Subway station study reveals fungal communities

Subways don't just bring people together. They're also a hub of microbial activity, including fungi. Over the course of a year, an international team of researchers collected air samples from 15 stations in the Beijing subway network, one of the largest in the world, and cataloged the fungal species they found.

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Deqiang Chen et al. examined the diversity, composition, interaction patterns and assembly mechanisms of the root-associated #FungalCommunities of Mussaenda pubescens.

#EcologicalNiches | #FungalDiversity | #CommunityAssembly | #Co_occurrenceNetwork

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf016

#Climate🌤️➡️the #AssemblyProcesses of #FungalCommunities in #DesertSoil🏜️❓
1️⃣ Deterministic and stochastic processes jointly determined the assembly processes.
2️⃣ #MeanAnnualPrecipitation🌧️ and #MeanAnnualTemperature🌡️ played a regulatory role.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtad032
#FungalCommunities related to invasive plants may change with an #ElevationalGradient, which may affect the performance and invasiveness of #InvasivePlants. Rui-Ling Liu et al. found that #Rhizosphere and #Root fungal community of the invasive plant #GalinsogaQuadriradiata changes along its elevational expansion route.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac055
Now published in Peer Community Journal, #microbiology section: "Comparison of metabarcoding #taxonomicmarkers to describe #fungalcommunities in #fermentedfoods" https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.321
Comparison of metabarcoding taxonomic markers to describe fungal communities in fermented foods