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ERX1029958: 454 GS FLX Titanium sequencing
1 LS454 (454 GS FLX Titanium) run: 2,861 spots, 1.5M bases, 3.1Mb downloads

Submitted by: Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia (Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Universit)
Study: Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism
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The global biogeography of microorganisms remains largely unknown in contrast to the well-studied diversity patterns of macroorganisms. We used arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus DNA from 1014 plant root samples collected worldwide to determine the global distribution of these plant symbionts. We found that AM fungal communities reflected local environmental conditions and the spatial distance between sites. However, despite AM fungi apparently possessing limited dispersal ability, we recorded 93% of taxa on multiple continents and 34% on all six continents surveyed. This contrasts with the high spatial turnover of other fungal taxa and with the endemism displayed by plants at the global scale. We suggest that the biogeography of AM fungi is driven by unexpectedly efficient dispersal, probably via both abiotic and biotic vectors, including humans.
Sample: BUxVI-5
SAMEA3750329 • ERS783483 • All experiments • All runs
Organism: Veronica incana
Library:
Name: library_name
Instrument: 454 GS FLX Titanium
Strategy: AMPLICON
Source: SYNTHETIC
Selection: PCR
Layout: SINGLE
Runs: 1 run, 2,861 spots, 1.5M bases, 3.1Mb
Run# of Spots# of BasesSizePublished
ERR9509722,8611.5M3.1Mb2015-08-06

ID:
1655640

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