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“#A continental-scale prediction on the functional diversity of stream microbes<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A recent research find indicates that climate change increases the functional diversity of microbes living in streams. Consequently, climate change may, in certain cases, be beneficial to ecosystems.<\/p>\n

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The functional genes of microbes and their sufficient diversity are important indicators of the efficiency of ecosystem processes. Bacteria, single-celled fungi and other microbes are an essential element of the nutrient cycle, and their functional diversity boosts the decomposition of organic carbon.<\/p>\n

Stream microbe samples were collected in a collaboration among Finnish, Spanish and Chinese researchers. In previous studies utilizing the material collected from mountainous areas in Norway, Spain and China, the focus has been on the species of stream microbes. Now, the frozen samples have been used to identify a total of nearly 16,000 functional genes of three different microbial groups, in addition to which the researchers have completed a forecast encompassing Europe and Asia.
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\nThe article, published in Microbiome<\/i>, focuses on the diversity and composition of the functional genes of stream microbes.
\nBased on observations made in the field, a forecast was completed on how the diversity and composition of functional genes will change across Eurasia as a result of climate change.<\/p>\n

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“We saw that the diversity of functional genes in microbes decreases in mountainous areas when moving from warm valleys towards the colder peaks,” Professor Janne Soininen says.<\/p>\n

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