Record ID No. |
6670 |
Author(s) |
Lekberg Y.*, Vasar M., Bullington L. S., Sepp S. K., Antunes P. M., Bunn R., Larkin B. G. and Öpik M. , 2018 |
Affiliation |
*Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812 USA. |
Title |
More bang for the buck? Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities be characterized adequately alongside other fungi using general fungal primers?. |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
New Phytologist. 220(4): 971-976. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Ecology Genetics |
Host |
NA |
Organism |
NA |
Country |
USA |
Abstracts |
High throughput sequencing has revolutionized microbial ecology. We now have the ability to characterize both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial communities more thoroughly and disentangle relationships among broad organismal groups.
The two molecular approaches generated slightly different AMF community compositions but reported similar responses to environmental shifts. This may be because both target regions amplified the abundant Glomeraceae family in a similar manner as indicated by significant positive correlations in SSU and ITS Glomeraceae sequence abundances across samples in both studies. While the comparison made here is valid only for the primer pairs and conditions employed in these studies, our results agree remarkably well with a recent comparison using the same marker regions but different primers and fewer samples . |