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Soil Bacterial Function Associated With Stylo (Legume) and Bahiagrass (Grass) Is Affected More Strongly by Soil Chemical Property Than by Bacterial Community Composition.

ABSTRACT: Soil microbes are driver of nutrient cycling, with microbial function affected by community composition and soil chemical property. Legume and grass are ubiquitous in many ecosystems, however, their differential effects on microbial function are less understood. Here we constructed compartmented rhizobox planted with stylo (Stylosanthes guianensis, legume) or bahiagrass (Paspalum natatum, grass) to compare their influences on bacterial function and to investigate the determinant of bacterial function. Soils in root compartment and in near (0-5 mm from root compartment) or far (10-15 mm from root compartment) rhizosphere were sampled. Soil chemical properties, bacterial community composition and function were characterized. Results indicate that plant species and distance significantly affected bacterial function. The activities of beta-xylosidase, nitrate reductase and phosphomonoesterase were higher in stylo soil than in bahiagrass soil, while leucine-aminopeptidase activity and nosZ abundance were vice versa. Rhizosphere effect was obvious for the activities of beta-glucosidase, beta-xylosidase, chitinase, and the abundances of AOB-amoA, nirS, nosZ. Statistical analysis revealed that soil chemical property was significantly associated with bacterial function, with a higher coefficient than bacterial community composition. These data suggest that stylo and bahiagrass differentially affect bacterial function, which is affected more strongly by soil chemical property than by community composition.

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6473644 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Soil Bacterial Function Associated With Stylo (Legume) and Bahiagrass (Grass) Is Affected More Strongly by Soil Chemical Property Than by Bacterial Community Composition.

Zhou Yang Y Qin Yongqiang Y Liu Xiaodi X Feng Zengwei Z Zhu Honghui H Yao Qing Q

Frontiers in microbiology 20190412

Soil microbes are driver of nutrient cycling, with microbial function affected by community composition and soil chemical property. Legume and grass are ubiquitous in many ecosystems, however, their differential effects on microbial function are less understood. Here we constructed compartmented rhizobox planted with stylo (<i>Stylosanthes guianensis</i>, legume) or bahiagrass (<i>Paspalum natatum</i>, grass) to compare their influences on bacterial function and to investigate the determinant of ...[more]

PMID: 31031740

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Soil Bacterial Function Associated With Stylo (Legume) and Bahiagrass (Grass) Is Affected More Strongly by Soil Chemical Property Than by Bacterial Community Composition.

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Soil Bacterial Function Associated With Stylo (Legume) and Bahiagrass (Grass) Is Affected More Strongly by Soil Chemical Property Than by Bacterial Community Composition.

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