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Because on a larger scale, trees of the same species will have very specific microbiomes. In the past, most of the studies focused on ecology scales.
by melagonster 1y ago
Because on a larger scale, trees of the same species will have very specific microbiomes. In the past, most of the studies focused on ecology scales.
- ants_everywhere 1y agoI'm sorry, but I don't quite understand. When you say "very specific microbiomes" do you mean similar microbiomes? I.e. on a larger scale there is much more across-specifies microbiome variability than within-species microbiome variability? Or have I misunderstood?
- melagonster 1y agoOh, I did not notice your comment, sorry. Soil bacteria around plant roots are very different from all other soil. But in very large scale (e.g., km), geology is main factor of microbiom composition. So the previous studies usually focus on topics like: 1. how plant <-> enviroment <-> microbiome interactions work in small range(meter/cm/even mm length). 2. how bacteria diversity change in large scale, and how it influce plant and enviroment. The first type is more common (cheaper), but comparing of bacteria diversity is difficult, usually we nee more than ten plants in each experimental group. So focusing on single plant require very different methods, and it is more difficult check whether it is not caused by random effects.