FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Microbial functional diversity: From concepts to applications BT AF Escalas, Arthur Hale, Lauren Voordeckers, James W. Yang, Yunfeng Firestone, Mary K. Alvarez‐Cohen, Lisa Zhou, Jizhong AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6;7:2,4,7; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:; C1 MARBEC CNRS Ifremer IRD University of Montpellier Montpellier Cedex 5, France Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology University of Oklahoma Norman OK ,USA Water Management Research Unit SJVASC USDA‐ARS Parlier CA, USA State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control School of Environment Tsinghua University Beijing ,China Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California Berkeley CA, USA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California Berkeley CA, USA Earth and Environmental Sciences Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA ,USA C2 UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE UNIV OKLAHOMA, USA USDA, USA UNIV TSINGHUA, CHINA UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, USA UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, USA EESA, USA UM MARBEC IN WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 2.392 TC 109 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00584/69631/67487.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00584/69631/67488.xls https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00584/69631/67489.xls https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00584/69631/67490.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;functional diversity;functional traits;microbial communities;theoretical frameworks of diversity;trait-based ecology AB Functional diversity is increasingly recognized by microbial ecologists as the essential link between biodiversity patterns and ecosystem functioning, determining the trophic relationships and interactions between microorganisms, their participation in biogeochemical cycles, and their responses to environmental changes. Consequently, its definition and quantification have practical and theoretical implications. In this opinion paper, we present a synthesis on the concept of microbial functional diversity from its definition to its application. Initially, we revisit to the original definition of functional diversity, highlighting two fundamental aspects, the ecological unit under study and the functional traits used to characterize it. Then, we discuss how the particularities of the microbial world disallow the direct application of the concepts and tools developed for macroorganisms. Next, we provide a synthesis of the literature on the types of ecological units and functional traits available in microbial functional ecology. We also provide a list of more than 400 traits covering a wide array of environmentally relevant functions. Lastly, we provide examples of the use of functional diversity in microbial systems based on the different units and traits discussed herein. It is our hope that this paper will stimulate discussions and help the growing field of microbial functional ecology to realize a potential that thus far has only been attained in macrobial ecology. PY 2019 PD OCT SO Ecology And Evolution SN 2045-7758 PU Wiley VL 9 IS 20 UT 000488395500001 BP 12000 EP 12016 DI 10.1002/ece3.5670 ID 69631 ER EF