Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan ; Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Ecol Evol. 2013 May;3(5):1281-93. doi: 10.1002/ece3.546. Epub 2013 Apr 5.
In terrestrial ecosystems, plant roots are colonized by various clades of mycorrhizal and endophytic fungi. Focused on the root systems of an oak-dominated temperate forest in Japan, we used 454 pyrosequencing to explore how phylogenetically diverse fungi constitute an ecological community of multiple ecotypes. In total, 345 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) of fungi were found from 159 terminal-root samples from 12 plant species occurring in the forest. Due to the dominance of an oak species (Quercus serrata), diverse ectomycorrhizal clades such as Russula, Lactarius, Cortinarius, Tomentella, Amanita, Boletus, and Cenococcum were observed. Unexpectedly, the root-associated fungal community was dominated by root-endophytic ascomycetes in Helotiales, Chaetothyriales, and Rhytismatales. Overall, 55.3% of root samples were colonized by both the commonly observed ascomycetes and ectomycorrhizal fungi; 75.0% of the root samples of the dominant Q. serrata were so cocolonized. Overall, this study revealed that root-associated fungal communities of oak-dominated temperate forests were dominated not only by ectomycorrhizal fungi but also by diverse root endophytes and that potential ecological interactions between the two ecotypes may be important to understand the complex assembly processes of belowground fungal communities.
在陆地生态系统中,植物根系被各种菌根和内生真菌的类群所定殖。本研究以日本一个以栎树为主导的温带森林的根系为研究对象,利用 454 焦磷酸测序技术,探讨了具有不同系统发育多样性的真菌如何构成一个具有多种生态型的生态群落。从该森林中 12 种植物的 159 个根系末端样本中,共发现了 345 个真菌的操作分类单元(OTUs)。由于栎树(Quercus serrata)的优势地位,观察到了各种外生菌根类群,如红菇属(Russula)、乳菇属(Lactarius)、珊瑚菌属(Cortinarius)、木层孔菌属(Tomentella)、鹅膏菌属(Amanita)、牛肝菌属(Boletus)和胶孔菌属(Cenococcum)。出乎意料的是,根相关真菌群落主要由Helotiales、Chaetothyriales 和 Rhytismatales 的内生子囊菌组成。总体而言,55.3%的根系样本被常见的子囊菌和外生菌根真菌共同定殖;75.0%的优势种栎树的根系样本也是如此。总的来说,本研究表明,以栎树为主导的温带森林的根相关真菌群落不仅由外生菌根真菌主导,还由多种内生菌根真菌组成,两种生态型之间的潜在生态相互作用可能对理解地下真菌群落的复杂组装过程很重要。