Sarah M. Allard
Introducing the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative: Identifying Microbial Research Priorities and Approaches To Better Understand, Protect, and Rehabilitate Mangrove Ecosystems
Allard, Sarah M.; Costa, Matthew T.; Bulseco, Ashley N.; Helfer, V�ronique; Wilkins, Laetitia G. E.; Hassenr�ck, Christiane; Zengler, Karsten; Zimmer, Martin; Erazo, Natalia; Mazza Rodrigues, Jorge L.; Duke, Norman; Melo, V�nia M. M.; Vanwonterghem, Inka; Junca, Howard; Makonde, Huxley M.; Jim�nez, Diego Javier; Tavares, Tallita C. L.; Fusi, Marco; Daffonchio, Daniele; Duarte, Carlos M.; Peixoto, Raquel S.; Rosado, Alexandre S.; Gilbert, Jack A.; Bowman, Jeff
Authors
Matthew T. Costa
Ashley N. Bulseco
V�ronique Helfer
Laetitia G. E. Wilkins
Christiane Hassenr�ck
Karsten Zengler
Martin Zimmer
Natalia Erazo
Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues
Norman Duke
V�nia M. M. Melo
Inka Vanwonterghem
Howard Junca
Huxley M. Makonde
Diego Javier Jim�nez
Tallita C. L. Tavares
Marco Fusi
Daniele Daffonchio
Carlos M. Duarte
Raquel S. Peixoto
Alexandre S. Rosado
Jack A. Gilbert
Jeff Bowman
Abstract
Mangrove ecosystems provide important ecological benefits and ecosystem services, including carbon storage and coastline stabilization, but they also suffer great anthropogenic pressures. Microorganisms associated with mangrove sediments and the rhizosphere play key roles in this ecosystem and make essential contributions to its productivity and carbon budget. Understanding this nexus and moving from descriptive studies of microbial taxonomy to hypothesis-driven field and lab studies will facilitate a mechanistic understanding of mangrove ecosystem interaction webs and open opportunities for microorganism-mediated approaches to mangrove protection and rehabilitation. Such an effort calls for a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach, involving chemists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, microbiologists, oceanographers, plant scientists, conservation biologists, and stakeholders, and it requires standardized methods to support reproducible experiments. Here, we outline the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative, which is focused around three urgent priorities and three approaches for advancing mangrove microbiome research.
Citation
Allard, S. M., Costa, M. T., Bulseco, A. N., Helfer, V., Wilkins, L. G. E., Hassenrück, C., Zengler, K., Zimmer, M., Erazo, N., Mazza Rodrigues, J. L., Duke, N., Melo, V. M. M., Vanwonterghem, I., Junca, H., Makonde, H. M., Jiménez, D. J., Tavares, T. C. L., Fusi, M., Daffonchio, D., Duarte, C. M., …Bowman, J. (2020). Introducing the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative: Identifying Microbial Research Priorities and Approaches To Better Understand, Protect, and Rehabilitate Mangrove Ecosystems. mSystems, 5(5), https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00658-20
Journal Article Type | Commentary |
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Online Publication Date | Oct 20, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020-10 |
Deposit Date | Aug 24, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 24, 2021 |
Journal | mSystems |
Print ISSN | 2379-5077 |
Publisher | American Society for Microbiology |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 5 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00658-20 |
Keywords | ecosystem rehabilitation, ecosystem services, mangrove, microbiome, rhizosphere |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2795276 |
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