The influence of environmental factors on communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with Chenopodium ambrosioides revealed by MiSeq sequencing investigation.

ABSTRACT: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) affect multiple ecosystem functions and processes, the assemblages of which vary across ecosystems. However, the influences of environmental factors on AMF communities which may shape these communities are still largely unknown. In this study, AMF communities from roots and rhizosphere soils of Chenopodium ambrosioides in different natural soils were investigated. The root habitat showed significantly smaller numbers of OTUs and lower community richness compared to the rhizosphere soil habitat. Most OTUs in the root habitat were shared by the soil habitat from the same sampling site, indicating that rhizosphere soils represent a pool of AMF species, a fraction of which is recruited by plants. Most of the AMF in root habitats were Glomeraceae, suggesting r

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5361092 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature