of plant pathogen and unspecified saprotroph occurrence. Conversely, these environmental parameters had a negative relationship with litter and soil saprotroph richness. Consequently, these ecological groups might be particularly sensitive to shifts in UV radiation and climate seasonality, which is likely to disturb current plant–soil dynamics in drylands. Main conclusions Our synthesis integrates fungal community data from drylands across the globe, allowing the investigation of fungal distribution and providing the first evidence of shifts in fungal diversity and composition of key fungal ecological groups along diverse spatial, climatic and edaphic gradients in these widely distributed ecosystems. Our findings imply that shifts in soil structure and seasonal climatic patterns induced by global change will have disproportionate consequences for the distribution of

Published
2023

5. Temperature thresholds drive the global distribution of soil fungal decomposers

Author

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Feng, Youzhi [0000-0002-8519-841X], Guerra, Carlos A. [0000-0003-4917-2105], Singh, Brajesh K. [0000-0003-4413-4185], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Wang, Jun-Tao [0000-0002-1822-2176], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Feng, Youzhi, Zhang, Jianwei, Berdugo, Miguel, Guerra, Carlos A., Egidi, E., Wang, Jun-Tao, Singh, Brajesh K., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Feng, Youzhi [0000-0002-8519-841X], Guerra, Carlos A. [0000-0003-4917-2105], Singh, Brajesh K. [0000-0003-4413-4185], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Wang, Jun-Tao [0000-0002-1822-2176], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Feng, Youzhi, Zhang, Jianwei, Berdugo, Miguel, Guerra, Carlos A., Egidi, E., Wang, Jun-Tao, Singh, Brajesh K., and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel

Abstract

Unraveling the biogeographic pattern of soil fungal decomposers along temperature gradients – in a smooth linearity or an abrupt jump – can help us connect the global carbon cycle to global warming. Through a standardized global field survey, we identify the existence of temperature thresholds that control the global distribution of soil fungal decomposers, leading to abrupt reductions in their proportion (i.e. the relative abundance in fungal community) immediately after crossing particular air and soil temperature thresholds. For example, small increases over the mean annual temperature threshold of ~9ºC result in abrupt reductions in their proportion, paralleling a similar temperature threshold for soil carbon content. We further find that the proportion of soil fungal decomposers is more sensitive to temperature increases under arid conditions. Given the positive correlation between the global distributions of fungal decomposers and soil heterotrophic respiration, the reported temperature-driven abrupt reductions in fungal decomposers could further suppress their driven soil decomposition processes and reduce carbon fluxes from soils to the atmosphere with implications for climate change feedback. This work not only advances the current knowledge on the global distribution of soil fungal decomposers, but also highlights that small changes in temperature around certain thresholds can lead to potential unexpected consequences in global carbon cycling under projected climate change

Published
2022

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