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Yang B, Feng W, Zhou W, He K, Yang Z. Association between Soil Physicochemical Properties and Bacterial Community Structure in Diverse Forest Ecosystems. Microorganisms 2024; 12:728. [PMID: 38674672 PMCID: PMC11052384 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12040728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Although the importance of the soil bacterial community for ecosystem functions has long been recognized, there is still a limited understanding of the associations between its community composition, structure, co-occurrence patterns, and soil physicochemical properties. The objectives of the present study were to explore the association between soil physicochemical properties and the composition, diversity, co-occurrence network topological features, and assembly mechanisms of the soil bacterial community. Four typical forest types from Liziping Nature Reserve, representing evergreen coniferous forest, deciduous coniferous forest, mixed conifer-broadleaf forest, and its secondary forest, were selected for this study. The soil bacterial community was analyzed using Illumina MiSeq sequencing of 16S rRNA genes. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling was used to illustrate the clustering of different samples based on Bray-Curtis distances. The associations between soil physicochemical properties and bacterial community structure were analyzed using the Mantel test. The interactions among bacterial taxa were visualized with a co-occurrence network, and the community assembly processes were quantified using the Beta Nearest Taxon Index (Beta-NTI). The dominant bacterial phyla across all forest soils were Proteobacteria (45.17%), Acidobacteria (21.73%), Actinobacteria (8.75%), and Chloroflexi (5.06%). Chao1 estimator of richness, observed ASVs, faith-phylogenetic diversity (faith-PD) index, and community composition were distinguishing features of the examined four forest types. The first two principal components of redundancy analysis explained 41.33% of the variation in the soil bacterial community, with total soil organic carbon, soil moisture, pH, total nitrogen, carbon/nitrogen (C/N), carbon/phosphorous (C/P), and nitrogen/phosphorous (N/P) being the main soil physicochemical properties shaping soil bacterial communities. The co-occurrence network structure in the mixed forest was more complex compared to that in pure forests. The Beta-NTI indicated that the bacterial community assembly of the four examined forest types was collaboratively influenced by deterministic and stochastic ecological processes.
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- Bing Yang
- Sichuan Academy of Giant Panda, Chengdu 610041, China; (W.F.); (W.Z.); (Z.Y.)
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- Sichuan Academy of Giant Panda, Chengdu 610041, China; (W.F.); (W.Z.); (Z.Y.)
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- Sichuan Academy of Giant Panda, Chengdu 610041, China; (W.F.); (W.Z.); (Z.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China;
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- Sichuan Academy of Giant Panda, Chengdu 610041, China; (W.F.); (W.Z.); (Z.Y.)
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Zhang X, Ji Z, Yang X, Huang J, Zhang Y, Zhou H, Qu Y, Zhan J. Deciphering the spatial distribution and function profiles of soil bacterial community in Liao River estuarine wetland, Northeast China. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 199:115984. [PMID: 38176162 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Soil microbes play vital roles in estuarine wetlands. Understanding the soil bacterial community structure and function profiles is essential to reveal the ecological functions of microbes in estuarine wetlands. Herein, soil samples were collected from Liao River estuarine wetland, Northeast China, along the river to the estuarine mouth, and soil bacterial communities were explored. Results showed that soil physiochemical properties, bacterial community structure and functions exhibited distinct variations influenced by geographical location. Bacterial phyla in soils were dominated by Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, while Gillisia and Woeseia were the predominant genera. Soil pH, electrical conductivity and nitrogen-related nutrients were the important factors affecting bacterial community structure. Based on PICRUSt prediction, the genes related to metabolism of nitrogen, sulfur and methane showed spatial distribution patterns, and the abundances of most biomarker genes increased as the distance from estuarine mouth extended. These findings could enrich the understanding of soil microbiome in estuarine wetlands.
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- Xuwang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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Zhou T, Wu S, Pan H, Lu X, Du J, Yang L. Heterogeneous Habitats in Taiga Forests with Different Important Values of Constructive Species Changes Bacterial Beta Diversity. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2609. [PMID: 37894267 PMCID: PMC10609269 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11102609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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As a crucial link between the aboveground and belowground components of forest ecosystems, soil bacterial communities are extremely sensitive to changes in plant communities and soil conditions. To investigate the impact of the difference of constructive species on soil bacterial communities in taiga forests, we conducted a vegetation survey at the international monitoring plot of the Larix gmelinii forests in the Great Khingan Mountains and calculated the important value of Larix gmelinii to determine experimental groups based on this survey. Subsequently, we collected soil samples for high-throughput sequencing to analyze how the soil bacterial community composition and diversity changed, and which factors affected them. The results showed that taiga forests with different important values of Larix gmelinii had heterogeneous habitats, in which the soil AP content significantly increased, and the SOC, MBC, pH, and C/N content decreased significantly (p < 0.05). A total of 32 phyla, 91 classes, 200 orders, 308 families, 496 genera, and 975 species of soil bacteria were obtained by sequencing. Among them, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteriota, and Acidobacteriota were the dominant phyla, and Mycobacterium was the dominant genus, and the relative abundance of each bacterial group was varied. The beta diversity of soil bacteria showed extremely significant differences (p = 0.001), with SOC, C/N, MBC, AP, TN, pH, AN, and WC being the main influencing factors. Functional prediction analysis showed that chemoheterotrophy and aerobic chemoheterotrophy were the main bacterial functional groups, and the relative abundance of each functional group was significantly different (p < 0.05). Overall, taiga forests with differences in constructive species had heterogeneous habitats, which changed the community composition, beta diversity, and potential functions of soil bacteria.
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- Tian Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity, Institute of Natural Resources and Ecology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150040, China; (T.Z.); (H.P.); (X.L.)
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- Science and Technology Innovation Center, Institute of Scientifc and Technical Information of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150028, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity, Institute of Natural Resources and Ecology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150040, China; (T.Z.); (H.P.); (X.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity, Institute of Natural Resources and Ecology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150040, China; (T.Z.); (H.P.); (X.L.)
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- Heilongjiang Huzhong National Nature Reserve, Huzhong 165038, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity, Institute of Natural Resources and Ecology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150040, China; (T.Z.); (H.P.); (X.L.)
- Heilongjiang Huzhong National Nature Reserve, Huzhong 165038, China;
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Liu S, Gao Y, Chen J, Li J, Zhang H. Responses of soil bacterial community structure to different artificially restored forests in open-pit coal mine dumps on the loess plateau, China. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1198313. [PMID: 37577417 PMCID: PMC10416249 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1198313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Artificial vegetation restoration is an effective method for improving soil quality. In areas experiencing coal mine subsidence, the microbial community is essential for reconstructing the ecological balance of the soil. Studies are needed to examine how soil microbial community structure respond to different artificial forest restoration types and ages, especially over long-term periods. Therefore, in this study, 10, 20, and 30-year trials were chosen with two restoration types: Pinus tabuliformis (PT) and Ulmus pumila (UP). The objective was to determine how various types and ages of forest restoration affect the structure of soil bacterial communities, as well as the soil environmental factors driving these changes. The results showed that artificial 30-year restoration for both PT and UP can improve soil physical and chemical properties more than restoration after 10 and 20 years. The soil bacterial community structure remarkably differed among the different forest types and restoration ages. The bacterial diversity was higher in UP than in PT; the alpha diversity at longer restoration years (30 and 20) was significantly higher than at 10 years for both PT and UP. Moreover, soil nutrients and pH were the primary soil environmental factors driving bacterial community structure in the PT and UP. Finally, the integrated fertility index (IFI) at 30 years of restoration was considerably higher for PT and UP, and thus, is more beneficial to the restoration of soil after coal mining. Our findings are useful for studying improvement in soil quality and the restoration of the ecological environment in mining areas.
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- Shuang Liu
- Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- College of Environment and Resources, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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Sui X, Li M, Frey B, Wang M, Weng X, Wang X, Chen F, Li X, Du Z, Yang L, Li M. Climax forest has a higher soil bacterial diversity but lower soil nutrient contents than degraded forests in temperate northern China. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9535. [DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Xin Sui
- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education & Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration and Resource Utilization for Cold Region & Key Laboratory of Microbiology, College of Heilongjiang Province & School of Life Sciences Heilongjiang University Harbin China
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Institute of Nature and Ecology Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences Harbin China
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education & Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration and Resource Utilization for Cold Region & Key Laboratory of Microbiology, College of Heilongjiang Province & School of Life Sciences Heilongjiang University Harbin China
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- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education & Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration and Resource Utilization for Cold Region & Key Laboratory of Microbiology, College of Heilongjiang Province & School of Life Sciences Heilongjiang University Harbin China
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- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education & Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration and Resource Utilization for Cold Region & Key Laboratory of Microbiology, College of Heilongjiang Province & School of Life Sciences Heilongjiang University Harbin China
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- Heilongjiang Zhongyangzhan Black‐Billed Capercaillie Nature Reserve Administration Bureau Nenjiang China
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- Heilongjiang Zhongyangzhan Black‐Billed Capercaillie Nature Reserve Administration Bureau Nenjiang China
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- School of Geographical Sciences West Normal University Nanchong China
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- Heilongjiang Zhongyangzhan Black‐Billed Capercaillie Nature Reserve Administration Bureau Nenjiang China
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Key Laboratory of Geographical Processes and Ecological Security in Changbai Mountains, Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences Northeast Normal University Changchun China
- School of Life Science Hebei University Baoding China
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Chen X, Chen H, Zhao J, Xin Y, Li Y. Bacterial community structure and diversity in the rhizospheric soil of Robinia pseudoacacia and Juniperus sabina planted in iron tailings matrix. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:83404-83416. [PMID: 35763144 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-21669-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Iron tailings matrix is deficient in nutrients, and phytoremediation is one of the effective methods to improve tailings nutrients. The response of phytoremediation to tailings microorganisms remains to be studied. The present study analyzed rhizospheric soil of two kinds of plants bacterial diversity and community structure and their relationship with soil environmental factors. The results indicate that the rhizospheric soil bacteria species of Robinia pseudoacacia and Juniperus sabina were not significantly different from that of bare tailings, but rhizospheric soil bacterial community compositions and abundance were significantly different from that of bare tailings. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) showed that soil alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen (AN), soil total nitrogen (TN), and soil organic matter (SOM) were the main environmental factors affecting bacterial community diversity. Spearman's correlation analysis showed that AN, TN, and SOM were significantly positively correlated with the relative abundance of Gemmatimonadetes and Nitrospirae, and were significantly negatively correlated with that of Firmicutes, Fusobacteria, and Bacteroidetes. FAPROTAX function prediction showed that the functional microbial communities of rhizospheric soil of the two plants were significantly different from those of bare tailings. Overall, the findings support an increase of microbial diversity, SOM, and nitrogen in rhizospheric soil of revegetated tailings compared to bare tailings. These results provide theoretical support for the development and application of phytoremediation in abandoned mines.
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- Xiaolin Chen
- College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, No. 2596, Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding City, 071000, Hebei Province, China
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- College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, No. 2596, Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding City, 071000, Hebei Province, China
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- College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, No. 2596, Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding City, 071000, Hebei Province, China
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- College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, No. 2596, Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding City, 071000, Hebei Province, China
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- College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, No. 2596, Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding City, 071000, Hebei Province, China.
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Kang P, Pan Y, Yang P, Hu J, Zhao T, Zhang Y, Ding X, Yan X. A comparison of microbial composition under three tree ecosystems using the stochastic process and network complexity approaches. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1018077. [PMID: 36299726 PMCID: PMC9589112 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1018077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
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Soil microbes act as "players" in regulating biogeochemical cycles, whereas environmental heterogeneity drives microbial community assembly patterns and is influenced by stochastic and deterministic ecological processes. Currently, the limited understanding of soil microbial community assembly patterns and interactions under temperate forest stand differences pose a challenge in studying the soil microbial involvement during the succession from coniferous to broad-leaved forests. This study investigated the changes in soil bacterial and fungal community diversity and community structure at the regional scale and identified the pathways influencing soil microbial assembly patterns and their interactions. The results showed that broad-leaved forest cover in temperate forests significantly increased soil pH, and effectively increased soil water content, total carbon (TC), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) contents. Both soil bacterial and fungal alpha diversity indices were correlated with soil physicochemical properties, especially in broad-leaved forest. The bacterial and fungal community composition of coniferous forest was dominated by deterministic process (bacteria: 69.4%; fungi: 88.9%), while the bacterial community composition of broad-leaved forest was dominated by stochastic process (77.8%) and the fungal community composition was dominated by deterministic process (52.8%). Proteobacteria, Acidobacteriota, Actinobacteriota, and Verrucomicrobiota were the dominant phyla of soil bacterial communities in temperate forests. Whereas Ascomycota, Mortierellomycota, Basidiomycota, and Rozellomycota were the dominant phyla of soil fungal communities in temperate forests. Most members of dominant phylum were regulated by soil physical and chemical properties. In addition, the succession from temperate coniferous forest to broad-leaved forest was conducive to maintaining the complex network of soil bacteria and fungi, and the top 20 degree of the major taxa in the network reflected the positive response of microbial interactions to the changes of soil nutrients during forest succession. This study not only shows the mechanism by which species differences in temperate forests of northern China affect soil microbial community assembly processes, but also further emphasizes the importance of the soil microbiome as a key ecosystem factor through co-occurrence network analysis.
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- Peng Kang
- School of Biological Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
- Key Laboratory of Ecological Protection of Agro-pastoral Ecotones in the Yellow River Basin, National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
- Innovation Team for Genetic Improvement of Economic Forests, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
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- Shapotou Desert Research and Experiment Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- School of Biological Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
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- School of Biological Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
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- School of Biological Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
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- School of Biological Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
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- School of Biological Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
- Key Laboratory of Ecological Protection of Agro-pastoral Ecotones in the Yellow River Basin, National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
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- School of Biological Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
- Key Laboratory of Ecological Protection of Agro-pastoral Ecotones in the Yellow River Basin, National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
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Song Q, Deng X, Song R, Song X. Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Promote Growth of Seedlings, Regulate Soil Microbial Community, and Alleviate Damping-Off Disease Caused by Rhizoctonia solani on Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:2730-2740. [PMID: 36094426 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-21-2562-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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As the excessive use of chemical fertilizers harms organisms and adversely affects the soil environment, the replacement of chemical fertilizers with biological fertilizers has attracted widespread attention as an environmental protection strategy. In this study, the effects of rhizosphere bacteria inoculation on growth of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica seedlings, soil parameters, soil microbial community structure, and the biocontrol of damping-off were studied by pot experiments. The results showed that all three rhizosphere bacteria (Pseudomonas chlororaphis, Pseudomonas extremaustralis, and Acinetobacter lwoffii A07) tested exhibited growth-promoting properties, such as the production of indole-3-acetic acid, hydrolase, siderophores, and hydrogen cyanide; nitrogen fixation; and phosphorus solubilization. The application of the three bacteria increased plant biomass, root structure, and nutrient content and also increased soil nutrient content and enzyme activity. Bacterial inoculation promoted the growth of beneficial bacteria and antagonistic bacteria by adjusting the physicochemical properties of the soil, thereby improving the bacterial community structure. Among the soil features, available nitrogen, total nitrogen, available potassium, and urease activity were the main influencing factors. In addition, it was also found that bacterial inoculation significantly increased the activities of plant superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase, and other defense enzymes; enhanced plant disease resistance; effectively inhibited damping-off; and promoted plant growth. In summary, the application of three rhizosphere bacteria systematically affected the interaction between plants, soil parameters, and soil microbial communities. These results provide a basis for understanding how rhizosphere bacteria promote the growth of P. sylvestris var. mongolica, thereby offering a promising sustainable alternative to chemical fertilizers.
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- Qian Song
- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- Institute of Forestry Protection, Heilongjiang Forestry Academy, Harbin, China
- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of Forest Grassland Fire and Pest Control, Harbin, China
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- Institute of Forestry Protection, Heilongjiang Forestry Academy, Harbin, China
- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of Forest Grassland Fire and Pest Control, Harbin, China
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Zhuang Y, Xu Y, Yang M, Zhao H, Ye X. Impacts of Japanese Larch Invasion on Soil Bacterial Communities of the Giant Panda Habitat in the Qinling Mountains. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10091807. [PMID: 36144409 PMCID: PMC9500889 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10091807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi), a non-native tree species, has been widely planted in the Qinling Mountains since the last century, but it does not meet the habitat needs of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), mainly because of food, further causing habitat degradation and fragmentation. However, how soil microorganisms, considered as predictors of the soil environment, respond to Japanese larch remains poorly explored, especially compared with native forests. Here, we collected 40 soil samples from plantation, bamboo, and natural (excluding bamboo) forests in the Changqing Nature Reserve and Foping Nature Reserve in Qinling to compare soil bacterial community composition and diversity using high-throughput sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes. The soil chemical properties and bacterial communities differed noticeably under forest-type classification patterns. The soil of the Japanese larch planted forests underwent substantial degradation, with higher acidity, lower alpha diversity, and more significant enrichment in the oligotrophic bacteria Acidobacteria and Verrucomicrobia, in contrast to the other two primary forests with elevated soil nutrient levels. The application of PICRUSt2 indicated the down-regulation of amino acid-related metabolism in planted forests. Moreover, pH was the primary factor determining the whole bacterial community structures. To avoid the uncertainty of a single sampling region, we chose different sampling sites that could be considered as geographical factors, possibly due to environmental heterogeneity or dispersal limitations, which also explained the specific community patterns of microorganisms. Overall, this paper may help provide a scientific basis for future revegetation in giant panda habitats, highlighting the urgent need for ecological restoration and sustainable forestry management.
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- Yuqi Zhuang
- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
- Research Center for UAV Remote Sensing, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
- Changqing Field Station for Ecological Research & Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-029-8531-0266
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Bacterial Diversity and Potential Functions in Response to Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilizer on the Semiarid Loess Plateau. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10081579. [PMID: 36013997 PMCID: PMC9412673 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10081579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bacterial diversity and its functions are essential to soil health. N fertilization changes bacterial communities and interferes with the soil biogeochemical N cycle. In this study, bacterial community and soil physicochemical properties were studied in 2018 after applying N fertilizers (0, 52.5, 105, 157.5, and 210 kg N ha−1) for a long (2003–2018) and a short (2003–2004) duration in a wheat field on the Loess Plateau of China. Soil bacteria were determined using 16S rRNA Illumina-MiSeq®, and the prediction function was analyzed through PICRUSt. The study showed that N fertilizer significantly changed the diversity and abundance of bacterial communities. The phyla Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Chloroflexi were most abundant, accounting for 74–80% of the bacterial community abundance. The optimum rates of N fertilizer application (N105) maintain soil health by promoting soil microbial diversity and abundance. The bacterial population abundance was higher after short-term N application than after N application for a long duration and lowest with the high N-fertilizer treatment (N210). High N enrichment led to more heterotrophic N-fixing microorganisms (Alphaproteobacteria), in which metabolism and genetic information processing dominated, while cellular processes, genetic information processing, metabolism, and organismal systems were the main functional categories under low N. The phyla Gemmatimonadetes, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Chloroflexi were the key bacteria in the co-occurrence network. The genus Saccharimonadales of the superphylum Patescibacteria has a more significant impact under low N treatment. Long-term N fertilization affected the soil pH, NO3-N, and other physicochemical properties, and soil NO3-N was the highest indicator, contributing 81% of the bacterial community function under different N fertilizer treatments.
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Driving Factors of Microbial Community Abundance and Structure in Typical Forest Soils of Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14138040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Until recently, a comprehensive evaluation of the environmental drivers on the abundance and structure of the microbial community in typical forest soils has not been thoroughly conducted. In this study, the typical forest soils (Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica) soil, MOS; white birch (Betula platyphylla) soil, WBS; and white poplar (Populus davidiana) soil, WPS) in the Sanjiang Plain were selected to ascertain the differences and the major environmental factors driving soil microbial community abundance and structure. Results indicated that differences existed in the abundance and structure of the bacterial, archaeal, and fungal community. Co-occurrence network analysis showed that the bacterial and fungal networks were more complex than those of archaeal networks. Unclassified Acidobacteria and unclassified Pyrinomonadaceae were the keystone taxa in the bacterial networks, while Pleotrichocladium and Leotia were the keystone taxa in the fungal networks. Among all environmental factors, pH, SOM, and total N exhibited dominant roles in affecting the abundance of bacteria, archaea, and fungi. The redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that pH was the vital environmental factor responsible for driving the structure of the bacterial, archaeal, and fungal community.
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Variation in Soil Bacterial and Fungal Community Composition at Different Successional Stages of a Broad-Leaved Korean Pine Forest in the Lesser Hinggan Mountains. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13040625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Soil microorganisms are an integral part of the soil and are highly sensitive to environmental changes. The shift in plant community and soil properties following forest succession may cause differences in soil bacterial and fungal community composition. Some studies suggested following the succession of the community, the species composition tends to switch from r-strategy groups to k-strategy groups. However, generalization on the changing pattern has not been worked out. Three forests at an early-, intermediate-, and late-stage (ES, IS, LS) of the succession of broad-leaved Korean pine forest in the Lesser Hinggan Mountains were surveyed to study the variation in soil bacterial and fungal community composition as the succession proceeds. Soil microbial community composition and related soil factors were analyzed by systematic sampling. Significant differences in soil microbial community composition were detected between forests at different stages. The bacterial diversity increased, while the fungal diversity decreased (p < 0.05) from the early to the late successional forest. The fungi to bacteria ratio (F/B) and the (Proteobacteria + Bacteroidetes) to (Actinobacteria + Acidobacteria) ratio increased substantially with succession (p < 0.05). At the phylum level, Bacteroidetes, Ascomycota and Mortierellomycota were dominant in the ES forest, while Actinobacteria and Basidiomycota were prevalent in the LS forest. At the class level, Gammaproteobacteria, Acidobacteriia, Bacteroidia, Sordariomycetes and Mortierellomycetes were dominant in the ES forest, whereas Subgroup_6, Agaricomycetes, Geminibasidiomycetes and Tremellomycetes were dominant in the LS forest. Soil water content (SWC) and available phosphorus (AP) had significant effects on the bacterial community composition (p < 0.05). Soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), the carbon–nitrogen ratio (C/N), total potassium (TK) and SWC had significant effects on the fungal community composition (p < 0.05). SOC and TN were positively correlated with r-strategy groups (p < 0.05) and were significantly negatively correlated with k-strategy groups (p < 0.05). Our results suggest that the soil bacterial and fungal community composition changed significantly in forests across the successional stages, and the species composition switched from r-strategy to k-strategy groups. The bacterial and fungal community diversity variation differed in forests across the successional stages. The changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen content resulted in the shifting of microbial species with different ecological strategies.
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Sui X, Zeng X, Li M, Weng X, Frey B, Yang L, Li M. Influence of Different Vegetation Types on Soil Physicochemical Parameters and Fungal Communities. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10040829. [PMID: 35456878 PMCID: PMC9026879 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10040829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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This study assessed the effects of Betula dahurica (BD), Betula platyphylla (BP), Larix gmelinii (LG), Quercus mongolica (QM), and a mixed conifer–broadleaf forest composed of LG and QM (LGQM) on the soil physicochemical parameters and community structure of fungi in the Zhongyangzhan Black-billed Capercaillie Nature Reserve. Fungal community structures were characterized via ITS rRNA sequencing. The effects of soil parameters on the community structure of soil fungi were assessed by Pearson correlation analysis and redundancy analysis (RDA). LGQM exhibited lower C/N, available nitrogen (AN), total phosphorus (TP), and available phosphorus (AP) compared with the QM broadleaf forest. The fungal Shannon and Simpson diversity indices were highest in BP, whereas LG exhibited the highest ACE index. The Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, Mortierellomycota, and Mucoromycota fungal phyla were dominant across all vegetation types. Each of the different vegetation types studied herein exhibited a unique fungal community structure. The RDA results indicated that fungal community structures were primarily shaped by the total N, available N, and available P of soil. Our findings thus indicated that forests restored with different species of trees may exhibit variations in soil quality and characteristics despite sharing the same climate. Furthermore, broadleaved and coniferous forests exhibited a unique fungal community diversity and composition.
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- Xin Sui
- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; (X.S.); (X.W.)
- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration and Resource Utilization for Cold Region, School of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland;
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- Institute of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150088, China;
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- Institute of Nature and Ecology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150040, China
- Correspondence: (M.L.); (L.Y.); (M.L.)
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- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; (X.S.); (X.W.)
- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration and Resource Utilization for Cold Region, School of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland;
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- Institute of Nature and Ecology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150040, China
- Correspondence: (M.L.); (L.Y.); (M.L.)
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland;
- Key Laboratory of Geographical Processes and Ecological Security in Changbai Mountains, Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
- Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
- Correspondence: (M.L.); (L.Y.); (M.L.)
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Zhang X, Feng Q, Cao J, Biswas A, Su H, Liu W, Qin Y, Zhu M. Response of leaf stoichiometry of Potentilla anserina to elevation in China's Qilian Mountains. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:941357. [PMID: 36226296 PMCID: PMC9549292 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.941357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Plants adapt to changes in elevation by regulating their leaf ecological stoichiometry. Potentilla anserina L. that grows rapidly under poor or even bare soil conditions has become an important ground cover plant for ecological restoration. However, its leaf ecological stoichiometry has been given little attention, resulting in an insufficient understanding of its environmental adaptability and growth strategies. The objective of this study was to compare the leaf stoichiometry of P. anserina at different elevations (2,400, 2,600, 2,800, 3,000, 3,200, 3,500, and 3,800 m) in the middle eastern part of Qilian Mountains. With an increase in elevation, leaf carbon concentration [(C)leaf] significantly decreased, with the maximum value of 446.04 g·kg-1 (2,400 m) and the minimum value of 396.78 g·kg-1 (3,500 m). Leaf nitrogen concentration [(N)leaf] also increased with an increase in elevation, and its maximum and minimum values were 37.57 g·kg-1 (3,500 m) and 23.71 g·kg-1 (2,800 m), respectively. Leaf phosphorus concentration [(P)leaf] was the highest (2.79 g·kg-1) at 2,400 m and the lowest (0.91 g·kg-1) at 2,800 m. The [C]leaf/[N]leaf decreased with an increase in elevation, while [N]leaf/[P]leaf showed an opposite trend. The mean annual temperature, mean annual precipitation, soil pH, organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus at different elevations mainly affected [C]leaf, [N]leaf, and [P]leaf. The growth of P. anserina in the study area was mainly limited by P, and this limitation was stronger with increased elevation. Progressively reducing P loss at high elevation is of great significance to the survival of P. anserina in this specific region.
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- Xiaofang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Qi Feng
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Qilian Mountains Eco-Environment Research Center in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Qilian Mountains Eco-Environment Research Center in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change in Cold and Arid Regions, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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Effects of heavy metals on bacterial community structures in two lead-zinc tailings situated in northwestern China. Arch Microbiol 2021; 204:78. [PMID: 34954813 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02699-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We evaluated the variations of bacterial communities in six heavy metal contaminated soils sampled from Yanzi Bian (YZB) and Shanping Cun (SPC) tailings located in northwestern China. Statistical analysis showed that both the heavy metals and soil chemical properties could affect the structure and diversity of the bacterial communities in the tailing soils. Cd, Cu, Zn, Cr, Pb, pH, SOM (soil organic matters), TP (total phosphorus) and TN (total nitrogen) were the main driving factors of the bacterial community variations. As a consequence, the relative abundances of certain bacterial phyla including Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes, Nitrospirota and Bacteroidota were significantly increased in the tailing soils. Further, we found that the abundance increasement of these phyla were mainly contributed by certain species, such as s__unclassified_g__Thiobacillus (Proteobacteria), s__unclassified_g__Sulfobacillus (Firmicutes) and Leptospirillum ferriphilum (Nitrospirota). Thus, these species were considered to be strongly heavy metal tolerant. Together, our findings will provide a useful insight for further bioremediations of these contaminated areas.
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Wang R, Wang M, Wang J, Lin Y. Habitats Are More Important Than Seasons in Shaping Soil Bacterial Communities on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9081595. [PMID: 34442674 PMCID: PMC8400953 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Both habitats and seasons can determine the dynamics of microbial communities, but the relative importance of different habitats and seasonal changes in shaping the soil bacterial community structures on a small spatial scale in permafrost areas remains controversial. In this study, we explored the relative effect of four typical alpine meadow habitats (swamp wetland, swamp meadow, meadow and mature meadow) versus seasons on soil bacterial communities based on samples from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in four months (March, May, July and September). The results showed that habitats, rather than seasons explained more variation of soil bacterial composition and structure. Environmental cofactors explained the greatest proportion of bacterial variation observed and can help elucidate the driving force of seasonal changes and habitats on bacterial communities. Soil temperature played the most important role in shaping bacterial beta diversities, followed by soil total nitrogen and pH. A group of microbial biomarkers, used as indicators of different months, were identified using random forest modeling, and for which relative abundance was shaped by different environmental factors. Furthermore, seasonality in bacterial co-occurrence patterns was observed. The data showed that co-occurrence relationships changed over months. The inter-taxa connections in May and July were more pronounced than that in March and September. Bryobacter, a genus of subgroup_22 affiliated to Acidobacteria, and Pseudonocardia belonging to Actinobacteria were observed as the keystone taxa in different months in the network. These results demonstrate that the bacterial community was clustered according to the seasonal mechanism, whereas the co-occurrence relationships changed over months, which indicated complex bacterial dynamics in a permafrost grassland on the eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibetan.
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- Rui Wang
- Institute of Wetland Research, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; (R.W.); (J.W.)
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- Party School of the Chengdu Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Chengdu 610110, China;
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- Institute of Wetland Research, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; (R.W.); (J.W.)
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- Institute of Wetland Research, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; (R.W.); (J.W.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-13671160455
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Zhang W, Han J, Wu H, Zhong Q, Liu W, He S, Zhang L. Diversity patterns and drivers of soil microbial communities in urban and suburban park soils of Shanghai, China. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11231. [PMID: 33959419 PMCID: PMC8053383 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The rapid expansion of urbanization leads to significant losses of soil ecological functions. Microbes directly participate in key soil processes and play crucial roles in maintaining soil functions. However, we still have a limited understanding of underlying mechanisms shaping microbial communities and the interactions among microbial taxa in park soils. METHODS In this study, the community variations of bacteria and fungi in urban and suburban park soils were investigated in Shanghai, China. Real-time PCR and high-throughput Illumina sequencing were used to examine the microbial abundance and community composition, respectively. RESULTS The results showed that soil molecular biomass and fungal abundance in urban park soils were significantly higher than those in suburban park soils, while no significant difference was observed in the bacterial abundance between urban and suburban park soils. The alpha diversity of soil microbes in urban and suburban park soils was similar to each other, except for Chao1 index of fungal communities. The results of similarity analysis (ANOSIM) revealed remarkable differences in the composition of bacterial and fungal communities between urban and suburban park soils. Specifically, park soils in urban areas were enriched with the phyla Methylomirabilota and Verrucomicrobiota, while the relative abundance of Gemmatimonadota was higher in suburban park soils. Moreover, the fungal class Eurotiomycetes was also enriched in urban park soils. Compared with suburban park soils, nodes and average paths of the bacterial and fungal networks were higher in urban park soils, but the number of module hubs and connectors of the bacterial networks and negative interactions among bacterial taxa were lower. Compared with suburban park soils, Acidobacteriota bacterium and Mortierellomycota fungus played more important roles in the ecological networks of urban park soils. Soil available zinc (Zn), available nitrogen (N), pH, and total potassium (K) significantly affected fungal community composition in park soils in Shanghai. Soil available Zn was also the most important factor affecting the bacterial community composition in this study. CONCLUSION There were significant differences in the soil molecular biomass, fungal abundance, and the community composition and co-occurrence relations of both soil bacterial and fungal communities between urban and suburban park soils. Soil available Zn played an important part in shaping the structures of both the bacterial and fungal communities in park soils in Shanghai.
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- Weiwei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Ecological Landscaping of Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Landscaping on Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Ecological Landscaping of Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Landscaping on Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Ecological Landscaping of Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Landscaping on Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Ecological Landscaping of Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Landscaping on Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Ecological Landscaping of Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Landscaping on Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Ecological Landscaping of Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Landscaping on Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Ecological Landscaping of Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Landscaping on Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai, China
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Osman JR, Wang Y, Jaubert C, Nguyen TN, Fernandes GR, DuBow MS. The bacterial communities of surface soils from desert sites in the eastern Utah (USA) portion of the Colorado Plateau. Microbiol Res 2020; 244:126664. [PMID: 33359841 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Desert-like areas located in the eastern portion of the state of Utah (USA) have geographic features that can resemble the surface of the planet Mars, characterized by red-colored hills, soils and sandstones. We examined the bacterial biodiversity of surface soil samples from several sites from the Colorado Plateau Desert in eastern Utah using pyrosequencing of PCR amplified bacterial 16S rRNA genes from total extracted soil DNA. The sample sites cover the Great Basin, Goblin Valley State Park and nearby regions on the Colorado Plateau. We also examined several physicochemical parameters of the soil samples to investigate any possible correlations between bacterial community structure and environmental drivers. The predominant bacterial phyla present in the samples were found to belong to members of the Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Gemmatimonadetes. The most abundant genera in our samples were found to belong to the Cesiribacter, Lysobacter, Adhaeribacter, Microvirga and Pontibacter genera. We found that the relative abundance of Proteobacteria and Gemmatimonadetes were significantly correlated with soil pH and a low concentration of organic matter, suggesting that, in these relatively high-altitude desert soils, these two parameters may be of primary importance to influence bacterial community composition.
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- Jorge R Osman
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France.
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Tang H, Li C, Xiao X, Shi L, Cheng K, Wen L, Li W. Effects of short-term manure nitrogen input on soil microbial community structure and diversity in a double-cropping paddy field of southern China. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13540. [PMID: 32782287 PMCID: PMC7419555 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70612-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The soil physicochemical properties and soil microbial communities were affected by different fertilizer management. Fertilizer regime were closely relative to the soil texture and nutrient status in a double-cropping paddy field of southern China. However, there was limited information about the influence of different manure nitrogen (N) input on soil microbial communities in a double-cropping rice (Oryza sativa L.) field. Therefore, the short-term different manure N input rate management on soil bacterial and fungal diversity in a double-cropping paddy field of southern China were studied by using Illumina sequencing and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction technology in the present paper. The filed experiment were including 100% N of chemical fertilizer (M0), 30% N of organic manure and 70% N of chemical fertilizer (M30), 50% N of organic manure and 50% N of chemical fertilizer (M50), 100% N of organic manure (M100), and without N fertilizer input as control (CK). The results showed that diversity indices of soil microbial communities with application of organic manure and chemical N fertilizer treatments were higher than that of CK treatment. Application of organic manure and chemical N fertilizer management increase soil bacterial abundance of the phylum Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, and soil fungi abundance of the phylum Basidiomycota and Zygomycota were also increased. Compared with CK treatment, the value of Richness, Shannon and McIntosh indices, and taxonomic diversity were increased with M30, M50 and M100 treatments. This finding demonstrated that M30, M50 and M100 treatments modify soil bacterial and fungal diversity. Therefore, the combined application of organic manure and chemical fertilizer N management could significantly increase the abundance of profitable functional bacteria and fungi species in a double-cropping rice field of southern China.
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- Haiming Tang
- Hunan Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Changsha, 410125, People's Republic of China.
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- Hunan Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Changsha, 410125, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Changsha, 410125, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Changsha, 410125, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Changsha, 410125, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Changsha, 410125, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Changsha, 410125, People's Republic of China
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Liu C, Li L, Xie J, Coulter JA, Zhang R, Luo Z, Cai L, Wang L, Gopalakrishnan S. Soil Bacterial Diversity and Potential Functions Are Regulated by Long-Term Conservation Tillage and Straw Mulching. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8060836. [PMID: 32498450 PMCID: PMC7355473 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8060836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Soil physiochemical properties are regulated by cropping practices, but little is known about how tillage influences soil microbial community diversity and functions. Here, we assessed soil bacterial community assembly and functional profiles in relation to tillage. Soils, collected in 2018 from a 17-year field experiment in northwestern China, were analyzed using high-throughput sequencing and the PICRUSt approach. The taxonomic diversity of bacterial communities was dominated primarily by the phyla Proteobacteria (32–56%), Bacteroidetes (12–33%), and Actinobacteria (17–27%). Alpha diversity (Chao1, Shannon, Simpson, and operational taxonomic unit (OTU) richness) was highest under no-tillage with crop residue removed (NT). Crop residue retention on the soil surface (NTS) or incorporated into soil (TS) promoted the abundance of Proteobacteria by 16 to 74% as compared to conventional tillage (T). Tillage practices mainly affected the pathways of soil metabolism, genetic information processing, and environmental information processing. Soil organic C and NH4–N were the principal contributors to the diversity and composition of soil microbiota, whereas soil pH, total nitrogen, total P, and moisture had little effect. Our results suggest that long-term conservation practices with no-tillage and crop residue retention shape soil bacterial community composition through modifying soil physicochemical properties and promoting the metabolic function of soil microbiomes.
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- Chang Liu
- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (C.L.); (J.X.); (R.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.C.); (L.W.)
- College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (C.L.); (J.X.); (R.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.C.); (L.W.)
- College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (C.L.); (J.X.); (R.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.C.); (L.W.)
- College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA;
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (C.L.); (J.X.); (R.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.C.); (L.W.)
- College of Resource and Environment, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (C.L.); (J.X.); (R.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.C.); (L.W.)
- College of Resource and Environment, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (C.L.); (J.X.); (R.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.C.); (L.W.)
- College of Resource and Environment, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (C.L.); (J.X.); (R.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.C.); (L.W.)
- College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana 502324, India;
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Du J, Wang T, Zhou Q, Hu X, Wu J, Li G, Li G, Hou F, Wu Y. Graphene oxide enters the rice roots and disturbs the endophytic bacterial communities. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 192:110304. [PMID: 32066006 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 02/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The environmental release of graphene oxide (GO) will certainly induce the GO exposure to plants. To date, the influence of GO on the intracellular structures and the endophytic bacterial ecology of plants have been rarely reported. In the present study, the rice seedlings were exposed to GO (5 mg/L) under hydroponic condition for fifteen days with periodic stir. The cellular structures damage, GO deposition and oxidative stress were found in rice root after GO exposure. A Illumina analysis based on the bacterial 16 S rRNA gene showed that the richness, evenness and diversity of endophytic bacterial communities of rice root decreased due to GO exposure. The relative abundance of beneficial endophytic bacterial populations decreased after GO exposure. Out of potential phenotypes predicted by BugBase, the relative abundance of Gram negative, stress-tolerant and biofilm-forming phenotypes, presented an increase trend after GO exposure.
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- Junjie Du
- College of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen City, 041004, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, 100022, China
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- College of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen City, 041004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
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- College of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen City, 041004, China
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- College of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen City, 041004, China
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- College of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen City, 041004, China
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- School of Public Administration, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan, 030000, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, 100022, China.
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Deng J, Zhou Y, Zhu W, Yin Y. Effects of afforestation with Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica plantations combined with enclosure management on soil microbial community. PeerJ 2020; 8:e8857. [PMID: 32257650 PMCID: PMC7102505 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Grazing and litter removal can alter understory structure and composition after afforestation, posing a serious threat to sustainable forest development. Enclosure is considered to be an effective measure to restore degraded forest restoration. However, little is known about the dynamics of soil nutrients and microbial communities during the forest restoration process. In the present study, the effects of Arachis hypogaea (AH), Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica (PSM) and Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica with enclosure (PSME) on soil chemical properties and soil microbial communities were studied in Zhanggutai, Liaoning Province, China. The results showed that PSME could remarkably contribute to improve soil total C, total N and total P compared to PSM and AH. Additionally, PSM could clearly increase the soil bacterial community diversity and fungal Chao1 index and ACE index. Additionally, PSME could further increase soil Chao1 index and ACE index of soil bacteria. Soil total C, total N and available N were the main factors related to soil microbial diversity. Actinobacteria and Ascomycota were the predominant bacterial and fungal phyla, respectively. Specifically, PSME could increase the relative abundances of Actinobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Ascomycota and Mortierellomycota and decreased the relative abundances of Acidobacteria, Chloroflexi and Basidiomycota than PSM. PSM and PSME could clearly change soil microbial communities compared with AH and PSME could remarkably shift soil fungal communities than PSM. What's more, the soil microbial community structure were affected by multiple edaphic chemical parameters. It can be seen that afforestation combined with enclosed management potentially regulate microbial properties through shifting the soil properties. This study can provide new ideas for further understanding the impact of enclosure on PSM and provide theoretical support for the management of PSM.
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- Jiaojiao Deng
- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling, Liaoning, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling, Liaoning, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling, Liaoning, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling, Liaoning, China
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Deng J, Zhang Y, Yin Y, Zhu X, Zhu W, Zhou Y. Comparison of soil bacterial community and functional characteristics following afforestation in the semi-arid areas. PeerJ 2019; 7:e7141. [PMID: 31275750 PMCID: PMC6598672 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Changes in soil bacterial communities, which are crucial for the assessment of ecological restoration in Chinese plantations, have never been studied in the "Three North Shelterbelt" project in the semi-arid areas. We used high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rDNA gene to investigate the soil bacterial community diversity, structure, and functional characteristics in three plantation forests, including Populus × canadensis Moench (PC), Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica (PS), and Pinus tabuliformis (PT). In addition, soil environment factors were measured. There were distinct differences in soil characteristics among different plantation forests. Compared to PS and PT, PC had a higher soil pH, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and available P, as well as a lower C/N ratio. Furthermore, afforestation with different tree species significantly altered the abundance of Proteobacteria, and Chloroflexi in the soil, and its influence on the bacterial diversity indices. The bacterial community compositions and functional groups related to C and N cycling from PS, and PT were grouped tightly, indicating that the soil bacterial phylogenetic distance of PS and PT were closer than that between PS plus PT and PC. Our results implied that the soil characteristics, as well as the diversity, compositions and functions related to C and N cycling of soil bacterial community obviously differed from the following afforestation, especially between PC and PS plus PT, which in turn enormously established the correlation between the soil microbial community characteristics and the afforestation tree species.
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- Jiaojiao Deng
- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling, China
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- LliaoNing JianZhu Vocational College, Liaoyang, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling, China
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Chen L, Xiang W, Wu H, Ouyang S, Lei P, Hu Y, Ge T, Ye J, Kuzyakov Y. Contrasting patterns and drivers of soil fungal communities in subtropical deciduous and evergreen broadleaved forests. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:5421-5433. [PMID: 31073876 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09867-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Subtropical broadleaved forests play a crucial role in supporting terrestrial ecosystem functions, but little is known about their belowground soil fungal communities despite that they have central functions in C, N, and P cycles. This study investigated the structures and identified the drivers of soil fungal communities in subtropical deciduous and evergreen broadleaved forests, using high-throughput sequencing and FUNGuild for fungal identification and assignment to the trophic guild. Fungal richness was much higher in the deciduous than in the evergreen forest. Both forests were dominated by Ascomycota and Basidiomycota phyla, but saprophytic fungi were more abundant in the deciduous forest and ectomycorrhizal fungi predominated in the evergreen forest. Fungal communities had strong links to plant and soil properties. Specifically, plant diversity and litter biomass were the main aboveground drivers of fungal diversity and composition in the deciduous forest, while host effects were prominent in the evergreen forest. The belowground factors, i.e., soil pH, water content, and nutrients especially available P, were identified as the primary drivers of soil fungal communities in the broadleaved forests. Co-occurrence network analysis revealed assembly of fungal composition in broadleaved forest soils was non-random. The smaller modularity of the network in the deciduous forest reflects lower resistance to environment changes. Concluding, these results showed that plant community attributes, soil properties, and potential interactions among fungal functional guilds operate jointly on the divergence of soil fungal community assembly in the two broadleaved forest types.
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- Liang Chen
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.,Huitong National Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir Plantation Ecosystems in Hunan Province, Huitong, Huaihua, 438107, Hunan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China. .,Huitong National Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir Plantation Ecosystems in Hunan Province, Huitong, Huaihua, 438107, Hunan, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.,Huitong National Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir Plantation Ecosystems in Hunan Province, Huitong, Huaihua, 438107, Hunan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.,Huitong National Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir Plantation Ecosystems in Hunan Province, Huitong, Huaihua, 438107, Hunan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.,Huitong National Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir Plantation Ecosystems in Hunan Province, Huitong, Huaihua, 438107, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, Changsha Research Station for Agricultural & Environmental Monitoring, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, Changsha Research Station for Agricultural & Environmental Monitoring, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, QLD, St. Lucia, 4072, Australia
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.,Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Department of Agricultural Soil Science, University of Goettingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia
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Wan JZ, Yu JH, Yin GJ, Song ZM, Wei DX, Wang CJ. Effects of soil properties on the spatial distribution of forest vegetation across China. Glob Ecol Conserv 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Study of the Effects of Land Use on Hydrochemistry and Soil Microbial Diversity. WATER 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/w11030466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The objectives of this study were to compare the influence of land use, to determine which land has an impact on hydrochemistry and to clarify the impact of land use on soil microbial diversity and the correlation between hydrochemistry and soil microbial diversity. The impacts were assessed through chemical and biological data from 4 land-use groups. The results showed that soil microbial diversity and water chemical composition were different under different land uses. There was a strong correlation between the main hydrochemical components under different land uses, and the M03 had the highest correlation. The Shannon index was the largest for M01, the Simpson index was the smallest for M01, and the Chao1 and Ace indexes were the largest for M02. Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria were the dominant bacteria with different land uses, and some bacteria were present or absent depending on the land use. It was found that the soil CO2 content was different with different land uses. Soil CO2 content, hydrochemistry and soil microbial species were related to each other. A heatmap analysis showed that the F− and soil CO2 content showed a strong correlation with soil microorganisms and that the dominant bacteria were positively correlated. Under different land uses, hydrochemistry, soil CO2 and soil microorganisms interact with one another.
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Lasa AV, Fernández-González AJ, Villadas PJ, Toro N, Fernández-López M. Metabarcoding reveals that rhizospheric microbiota of Quercus pyrenaica is composed by a relatively small number of bacterial taxa highly abundant. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1695. [PMID: 30737434 PMCID: PMC6368570 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38123-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Melojo oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.) is a key tree species of Mediterranean forests; however, these forests show an advanced stage of deterioration in the Iberian Peninsula. Plant-associated microorganisms play an essential role improving their host's fitness, hence, a better understanding of oak rhizospheric microbiome, especially of those active members, could be the first step towards microbiome-based approaches for oak-forest improvement. Here we reported, for the first time, the diversity of total (DNA-based) and potentially active (RNA-based) bacterial communities of different melojo-oak forest formations through pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons. We found that potentially active bacterial communities were as rich and diverse as total bacterial communities, but different in terms of relative abundance patterns in some of the studied areas. Both core microbiomes were dominated by a relatively small percentage of OTUs, most of which showed positive correlation between both libraries. However, the uncoupling between abundance (rDNA) and potential activity (rRNA) for some taxa suggests that the most abundant taxa are not always the most active, and that low-abundance OTUs may have a strong influence on oak's rhizospheric ecology. Thus, measurement of rRNA:rDNA ratio could be helpful in identifying major players for the development of bacterial bioinoculants.
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- Ana V Lasa
- Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, calle Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, calle Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, calle Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, calle Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, calle Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain.
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Deng J, Yin Y, Zhu W, Zhou Y. Variations in Soil Bacterial Community Diversity and Structures Among Different Revegetation Types in the Baishilazi Nature Reserve. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2874. [PMID: 30538689 PMCID: PMC6277578 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We compared patterns of soil bacterial community diversity and structure in six secondary forests (JM, Juglans mandshurica; QM, Quercus mongolica; MB, mixed Broadleaf forest; BE, Betula ermanii; CB, conifer-broadleaf forest; PT, Pinus tabuliformis) and two plantation forests (LG, Larix gmelinii; PK, Pinus koraiensis) of the Baishilazi Nature Reserve, China, based on the 16S rRNA high-throughput Illumina sequencing data. The correlations between the bacterial community and soil environmental factors were also examined. The results showed that the broadleaf forests (JM, QM, MB) had higher levels of total C (TC), total N (TN), available N (AN), and available K (AK) compared to the coniferous forests (PT, LG, PK) and conifer-broadleaf forest (CB). Different revegetation pathways had different effects on the soil bacterial community diversity and structure. For the α-diversity, the highest Shannon index and Simpson index were found in JM. The Simpson index was significantly positively correlated with the available P (AP) (P < 0.05), and the Shannon index was significantly positively correlated with AK (P < 0.05). Compared with others, the increased ACE index and Chao1 index were observed in the CB and MB, and both of these α-diversity were significantly negative with AK (P < 0.05). The relative abundances of bacterial phyla and genera differed among different revegetation types. At the phylum level, the dominant phylum groups in all soils were Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Chloroflexi, Bacteroidetes, Gemmatimonadetes, and Planctomycetes. Significant differences in relative abundance of bacteria phyla were found for Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Gemmatimonadetes, and Proteobacteria. Correlation analysis showed that Soil pH, TC, TN, AP, and AK were the main abiotic factors structuring the bacterial communities. As revealed by the clear differentiation of bacterial communities and the clustering in the heatmap and in the PCA plots, broadleaf forests and coniferous forests harbored distinct bacterial communities, indicating a significant impact of the respective reforestation pathway on soil bacterial communities in the Baishilazi Nature Reserve.
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- Jiaojiao Deng
- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China.,College of Forestry, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China.,Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China.,College of Forestry, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China
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Meng H, Zhou Z, Wu R, Wang Y, Gu JD. Diazotrophic microbial community and abundance in acidic subtropical natural and re-vegetated forest soils revealed by high-throughput sequencing of nifH gene. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:995-1005. [PMID: 30474727 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9466-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is an important natural biochemical process converting the inert dinitrogen gas (N2) in the atmosphere to ammonia (NH3) in the N cycle. In this study, the nifH gene was chosen to detect the diazotrophic microorganisms with high-throughput sequencing from five acidic forest soils, including three natural forests and two re-vegetated forests. Soil samples were taken in two seasons (summer and winter) at two depth layers (surface and lower depths). A dataset of 179,600 reads obtained from 20 samples were analyzed to provide the microbial community structure, diversity, abundance, and relationship with physiochemical parameters. Both archaea and bacteria were detected in these samples and diazotrophic bacteria were the dominant members contributing to the biological dinitrogen fixation in the acidic forest soils. Cyanobacteria, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Spirocheates, and Verrucomicrobia were observed, especially the Proteobacteria as the most abundant phylum. The core genera were Bradyrhizobium and Methylobacterium from α-Proteobacteia, and Desulfovibrio from δ-Proteobacteia in the phylum of Proteobacteia of these samples. The diversity indices and the gene abundances of all samples were higher in the surface layer than the lower layer. Diversity was apparently higher in re-vegetated forests than the natural forests. Significant positive correlation to the organic matter and nitrogen-related parameters was observed, but there was no significant seasonal variation on the community structure and diversity in these samples between the summer and winter. The application of high-throughput sequencing method provides a better understanding and more comprehensive information of diazotrophs in acidic forest soils than conventional and PCR-based ones.
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- Han Meng
- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, 233 Guangshan 1st Road, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
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Yao F, Yang S, Wang Z, Wang X, Ye J, Wang X, DeBruyn JM, Feng X, Jiang Y, Li H. Microbial Taxa Distribution Is Associated with Ecological Trophic Cascades along an Elevation Gradient. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2071. [PMID: 29163383 PMCID: PMC5663944 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The elevational pattern of soil microbial diversity along mountain slopes has received considerable interest over the last decade. An increasing amount of taxonomic data on soil microbial community composition along elevation gradients have been collected, however the trophic patterns and environmental drivers of elevational changes remain largely unclear. Here, we examined the distribution patterns of major soil bacterial and fungal taxa along the northern slope of Changbai Mountain, Northeast China, at five typical vegetation types located between 740 and 2,691 m above sea level. Elevational patterns of the relative abundance of specific microbial taxa could be partially explained by the oligotrophic-copiotrophic theory. Specifically, two dark-coniferous forests, located at mid-elevation sites, were considered to be oligotrophic habitats, with relatively higher soil C/N ratio and [Formula: see text]-N concentrations. As expected, oligotrophic microbial taxa, belonging to the bacterial phyla Acidobacteria and Gemmatimonadetes, and fungal phylum Basidiomycota, were predominant in the two dark-coniferous forests, exhibiting a mid-elevation maximum pattern. In contrast, the broad leaf-Korean pine mixed forest located at the foot of the mountain, Betula ermanii-dominated forest located below the tree line, and alpine tundra at the highest elevation were considered more copiotrophic habitats, characterized by higher substrate-induced-respiration rates and [Formula: see text]-N concentrations. Microbial taxa considered to be so called copiotrophic members, such as bacterial phyla Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria, and fungal phylum Ascomycota, were relatively abundant in these locations, resulting in a mid-elevation minimum pattern. At finer taxonomic levels, the two most abundant proteobacterial classes, alpha- and beta-Proteobacteria, along with Acidobacteria Gp1, 2, 3, 15, and the Basidiomycotal class of Tremellomycetes were classified with the copiotrophic group. Gamma- and delta-Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria Gp4, 6, 7, 16, and Basidiomycotal class of Agaricomycetes were classified as oligotrophic taxa. This work uses the oligotrophic-copiotrophic theory to explain the elevational distribution pattern of the relative abundance of specific microbial taxa, confirming some of the existing trophic classifications of microbial taxa and expanding on the theory to include a broader range of taxonomic levels.
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- Fei Yao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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He R, Yang K, Li Z, Schädler M, Yang W, Wu F, Tan B, Zhang L, Xu Z. Effects of forest conversion on soil microbial communities depend on soil layer on the eastern Tibetan Plateau of China. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0186053. [PMID: 28982191 PMCID: PMC5642014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Forest land-use changes have long been suggested to profoundly affect soil microbial communities. However, how forest type conversion influences soil microbial properties remains unclear in Tibetan boreal forests. The aim of this study was to explore variations of soil microbial profiles in the surface organic layer and subsurface mineral soil among three contrasting forests (natural coniferous forest, NF; secondary birch forest, SF and spruce plantation, PT). Soil microbial biomass, activity and community structure of the two layers were investigated by chloroform fumigation, substrate respiration and phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA), respectively. In the organic layer, both NF and SF exhibited higher soil nutrient levels (carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus), microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen, microbial respiration, PLFA contents as compared to PT. However, the measured parameters in the mineral soils often did not differ following forest type conversion. Irrespective of forest types, the microbial indexes generally were greater in the organic layer than in the mineral soil. PLFAs biomarkers were significantly correlated with soil substrate pools. Taken together, forest land-use change remarkably altered microbial community in the organic layer but often did not affect them in the mineral soil. The microbial responses to forest land-use change depend on soil layer, with organic horizons being more sensitive to forest conversion.
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- Ruoyang He
- Institute of Ecology and Forest, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Forest, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Forest, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology and Forest, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Forest, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Forest, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Forest, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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Du C, Geng Z, Wang Q, Zhang T, He W, Hou L, Wang Y. Variations in bacterial and fungal communities through soil depth profiles in a Betula albosinensis forest. J Microbiol 2017; 55:684-693. [PMID: 28865070 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-017-6466-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2016] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Microbial communities in subsurface soil are specialized for their environment, which is distinct from that of the surface communities. However, little is known about the microbial communities (bacteria and fungi) that exist in the deeper soil horizons. Vertical changes in microbial alpha-diversity (Chao1 and Shannon indices) and community composition were investigated at four soil depths (0-10, 10-20, 20-40, and 40-60 cm) in a natural secondary forest of Betula albosinensis by high-throughput sequencing of the 16S and internal transcribed spacer rDNA regions. The numbers of operational taxonomic units (OTUs), and the Chao1 and Shannon indices decreased in the deeper soil layers. Each soil layer contained both mutual and specific OTUs. In the 40-60 cm soil layer, 175 and 235 specific bacterial and fungal OTUs were identified, respectively. Acidobacteria was the most dominant bacterial group in all four soil layers, but reached its maximum at 40-60 cm (62.88%). In particular, the 40-60 cm soil layer typically showed the highest abundance of the fungal genus Inocybe (47.46%). The Chao1 and Shannon indices were significantly correlated with the soil organic carbon content. Redundancy analysis indicated that the bacterial communities were closely correlated with soil organic carbon content (P = 0.001). Collectively, these results indicate that soil nutrients alter the microbial diversity and relative abundance and affect the microbial composition.
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- Can Du
- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P. R. China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P. R. China
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Characterization of bacterial communities from Masseiras, a unique Portuguese greenhouse agricultural system. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:665-676. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-017-0833-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Huang Z, Zhao F, Li Y, Zhang J, Feng Y. Variations in the bacterial community compositions at different sites in the tomb of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. Microbiol Res 2016; 196:26-33. [PMID: 28164788 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2016.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To fully understand the bacterial processes in tomb environments, it is necessary to investigate the details of the bacterial communities present under such oligotrophic conditions. Here, high-throughput sequencing based on partial 16S rRNA gene sequences was used to fully evaluate the bacterial communities at different sites in the tomb of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. We also aimed to identify the soil factors that were significant related to bacterial diversity and community composition. The results showed the presence of a broad taxonomic diversity that included nine major phyla. Actinobacteria, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria dominated the bacterial profiles in all tomb soil samples. However, significant differences between deposited soils (DS) and covering soils (CSA, CSB and CSC) were revealed by chemistry-based principal component analysis (PCA), the number of OTUs, and the Chao 1 and Shannon indexes. At the family level, hierarchically clustered heatmap and LefSe analyses showed differences in the bacterial community compositions at different sampling sites. Notably, CSA contained significant populations of Nocardioidaceae, Pseudonocardiaceae and Streptomycetaceae, which are often reported to be associated with biodeterioration in cave environments. Further, the most abundant group (>10%) in all soil samples was Streptococcaceae, whose abundance decreased from 34.66% to 13.43% with increasing soil depth. The results of redundancy analysis (RDA) and the Monte Carlo permutation test indicated that soil pH and Cu and Mn levels were significantly related to the bacterial communities in this tomb. This research offers new insight into bacterial communities in cave environments and also provides important information for the protection of this historically important tomb.
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- Zhi Huang
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Nanjing Institute for Comprehensive utilization of Wild Plants, China CO-OP, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation of Ministry of Education, School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
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Li H, Xu Z, Yang S, Li X, Top EM, Wang R, Zhang Y, Cai J, Yao F, Han X, Jiang Y. Responses of Soil Bacterial Communities to Nitrogen Deposition and Precipitation Increment Are Closely Linked with Aboveground Community Variation. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2016; 71:974-89. [PMID: 26838999 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-016-0730-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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It has been predicted that precipitation and atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition will increase in northern China; yet, ecosystem responses to the interactive effects of water and N remain largely unknown. In particular, responses of belowground microbial community to projected global change and their potential linkages to aboveground macro-organisms are rarely studied. In this study, we examined the responses of soil bacterial diversity and community composition to increased precipitation and multi-level N deposition in a temperate steppe in Inner Mongolia, China, and explored the diversity linkages between aboveground and belowground communities. It was observed that N addition caused the significant decrease in bacterial alpha-diversity and dramatic changes in community composition. In addition, we documented strong correlations of alpha- and beta-diversity between plant and bacterial communities in response to N addition. It was found that N enriched the so-called copiotrophic bacteria, but reduced the oligotrophic groups, primarily by increasing the soil inorganic N content and carbon availability and decreasing soil pH. We still highlighted that increased precipitation tended to alleviate the effects of N on bacterial diversity and dampen the plant-microbe connections induced by N. The counteractive effects of N addition and increased precipitation imply that even though the ecosystem diversity and function are predicted to be negatively affected by N deposition in the coming decades; the combination with increased precipitation may partially offset this detrimental effect.
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- Hui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
- College of Environmental Science, Shenyang University, Shenyang, 110044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 83844, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- College of Environmental Science, Shenyang University, Shenyang, 110044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China.
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Navarrete AA, Venturini AM, Meyer KM, Klein AM, Tiedje JM, Bohannan BJM, Nüsslein K, Tsai SM, Rodrigues JLM. Differential Response of Acidobacteria Subgroups to Forest-to-Pasture Conversion and Their Biogeographic Patterns in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1443. [PMID: 26733981 PMCID: PMC4686610 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Members of the phylum Acidobacteria are among the most abundant soil bacteria on Earth, but little is known about their response to environmental changes. We asked how the relative abundance and biogeographic patterning of this phylum and its subgroups responded to forest-to-pasture conversion in soils of the western Brazilian Amazon. Pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes was employed to assess the abundance and composition of the Acidobacteria community across 54 soil samples taken using a spatially nested sampling scheme at the landscape level. Numerically, Acidobacteria represented 20% of the total bacterial community in forest soils and 11% in pasture soils. Overall, 15 different Acidobacteria subgroups of the current 26 subgroups were detected, with Acidobacteria subgroups 1, 3, 5, and 6 accounting together for 87% of the total Acidobacteria community in forest soils and 75% in pasture soils. Concomitant with changes in soil chemistry after forest-to-pasture conversion—particularly an increase in properties linked to soil acidity and nutrient availability—we observed an increase in the relative abundances of Acidobacteria subgroups 4, 10, 17, and 18, and a decrease in the relative abundances of other Acidobacteria subgroups in pasture relative to forest soils. The composition of the total Acidobacteria community as well as the most abundant Acidobacteria subgroups (1, 3, 5, and 6) was significantly more similar in composition across space in pasture soils than in forest soils. These results suggest that preponderant responses of Acidobacteria subgroups, especially subgroups 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6, to forest-to-pasture conversion effects in soils could be used to define management-indicators of agricultural practices in the Amazon Basin. These acidobacterial responses are at least in part through alterations on acidity- and nutrient-related properties of the Amazon soils.
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- Acacio A Navarrete
- Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon Eugene, OR, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon Eugene, OR, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon Eugene, OR, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis Davis, CA, USA
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A Greenhouse Assay on the Effect of Applied Urea Amount on the Rhizospheric Soil Bacterial Communities. Indian J Microbiol 2015; 55:406-14. [PMID: 26543266 DOI: 10.1007/s12088-015-0551-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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The rhizospheric bacteria play key role in plant nutrition and growth promotion. The effects of increased nitrogen inputs on plant rhizospheric soils also have impacted on whole soil microbial communities. In this study, we analyzed the effects of applied nitrogen (urea) on rhizospheric bacterial composition and diversity in a greenhouse assay using the high-throughput sequencing technique. To explore the environmental factors driving the abundance, diversity and composition of soil bacterial communities, the relationship between soil variables and the bacterial communities were also analyzed using the mantel test as well as the redundancy analysis. The results revealed significant bacterial diversity changes at different amounts of applied urea, especially between the control treatment and the N fertilized treatments. Mantel tests showed that the bacterial communities were significantly correlated with the soil nitrate nitrogen, available nitrogen, soil pH, ammonium nitrogen and total organic carbon. The present study deepened the understanding about the rhizospheric soil microbial communities under different amounts of applied urea in greenhouse conditions, and our work revealed the environmental factors affecting the abundance, diversity and composition of rhizospheric bacterial communities.
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Ding J, Zhang Y, Wang M, Sun X, Cong J, Deng Y, Lu H, Yuan T, Van Nostrand JD, Li D, Zhou J, Yang Y. Soil organic matter quantity and quality shape microbial community compositions of subtropical broadleaved forests. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:5175-85. [PMID: 26363284 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Revised: 09/05/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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As two major forest types in the subtropics, broadleaved evergreen and broadleaved deciduous forests have long interested ecologists. However, little is known about their belowground ecosystems despite their ecological importance in driving biogeochemical cycling. Here, we used Illumina MiSeq sequencing targeting 16S rRNA gene and a microarray named GeoChip targeting functional genes to analyse microbial communities in broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest soils of Shennongjia Mountain of Central China, a region known as 'The Oriental Botanic Garden' for its extraordinarily rich biodiversity. We observed higher plant diversity and relatively richer nutrients in the broadleaved evergreen forest than the deciduous forest. In odds to our expectation that plant communities shaped soil microbial communities, we found that soil organic matter quantity and quality, but not plant community parameters, were the best predictors of microbial communities. Actinobacteria, a copiotrophic phylum, was more abundant in the broadleaved evergreen forest, while Verrucomicrobia, an oligotrophic phylum, was more abundant in the broadleaved deciduous forest. The density of the correlation network of microbial OTUs was higher in the broadleaved deciduous forest but its modularity was smaller, reflecting lower resistance to environment changes. In addition, keystone OTUs of the broadleaved deciduous forest were mainly oligotrophic. Microbial functional genes associated with recalcitrant carbon degradation were also more abundant in the broadleaved deciduous forests, resulting in low accumulation of organic matters. Collectively, these findings revealed the important role of soil organic matter in shaping microbial taxonomic and functional traits.
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- Junjun Ding
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Institute of Forestry Ecology, Environment and Protection and the Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of State Forestry Administration, the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Institute of Forestry Ecology, Environment and Protection and the Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of State Forestry Administration, the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.,Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Institute of Forestry Ecology, Environment and Protection and the Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of State Forestry Administration, the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Institute of Forestry Ecology, Environment and Protection and the Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of State Forestry Administration, the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.,Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.,Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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