Global Spore Sampling Project : A global, standardized dataset of airborne fungal DNA
Abstract
Novel methods for sampling and characterizing biodiversity hold great promise for re-evaluating patterns of life across the planet. The sampling of airborne spores with a cyclone sampler, and the sequencing of their DNA, have been suggested as an efficient and well-calibrated tool for surveying fungal diversity across various environments. Here we present data originating from the Global Spore Sampling Project, comprising 2,768 samples collected during two years at 47 outdoor locations across the world. Each sample represents fungal DNA extracted from 24 m3 of air. We applied a conservative bioinformatics pipeline that filtered out sequences that did not show strong evidence of representing a fungal species. The pipeline yielded 27,954 species-level operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Each OTU is accompanied by a probabilistic taxonomic classification, validated through comparison with expert evaluations. To examine the potential of the data for ecological analyses, we partitioned the variation in species distributions into spatial and seasonal components, showing a strong effect of the annual mean temperature on community composition.
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Research article
Published
2024
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Publication in research information system
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Nature Publishing Group
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Peer reviewed
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2052-4463
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03410-0
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English
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Scientific Data
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- Ovaskainen, O., Abrego, N., Furneaux, B., Hardwick, B., Somervuo, P., Palorinne, I., Andrew, N. R., Babiy, U. V., Bao, T., Bazzano, G., Bondarchuk, S. N., Bonebrake, T. C., Brennan, G. L., Bret-Harte, S., Bässler, C., Cagnolo, L., Cameron, E. K., Chapurlat, E., Creer, S., . . . Roslin, T. (2024). Global Spore Sampling Project : A global, standardized dataset of airborne fungal DNA. Scientific Data, 11, Article 561. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03410-0
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Research Council of Finland
Research Council of Finland
European Commission
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Research post as Academy Professor, AoF
Research costs of Academy Professor, AoF
ERC European Research Council, H2020
Akatemiaprofessorin tehtävä, SA
Akatemiaprofessorin tutkimuskulut, SA
ERC European Research Council, H2020
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This study was supported by funding from Academy of Finland (grant no. 336212, 345110, 322266, 335354), the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 856506; ERC-synergy project LIFEPLAN), EU Horizon 2020 project INTERACT, under grant agreements no. 730938 and 871120, Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Research Council of Norway through its Centres of Excellence Funding Scheme (223257), Estonian Research Council (grant no. PRG1170, PRG632), FORMAS (grant no. 215-2011-498, 226-2014-1109), Polar Knowledge Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Discovery grant to NL), Bruce McDonald, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) U.K. (grant no. NE/N001710/1, NE/N002431/1), BBSRC (grant no. BB/L012286/1), Novo Nordisk Foundation (Project ID NNF22OC0071701), Austrian ministry of Science (the ABOL-HRSM project), municipality of Vienna (division Environmental protection), the Southern Scientific Centre RAS (project no. 122020100332-8), the Croatian Science Foundation under the project FunMed (grant no. HRZZ-IP-2022-10-5219), the US National Science Foundation (grant no. DEB-1655896, DEB-1655076, DEB-1932467), the Pepper-Giberson Chair Fund, the National Science Foundation of China (grant no. 41761144055, 41771063), Dirigibile Italia Station, Institute of Polar Science (ISP) - National Research Council (CNR), São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP 2016/25197-0) and Legado das Águas-Brazil, Hong Kong’s Research Grants Council (General Research Fund 17118317), the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), the Canada Research Chair program, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, the Mushroom Research Foundation (MRF), Thailand, the Swedish Research Council’s support (grant no. 4.3-2021-00164) to SITES and Abisko Scientific Research Station, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, and the Italian National Biodiversity Future Center (MUR-PNRR, Mission 4.2. Investment 1.4, Project CN00000033).
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