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Patterns and determinants of the global herbivorous mycobiome

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  • Casey H. Meili

    (Oklahoma State University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)

  • Adrienne L. Jones

    (Oklahoma State University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)

  • Alex X. Arreola

    (Oklahoma State University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)

  • Jeffrey Habel

    (Oklahoma State University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)

  • Carrie J. Pratt

    (Oklahoma State University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)

  • Radwa A. Hanafy

    (Oklahoma State University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)

  • Yan Wang

    (University of Toronto Scarborough)

  • Aymen S. Yassin

    (Cairo University)

  • Moustafa A. TagElDein

    (Cairo University)

  • Christina D. Moon

    (Grasslands Research Centre)

  • Peter H. Janssen

    (Grasslands Research Centre)

  • Mitesh Shrestha

    (Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB))

  • Prajwal Rajbhandari

    (Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB))

  • Magdalena Nagler

    (Universität Innsbruck, Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology)

  • Julia M. Vinzelj

    (Universität Innsbruck, Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology)

  • Sabine M. Podmirseg

    (Universität Innsbruck, Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology)

  • Jason E. Stajich

    (University of California, Riverside)

  • Arthur L. Goetsch

    (Langston University)

  • Jerry Hayes

    (Langston University)

  • Diana Young

    (Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture)

  • Katerina Fliegerova

    (Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Diego Javier Grilli

    (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo)

  • Roman Vodička

    (Prague Zoo)

  • Giuseppe Moniello

    (University of Sassari)

  • Silvana Mattiello

    (University of Milan, Dept. of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)

  • Mona T. Kashef

    (Cairo University)

  • Yosra I. Nagy

    (Cairo University)

  • Joan A. Edwards

    (Anaerobic Fungi Network)

  • Sumit Singh Dagar

    (Agharkar Research Institute)

  • Andrew P. Foote

    (Oklahoma State University, Department of Animal and Food Sciences)

  • Noha H. Youssef

    (Oklahoma State University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)

  • Mostafa S. Elshahed

    (Oklahoma State University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)

Abstract

Despite their role in host nutrition, the anaerobic gut fungal (AGF) component of the herbivorous gut microbiome remains poorly characterized. Here, to examine global patterns and determinants of AGF diversity, we generate and analyze an amplicon dataset from 661 fecal samples from 34 mammalian species, 9 families, and 6 continents. We identify 56 novel genera, greatly expanding AGF diversity beyond current estimates (31 genera and candidate genera). Community structure analysis indicates that host phylogenetic affiliation, not domestication status and biogeography, shapes the community rather than. Fungal-host associations are stronger and more specific in hindgut fermenters than in foregut fermenters. Transcriptomics-enabled phylogenomic and molecular clock analyses of 52 strains from 14 genera indicate that most genera with preferences for hindgut hosts evolved earlier (44-58 Mya) than those with preferences for foregut hosts (22-32 Mya). Our results greatly expand the documented scope of AGF diversity and provide an ecologically and evolutionary-grounded model to explain the observed patterns of AGF diversity in extant animal hosts.

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  • Casey H. Meili & Adrienne L. Jones & Alex X. Arreola & Jeffrey Habel & Carrie J. Pratt & Radwa A. Hanafy & Yan Wang & Aymen S. Yassin & Moustafa A. TagElDein & Christina D. Moon & Peter H. Janssen & M, 2023. "Patterns and determinants of the global herbivorous mycobiome," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-39508-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39508-z
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    1. Luis Javier Galindo & Purificación López-García & Guifré Torruella & Sergey Karpov & David Moreira, 2021. "Phylogenomics of a new fungal phylum reveals multiple waves of reductive evolution across Holomycota," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-14, December.
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    1. Carrie J. Pratt & Casey H. Meili & Adrienne L. Jones & Darian K. Jackson & Emma E. England & Yan Wang & Steve Hartson & Janet Rogers & Mostafa S. Elshahed & Noha H. Youssef, 2024. "Anaerobic fungi in the tortoise alimentary tract illuminate early stages of host-fungal symbiosis and Neocallimastigomycota evolution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-16, December.

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