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Soil moisture effect on bacterial and fungal community in Beilu River (Tibetan Plateau) permafrost soils with different vegetation types

Journal

JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 114, Issue 4, Pages 1054-1065

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12106

Keywords

bacterial community; environmental variables; fungal community; Tibetan permafrost soil

Funding

  1. National Science Foundation of China [40871041, 40671042]
  2. National Basic Research Project of China 'Investigation on Tibet Plateau Permafrost Baseline' [2008FY110200]

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Aim This study investigated the effects of environmental variables on the bacterial and fungal communities of the Beilu River (on the Tibetan Plateau) permafrost soils with different vegetation types. Methods and Results Microbial communities were sampled from meadow, steppe and desert steppe permafrost soils during May, June, August and November, and they were analysed by both pyrosequencing and the use of Biolog EcoPlates. The dominant bacterial and fungal phyla in meadow and steppe soils were Proteobacteria and Ascomycota, whereas Actinobacteria and Basidiomycota predominated in desert steppe soils. The bacterial communities in meadow soils degraded amines and amino acids very rapidly, while polymers were degraded rapidly by steppe communities. The RDA patterns showed that the microbial communities differed greatly between meadow, steppe and desert steppe, and they were related to variations in the soil moisture, C/N ratio and pH. A UniFrac analysis detected clear differences between the desert steppe bacterial community and others, and seasonal shifts were observed. The fungal UniFrac patterns differed significantly between meadow and steppe soils. There were significant correlations between the bacterial diversity (H) and soil moisture (r=0 center dot 506) and C/N (r=0 center dot 527). The fungal diversity (Hf) was significantly correlated with the soil pH (r=0 center dot 541). Conclusion The soil moisture, C/N ratio and pH were important determinants of the microbial community structure in Beilu River permafrost soils. Significance and Impact of the Study These results may provide a useful baseline for predicting the variation in microbial communities in response to climate changes.

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