%0 Journal Article %J BioScience %D 2020 %T Connections and feedback: Aquatic, plant, and soil microbiomes in heterogeneous and changing environments %A W. K. Dodds %A L.H. Zeglin %A Ramos, R.J. %A Platt, T.G. %A Pandey, A. %A Michaels, T. %A Masigol, M. %A Klompen, A.M.L. %A Kelly, M.C. %A A. Jumpponen %A Hauser, E. %A Hansen, P.M. %A Greer, M.J. %A Fattahi, N. %A Delavaux, C.S. %A Connell, R.K. %A Billings, S. %A Bever, J.D. %A Barua, N. %A Agusto, F.B. %X

Plant, soil, and aquatic microbiomes interact, but scientists often study them independently. Integrating knowledge across these traditionally separate subdisciplines will generate better understanding of microbial ecological properties. Interactions among plant, soil, and aquatic microbiomes, as well as anthropogenic factors, influence important ecosystem processes, including greenhouse gas fluxes, crop production, nonnative species control, and nutrient flux from terrestrial to aquatic habitats. Terrestrial microbiomes influence nutrient retention and particle movement, thereby influencing the composition and functioning of aquatic microbiomes, which, themselves, govern water quality, and the potential for harmful algal blooms. Understanding how microbiomes drive links among terrestrial (plant and soil) and aquatic habitats will inform management decisions influencing ecosystem services. In the present article, we synthesize knowledge of microbiomes from traditionally disparate fields and how they mediate connections across physically separated systems. We identify knowledge gaps currently limiting our abilities to actualize microbiome management approaches for addressing environmental problems and optimize ecosystem services.

%B BioScience %V 70 %P 548 - 562 %G eng %U https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/7/548/5826958 %N 7 %M KNZ002051 %R 10.1093/biosci/biaa046 %0 Thesis %D 2016 %T Environmental extremes drive plant and soil community dynamics of native and disturbed grasslands %A Zaiger, K. %Y G.T. Wilson %Y Bever, J.D. %I Oklahoma State University %C Stillwater, OK %V MS Thesis %G eng %U https://shareok.org/handle/11244/49188 %9 M.S. Thesis %M KNZ001813 %0 Journal Article %J American Journal of Botany %D 2001 %T Evidence of a mycorrhizal mechanism for the adaptation of Andropogon gerardii (Poaceae ) to high- and low-nutrient prairies %A Schultz, P.A. %A Miller, R.M. %A Jastrow, J.D. %A Rivetta, C.V. %A Bever, J.D. %X Andropogon gerardii seed obtained from Kansas and Illinois was grown in a controlled environment in their own and each other's soils, with and without arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Each ecotype grew comparatively better in its own soil indicating adaptation to its soil of origin. Overall, A. gerardii benefited more from AMF in low-nutrient Kansas soil than Illinois soil. The two ecotypes, however, did not benefit equally from mycorrhizal infection. The Kansas ecotype was three times more responsive to mycorrhizal infection in the Kansas soil than was the Illinois ecotype. Our results indicate that plant adaptation to the nutrient levels of their local soils is likely to be due, at least in part, to a shift in their dependence on mycorrhizal fungi. The Illinois ecotype of A. gerardii has evolved a reduced dependence upon these fungi and greater reliance on a more highly branched root system. In contrast, the Kansas ecotype had a significantly coarser root system and invested proportionately greater carbon in the symbiotic association with AMF as measured by spore production. This study provides the first demonstration that plants can adapt to changing soil nutrient levels by shifting their dependence on AMF. This result has broad implications for our understanding of the role of these fungi in agricultural systems. %B American Journal of Botany %V 88 %P 1650 -1656 %G eng %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21669699 %M KNZ00786