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Landscape topography structures the soil microbiome in arctic polygonal tundra

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  • Neslihan Taş

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Emmanuel Prestat

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Luminy Biotech Entreprises)

  • Shi Wang

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Yuxin Wu

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Craig Ulrich

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Timothy Kneafsey

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Susannah G. Tringe

    (DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE-JGI))

  • Margaret S. Torn

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    University of California, Berkeley)

  • Susan S. Hubbard

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Janet K. Jansson

    (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Abstract

In the Arctic, environmental factors governing microbial degradation of soil carbon (C) in active layer and permafrost are poorly understood. Here we determined the functional potential of soil microbiomes horizontally and vertically across a cryoperturbed polygonal landscape in Alaska. With comparative metagenomics, genome binning of novel microbes, and gas flux measurements we show that microbial greenhouse gas (GHG) production is strongly correlated to landscape topography. Active layer and permafrost harbor contrasting microbiomes, with increasing amounts of Actinobacteria correlating with decreasing soil C in permafrost. While microbial functions such as fermentation and methanogenesis were dominant in wetter polygons, in drier polygons genes for C mineralization and CH4 oxidation were abundant. The active layer microbiome was poised to assimilate N and not to release N2O, reflecting low N2O flux measurements. These results provide mechanistic links of microbial metabolism to GHG fluxes that are needed for the refinement of model predictions.

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  • Neslihan Taş & Emmanuel Prestat & Shi Wang & Yuxin Wu & Craig Ulrich & Timothy Kneafsey & Susannah G. Tringe & Margaret S. Torn & Susan S. Hubbard & Janet K. Jansson, 2018. "Landscape topography structures the soil microbiome in arctic polygonal tundra," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-13, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-03089-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03089-z
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    1. Luyao Kang & Yutong Song & Rachel Mackelprang & Dianye Zhang & Shuqi Qin & Leiyi Chen & Linwei Wu & Yunfeng Peng & Yuanhe Yang, 2024. "Metagenomic insights into microbial community structure and metabolism in alpine permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.

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