Disentangling soil microbiome functions by perturbation

0547789 - BC 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Ossowicki, Adam - Raaijmakers, J.M. - Garbeva, P.
Disentangling soil microbiome functions by perturbation.
Environmental Microbiology Reports. Roč. 13, č. 5 (2021), s. 582-590. ISSN 1758-2229. E-ISSN 1758-2229
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : rhizosphere microbiome * bacterial communities * suppressive soils * diversity * biodiversity * heat
OECD category: Microbiology
Impact factor: 4.006, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Open access
https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/1758-2229.12989

Soil biota contribute to diverse soil ecosystem services such as greenhouse gas mitigation, carbon sequestration, pollutant degradation, plant disease suppression and nutrient acquisition for plant growth. Here, we provide detailed insight into different perturbation approaches to disentangle soil microbiome functions and to reveal the underlying mechanisms. By applying perturbation, one can generate compositional and functional shifts of complex microbial communities in a controlled way. Perturbations can reduce microbial diversity, diminish the abundance of specific microbial taxa and thereby disturb the interactions within the microbial consortia and with their eukaryotic hosts. Four different microbiome perturbation approaches, namely selective heat, specific biocides, dilution-to-extinction and genome editing are the focus of this mini-review. We also discuss the potential of perturbation approaches to reveal the tipping point at which specific soil functions are lost and to link this change to key microbial taxa involved in specific microbiome-associated phenotypes.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0324813