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  • Microbial Ecology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Bacterial Adaptation

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  • Microbes are vital ecosystem components threatened by climate change and pollution.
  • Understanding microbial responses to environmental shifts is critical for ecosystem health.
  • Sphingomonas, a prevalent gram-negative bacteria, plays a key role in litter decomposition across diverse ecosystems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the climate response of the bacterial genus Sphingomonas.
  • To determine if Sphingomonas clade and functional composition align with site-specific climate conditions.
  • To assess Sphingomonas' response to climate change relative to native communities.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted an 18-month microbial community reciprocal transplant experiment across a Southern California climate gradient.
  • Extracted Sphingomonas sequences from metagenomic data.
  • Assessed Sphingomonas clade and functional gene composition using bioinformatics and statistical analyses (PERMANOVA).

Main Results:

  • Significant shifts in Sphingomonas clade and functional composition were observed after 18 months, correlating with site conditions (PERMANOVA; P < 0.001).
  • Climate and substrate were identified as key drivers determining Sphingomonas composition.
  • Transplanted Sphingomonas communities showed a directional shift towards the native composition of the grassland site.

Conclusions:

  • Sphingomonas bacterial communities, encompassing both clade and functional diversity, are significantly influenced by climate and substrate.
  • These findings support the hypothesis that microbial communities respond to climate change across different scales of genetic variation.
  • Understanding these responses is essential for predicting microbial community dynamics and ecosystem functions under future climate scenarios.