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Balart-García, Pau ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Bista, Iliana ; Bizic, Mina ; Campbell, Matthew ; Cappelletti, Martina ; Cooper, Steven J. B. ; Couton, Marjorie ; Flot, Jean-François ; Guzik, Michelle T. ; Karwautz, Clemens ; Lüders, Tillmann ; Mammola, Stefano ; Recknagel, Hans ; Rétaux, Sylvie ; Sarbu, Serban M. ; Tawal, Mahima ; Saccò, Mattia:
Advances, challenges and frontiers for omics in subterranean ecosystems.
In: Nature Reviews Biodiversity.
(2026)
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ISSN 3005-0677
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44358-026-00151-3
Abstract
Omics technologies are revolutionizing researchers’ understanding of life’s composition, function and evolution across ecosystems. Omics have been used in terrestrial and aquatic environments for decades but their application to subterranean ecosystems, such as caves and groundwaters, is more emergent. Since their initial applications in the 2010s, subterranean omics research has uncovered remarkable insights into both fauna and microbial communities with ecological and evolutionary implications. This Review highlights the growing capacity of omics to detect cryptic diversity, reconstruct evolutionary histories, and identify the genetic and functional basis of subterranean adaptation. Omics applications facilitate the assessment of subterranean biodiversity and ecosystem functions as well as informing what evolutionary trajectories shape life underground. Insights from subterranean omics offer potential to elucidate the molecular basis of subterranean phenotypes and can help to improve conservation strategies for highly vulnerable and understudied subterranean metazoans and microbiota. Finally, we explore the future of subterranean omics applications. The emerging potential of integrating omics with other disciplines is becoming clear, not only to illuminate life in subterranean ecosystems but also to advance understanding of broader global processes, such as water and carbon cycles, at a time of accelerated environmental change.
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| Publikationsform: | Artikel in einer Zeitschrift |
|---|---|
| Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
| Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Biologie > Lehrstuhl Ökologische Mikrobiologie > Lehrstuhl Ökologische Mikrobiologie - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tillmann Lüders Forschungseinrichtungen > Zentrale wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen > Bayreuther Zentrum für Ökologie und Umweltforschung - BayCEER |
| Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Ja |
| Themengebiete aus DDC: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
| Eingestellt am: | 29 Apr 2026 05:31 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 29 Apr 2026 05:31 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/96944 |