Reference Database Selection Influences Both Taxonomic Annotation and Ecological Inference in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities.

Yajie Liu, Na Li, Xiaoshuang Ma, Kaiyuan Zhang, Nianci Li, Chunxue Yang

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Yajie LiuCollege of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.

Na LiCollege of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.

Xiaoshuang MaCollege of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.

Kaiyuan ZhangCollege of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.

Nianci LiCollege of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.

Chunxue YangCollege of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.

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Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 2572025AW58National Natural Science Foundation of China 62471123

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Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are keystone microorganisms in soil ecosystems, and their community composition plays a crucial role in regulating ecosystem functions. Although high-throughput sequencing is widely used to characterize their communities, the selection of reference databases for sequence annotation remains inconsistent. To assess database performance at the species level, rhizosphere soil and root samples from four plant species with contrasting communities were subjected to amplicon sequencing. Taxonomic annotations generated using the MaarjAM, SILVA, and NCBI databases were compared. NCBI provided the highest taxonomic resolution, identifying 18 genera and 108 species, including

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arbuscular mycorrhizal fungicommunity profilingdatabase comparisonhigh-throughput sequencingsoil factor fitting

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PMID42783998

DOI10.3390/jof12090703

PMCPMC13608121

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