Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands; Department of Soil Quality, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Curr Opin Microbiol. 2017 Jun;37:35-41. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.03.007. Epub 2017 Apr 22.
Fungal-bacterial interactions (FBI) are an integral component of microbial community networks in terrestrial ecosystems. During the last decade, the attention for FBI has increased tremendously. For a wide variety of FBI, information has become available on the mechanisms and functional responses. Yet, most studies have focused on pairwise interactions under controlled conditions. The question to what extent such studies are relevant to assess the importance of FBI for functioning of natural microbial communities in real ecosystems remains largely unanswered. Here, the information obtained by studying a type of FBI, namely antagonistic interactions between bacteria and plant pathogenic fungi, is discussed for different levels of community complexity. Based on this, general recommendations are given to integrate pairwise and ecosystem FBI studies. This approach could lead to the development of novel strategies to steer terrestrial ecosystem functioning.
真菌-细菌相互作用（FBI）是陆地生态系统微生物群落网络的一个组成部分。在过去的十年中，人们对 FBI 的关注大大增加。对于各种各样的 FBI，关于其机制和功能反应的信息已经变得可用。然而，大多数研究都集中在受控条件下的两两相互作用上。在何种程度上，这些研究对于评估 FBI 对自然微生物群落在真实生态系统中的功能的重要性仍然没有得到充分的回答。在这里，讨论了通过研究一种 FBI，即细菌和植物病原真菌之间的拮抗相互作用，在不同层次的群落复杂性中获得的信息。在此基础上，给出了整合两两和生态 FBI 研究的一般建议。这种方法可以为引导陆地生态系统功能的发展提供新的策略。
