土壌 の 中 で 存在 する 主要 な 細菌 の 世界 図鑑
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo1,2, Angela M Oliverio3,4, Tess E Brewer3,5
1Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. m.delgadobaquerizo@gmail.com noah.fierer@colorado.edu.
まとめ
膨大な土壌細菌の多様性にもかかわらず,細菌のフィロタイプのほんの一部が世界的に支配しています. この研究は,これらの重要な分類を特定し,将来の土壌微生物の研究のための基本リストを作成します.
科学分野:
- 微生物学
- エコロジー
- 土壌科学
背景:
- 土壌の細菌のコミュニティは 膨大な多様性を表しており グローバルな特徴付けは困難です
- 主要な土壌バクテリアの理解は 生態系の機能に不可欠です
研究 の 目的:
- 地球上の土壌コミュニティ全体で一貫して豊富な細菌分類を特定する.
- 支配的な土壌バクテリアの世界初のアトラスを作成する.
- 将来のゲノムと栽培の取り組みのためのターゲットリストを提供すること.
主な方法:
- 6大陸の237箇所から採取した土壌サンプルを分析した.
- 細菌のフィロタイプを特定し定量化する.
- 支配的な分類を生態系グループに分類する.
主要な成果:
- 約500種の細菌群 (合計の2%) が,地球上の土壌細菌群のほぼ半分を占めている.
- 細菌分類の少数は,全体的な多様性にもかかわらず,世界的に豊富である.
- 支配的な土壌バクテリア分類の世界初のアトラスが作成された.
結論:
- バクテリアの核群は,地球規模で土壌に豊富に存在する.
- この"最も求められている"リストは 土壌の微生物に関する研究を容易にする.
- この発見は,生態系プロセスにおける微生物の役割の理解を進めるでしょう.
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