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Zuo YW, Zhang JH, Ning DH, Zeng YL, Li WQ, Xia CY, Zhang H, Deng HP. Comparative Analyses of Rhizosphere Bacteria Along an Elevational Gradient of Thuja sutchuenensis. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:881921. [PMID: 35591985 PMCID: PMC9111514 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.881921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Thuja sutchuenensis Franch. is an endangered species in southwestern China, primarily distributed in 800-2,100 m of inaccessible mountainous areas. Rhizosphere soil physicochemical properties and bacterial communities play an essential role in managing plant growth and survival. Nonetheless, the study investigating rhizosphere soil properties and bacterial communities of T. sutchuenensis is limited. The present study investigated soil properties, including soil pH, organic matter, water content, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium contents, and bacterial communities in nearly all extant T. sutchuenensis populations at five elevational gradients. Our results demonstrated that the increase in elevation decreased rhizosphere and bulk soil phosphorus content but increased potassium content. In addition, the elevational gradient was the dominant driver for the community composition differentiation of soil bacterial community. Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria were the dominant bacterial phyla distributed in the rhizosphere and bulk soils. Co-occurrence network analysis identified key genera, including Bradyrhizobium, Acidicapsa, Catenulispora, and Singulisphaera, that displayed densely connected interactions with many genera in the rhizosphere soil. The dominant KEGG functional pathways of the rhizosphere bacteria included ABC transporters, butanoate metabolism, and methane metabolism. Further correlation analysis found that soil phosphorus and potassium were the dominant drivers for the diversity of soil bacteria, which were distinctively contributed to the phylum of Planctomycetes and the genera of Blastopirellula, Planctomycetes, and Singulisphaera. Collectively, this comprehensive study generated multi-dimensional perspectives for understanding the soil bacterial community structures of T. sutchuenensis, and provided valuable findings for species conservation at large-scale views.
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- You-wei Zuo
- Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Resources Botany, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Resources Botany, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Resources Botany, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Resources Botany, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Resources Botany, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Resources Botany, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Resources Botany, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Resources Botany, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Academy of Science and Technology, Low Carbon and Ecological Environment Protection Research Center, Chongqing, China
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Yan Y, Wu X, Wang M, Li Z, Yuan M, Dai M, Wen Y. Complete chloroplast genomes of wild and cultivated Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2021.1932592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- Yadan Yan
- College of Landscape Architecture, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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Asaf S, Khan AL, Numan M, Al-Harrasi A. Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina): insight into chloroplast genome evolutionary divergence and its comparison with related species from family Acanthaceae. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3586. [PMID: 33574434 PMCID: PMC7878759 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83060-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Avicennia marina (family Acanthaceae) is a halotolerant woody shrub that grows wildly and cultivated in the coastal regions. Despite its importance, the species suffers from lack of genomic datasets to improve its taxonomy and phylogenetic placement across the related species. Here, we have aimed to sequence the plastid genome of A. marina and its comparison with related species in family Acanthaceae. Detailed next-generation sequencing and analysis showed a complete chloroplast genome of 150,279 bp, comprising 38.6% GC. Genome architecture is quadripartite revealing large single copy (82,522 bp), small single copy (17,523 bp), and pair of inverted repeats (25,117 bp). Furthermore, the genome contains 132 different genes, including 87 protein-coding genes, 8 rRNA, 37 tRNA genes, and 126 simple sequence repeats (122 mononucleotide, 2 dinucleotides, and 2 trinucleotides). Interestingly, about 25 forward, 15 reversed and 14 palindromic repeats were also found in the A. marina. High degree synteny was observed in the pairwise alignment with related genomes. The chloroplast genome comparative assessment showed a high degree of sequence similarity in coding regions and varying divergence in the intergenic spacers among ten Acanthaceae species. The pairwise distance showed that A. marina exhibited the highest divergence (0.084) with Justicia flava and showed lowest divergence with Aphelandra knappiae (0.059). Current genomic datasets are a valuable resource for investigating the population and evolutionary genetics of family Acanthaceae members' specifically A. marina and related species.
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- Sajjad Asaf
- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, 616, Oman
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, 616, Oman.
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, 616, Oman
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 363 Sullivan Science Building, NC, 27402-6170, USA
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, 616, Oman.
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