Project description
Uncovering hidden allies in plant communities
Plant communities host rich microbial ecosystems, shaping how species grow, compete, and coexist. However, these invisible interactions are often left out of ecological theory. Thanks to advances in sequencing, researchers can now explore this hidden world. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the LIVCOM project is harnessing these tools to study bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) as compact, tractable models for plant-microbiome dynamics. Focusing on rare oceanic liverwort-rich communities, LIVCOM combines ecological, genomic, and phylogeographic approaches to uncover their microbial and genetic diversity. The project also supports conservation while training a new expert in bryophyte microbiomes for the European research landscape.
Objective
The microbial communities living in and on plants (microbiomes) are key drivers of plant success and community composition. This interaction between macro- and micro-communities is rarely incorporated into ecological theories about species coexistence, but the advancement of sequencing technologies now opens up opportunities to build experimental models for these complex feedbacks. The small size and haploid dominance of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) make them prime candidates for tractable, compact models of plant community microbiome dynamics. LIVCOM focuses on understanding the diversity of rare and threatened oceanic liverwort-rich communities (OLCs) and developing resources to use them as just such a model. LIVCOM integrates ecological, phylogeographic, and genomic methods to characterize the community, intraspecific, and microbial diversity of OLCs. Beyond new scientific knowledge and resource development, LIVCOM will also be able to inform conservation efforts for the rare plants found in OLCs. LIVCOM will be implemented at the Natural History Museum of the University of Oslo (UiO), with a secondment to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. LIVCOM will prepare the fellow for a career as a bryophyte microbiome expert in the European academic sector by increasing her international networks, breadth and depth of biological expertise, and intersectoral experience.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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0313 Oslo
Norway
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