ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2019
High-Alpine Permafrost and Active-Layer Soil Microbiomes Differ in Their Response to Elevated Temperatures.
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- Distinct taxonomic and functional profiles of high Arctic and alpine permafrost-affected soil microbiomes.Environmental microbiome · 2023Article
- Metabolic Diversity of Xylariaceous Fungi Associated with Leaf Litter Decomposition.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Unearthing Shifts in Microbial Communities Across a Soil Disturbance Gradient.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Diversity of Fungi Present in Permafrost in the South Shetland Islands, Maritime Antarctic.Microbial ecology · 2022Article
- Shotgun metagenomics reveals distinct functional diversity and metabolic capabilities between 12 000-year-old permafrost and active layers on Muot da Barba Peider (Swiss Alps).Microbial genomics · 2021Article
- Bacterial Diversity and Communities Structural Dynamics in Soil and Meltwater Runoff at the Frontier of Baishui Glacier No.1, China.Microbial ecology · 2021Article
- Organic Carbon Mineralization and Bacterial Community of Active Layer Soils Response to Short-Term Warming in the Great Hing'an Mountains of Northeast China.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Mimicking climate warming effects on Alaskan soil microbial communities via gradual temperature increase.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Functional and Structural Responses of Arctic and Alpine Soil Prokaryotic and Fungal Communities Under Freeze-Thaw Cycles of Different Frequencies.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
The response of microbial communities to the predicted rising temperatures in alpine regions might be an important part of the ability of these ecosystems to deal with climate change. Soil microbial communities might be significantly affected by elevated temperatures, which influence the functioning of soils within high-alpine ecosystems. To evaluate the potential of the permafrost microbiome to adapt to short-term moderate and extreme warming, we set up an incubation experiment with permafrost and active soil layers from northern and southern slopes of a high-alpine mountain ridge on Muot da Barba Peider in the Swiss Alps. Soils were acclimated to increasing temperatures (4-40°C) for 26 days before being exposed to a heat shock treatment of 40°C for 4 days. Alpha-diversity in all soils increased slightly under gradual warming, from 4 to 25°C, but then dropped considerably at 40°C. Similarly, heat shock induced strong changes in microbial community structures and functioning in the active layer of soils from both northern and southern slope aspects. In contrast, permafrost soils showed only minor changes in their microbial community structures and no changes in their functioning, except regarding specific respiration activity. Shifts in microbial community structures with increasing temperature were significantly more pronounced for bacteria than for fungi, regardless of the soil origin, suggesting higher resistance of high-alpine fungi to short-term warming. Firmicutes, mainly represented by
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