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Metal-Tolerant Fungal Communities Are Delineated by High Zinc, Lead, and Copper Concentrations in Metalliferous Gobi Desert Soils

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The soil fungal ecology of the southern Gobi region of Mongolia has been little studied. We utilized the ITS1 region from soil DNA to study possible influences soil metal concentrations on soil fungal community variation. In the sample network, a distinctive fungal community was closely associated with high zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), and copper (Cu) concentrations. The pattern of occurrence suggests that high metal concentrations are natural and not a product of mining activities. The metal-associated fungal community differs little from the “normal” community in its major OTUs, and in terms of major fungal guilds and taxa, and its distinctiveness depends on a combination of many less common OTUs. The fungal community in the sites with high metal concentrations is no less diverse than that in areas with normal background levels. Overall, these findings raise interesting questions of the evolutionary origin and functional characteristics of this apparently “metal-tolerant” community, and of the associated soil biota in general. It is possible that rehabilitation of metal-contaminated mined soils from spoil heaps could benefit from the incorporation of fungi derived from these areas.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) (NRF 2013-031400). We also received logistical support for field work and soil analytical services from the Oyu Tolgoi mining company. DA, OE, SU, BB were also supported by the Taylor Family-Asia Foundation Endowed Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology.

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  1. School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea

    Dorsaf Kerfahi

  2. School of Bioscience and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Marche – Floristic Research Center of the Apennines, Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, San Colombo, Barisciano, 67021, L’Aquila, Italy

    Matthew Chidozie Ogwu

  3. Ecology Group, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 14201, Mongolia

    Dagvatseren Ariunzaya, Orsoo Enkhmandal, Amgaa Batbaatar, Sainbileg Undrakhbold & Bazartseren Boldgiv

  4. Environmental Department, Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Oyu Tolgoi Site, Khanbogd, South Gobi Province, Mongolia

    Altantsetseg Balt, Dulamsuren Davaasuren & Tsolmonjav Purevsuren

  5. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada

    Amgaa Batbaatar

  6. Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AR, UK

    Mark Tibbett

  7. School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, China

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Kerfahi, D., Ogwu, M.C., Ariunzaya, D. et al. Metal-Tolerant Fungal Communities Are Delineated by High Zinc, Lead, and Copper Concentrations in Metalliferous Gobi Desert Soils. Microb Ecol 79, 420–431 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01405-8

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