Journal article
Keystone taxa as drivers of microbiome structure and functioning.
- Banerjee S Department of Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland. samiran.banerjee@agroscope.admin.ch.
- Schlaeppi K Department of Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland.
- van der Heijden MGA Department of Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland. marcel.vanderheijden@agroscope.admin.ch.
- 2018-05-24
Published in:
- Nature reviews. Microbiology. - 2018
English
Microorganisms have a pivotal role in the functioning of ecosystems. Recent studies have shown that microbial communities harbour keystone taxa, which drive community composition and function irrespective of their abundance. In this Opinion article, we propose a definition of keystone taxa in microbial ecology and summarize over 200 microbial keystone taxa that have been identified in soil, plant and marine ecosystems, as well as in the human microbiome. We explore the importance of keystone taxa and keystone guilds for microbiome structure and functioning and discuss the factors that determine their distribution and activities.
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- English
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- DOI 10.1038/s41579-018-0024-1
- PMID 29789680
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/189935
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