Multi-element fingerprinting and high throughput sequencing identify multiple elements that affect fungal communities in Quercus macrocarpa foliage

TitleMulti-element fingerprinting and high throughput sequencing identify multiple elements that affect fungal communities in Quercus macrocarpa foliage
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsJumpponen, A, Keating, K, Gadbury, GL, Jones, KL, Mattox, JD
JournalPlant Signaling and Behaviour
Volume5
Pagination1157 -1161
Accession NumberKNZ001320
Abstract

Diverse fungal mutualists, pathogens and saprobes colonize plant leaves. These fungi face a complex environment, in which stochastic dispersal interplays with abiotic and biotic filters. However, identification of the specific factors that drive the community assembly seems unattainable. We mined two broad data sets and identified chemical elements, to which dominant molecular operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in the foliage of a native tree respond most extremely. While many associations could be identified, potential complicating issues emerged. Those were related to unevenly distributed OTU frequency data, a large number of potentially explanatory variables, and the disproportionate effects of outlier observations.

DOI10.4161/psb.5.9.12681