Planktonic/benthic Bathyarchaeota as a “gatekeeper” enhance archaeal nonrandom co-existence and deterministic assembling in the Yangtze River

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 247; p. 120829
• Main Authors: Liu, Shufeng, Lin, Yahsuan, Liu, Tang, Xu, Xuming, Wang, Jiawen, Chen, Qian, Sun, Weiling, Dang, Chenyuan, Ni, Jinren
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.12.2023
• Subjects: aluminum; ammonium; basins; biogeography; carbon; DNA barcoding; domain; freshwater; humans; keystone species; methanogens; microbial ecology; nutrition; plankton; stream channels; Thaumarchaeota; Thermoplasmata; Yangtze River; Yangtze River

Archaea, the third proposed domain of life, mediate carbon and nutrient cycling in global natural habitats. Compared with bacteria, our knowledge about archaeal ecological modes in large freshwater environments subject to varying natural and human factors is limited. By metabarcoding analysis of 303...