Lei Tian
China
Research Article
Fungal Communities in Ancient Peatlands at Sanjiang Plain, China
Author(s): Xue Zhou, Zhenqing Zhang, Lei Tian and Chunjie TianXue Zhou, Zhenqing Zhang, Lei Tian and Chunjie Tian
There is a growing concern that the on-going and future global warming would change the C cycling in northern peatland ecosystems. The peatlands in the Sanjiang plain could be more vulnerable to global warming because they are mainly located at the most southern regions of northern peatlands. Compared with bacteria, fungi are often overlooked; even they also play important roles on the substance circulation in the peatland ecosystems. Accordingly, it is imperative that we deepen our understanding on fungal community structure and diversity in the peatlands. In this study, the relative abundance, distribution, and composition of fungal communities in three different minerotrophic fens distributed in the Sanjiang Plain, was investigated by next-generation sequencing. A total of 533,323 fungal ITS sequences were obtained and these sequences were classified into at least 6 phyla, 21 class.. View More»
