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  • Microbial ecology
  • Environmental microbiology
  • Genomics

Background:

  • Understanding microbial species' responses to environmental change is crucial but challenging for complex communities.
  • Linking microbial environmental responses to genomic traits and nutrient availability requires advanced methodologies.
  • Current methods often lack the resolution to quantify species-specific responses in situ.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and apply a novel approach, effect-size quantitative stable isotope probing (qSIP), for quantifying microbial species environmental responses.
  • To investigate the relationship between species environmental responses, genomic traits, and nutrient availability in soil bacteria.
  • To differentiate the responses of rare and dominant microbial species to nutrient enrichment.

Main Methods:

  • Developed effect-size qSIP by integrating stable isotope labeling of DNA with effect-size metrics.
  • Applied effect-size qSIP to soil bacterial communities with controlled carbon and nitrogen additions.
  • Analyzed genomic traits using Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) orthologues (KOs) and pathways.

Main Results:

  • Quantified species environmental responses to carbon and nitrogen additions in mountain soil bacteria.
  • Observed stronger nitrogen limitation at higher elevations, indicated by aggregated bacterial growth rate responses.
  • Genomic traits, including KEGG orthologues and pathways, explained a significant portion of microbial environmental responses.
  • Nitrogen-induced responses were associated with essential KOs in rare species, while carbon-induced responses linked to dominant species.

Conclusions:

  • Genomic traits are critical predictors of microbial environmental responses at both community and species levels, alongside environmental factors like nitrogen limitation.
  • Effect-size qSIP provides a powerful tool for understanding species-level microbial responses to environmental changes.
  • Rare and dominant species exhibit distinct responses to nutrient enrichment, mediated by their metabolic traits, offering insights into microbial community dynamics under global change.