Abstract
Irrigated and rain-fed rice fields are unique agroecosystems and anthropogenic wetlands whose main feature is seasonal flooding. Flooded soils are characterized by spatiotemporal shifts and oscillation of the oxygen status and redox potential, sustaining varieties of microbial metabolisms, where bacteria and methanogenic archaea play principal roles and thus have been the major research targets. In this review, we focus on the diversity and ecology of protists—often overlooked biological entities—in wetland rice field soils. Protists with different ecological functions, i.e., phagotrophs, phototrophs, saprotrophs, and parasites, inhabit a rice field soil with a community- and individual-level adaptation to the wide range of oxygen tensions and redox potential. Other agricultural managements like fertilization and char application also influence the protist community. They link to the material cycling in rice soil and affect the activities and community composition of the microorganisms involved in the biogeochemical cycles. Rice roots are the hot spot for protists, which control the rhizospheric bacterial community and could increase the plant productivity through enhancing nutrient release and altering bacterial activities. This review highlights the essential roles of protists in a wetland rice field soil and needs for further research to fill the gaps in knowledge regarding the diversity and functions of the protists in this unique agroecosystem.
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Murase, J., Asiloglu, R. Protists: the hidden ecosystem players in a wetland rice field soil. Biol Fertil Soils (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-023-01705-9
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