Making sense of environmental sequencing data: Ecologically important functional traits of the protistan groups Cercozoa and Endomyxa (Rhizaria)
Making sense of environmental sequencing data: Ecologically important functional traits of the protistan groups Cercozoa and Endomyxa (Rhizaria)
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DOI：
10.1111/1755-0998.13112
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发表时间：
2019-11-25
影响因子：
7.7
通讯作者：
Bonkowski, Michael
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作者：
Dumack, Kenneth;Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria;Bonkowski, Michael
我们已经编制了一个数据库的功能性状的两个广泛的和生态上重要的原生生物，尾虫和内粘虫（Rhizaria）。微生物的功能特征对于解释环境测序调查的结果至关重要。将形态学和生态学特征与环境因素联系起来是涉及微生物和大型生物的研究中的常见做法，但很少应用于原生生物。我们的数据库提供了与形态，营养，运动和栖息地相关的功能和生态重要特征。我们将讨论如何使用功能性状可能有助于揭示潜在的生态系统过程。该数据库旨在作为分子生态学社区的共同参考，并将促进对生态系统功能的理解，特别是那些由生物相互作用驱动的功能。
We have compiled a database of functional traits for two widespread and ecologically important groups of protists, Cercozoa and Endomyxa (Rhizaria). The functional traits of microorganisms are crucially important for interpreting results from environmental sequencing surveys. Linking morphological and ecological traits to environmental factors is common practice in studies involving micro- and macroorganisms, but is rarely applied to protists. Our database provides functional and ecologically significant traits linked to morphology, nutrition, locomotion and habitats. We discuss how the use of functional traits may help to unveil underlying ecosystem processes. This database is intended as a common reference for the molecular ecology community and will boost the understanding of ecosystem functions, especially those driven by biological interactions.