Journal
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 158, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108266
Keywords
Amino sugar; Microbial residue; Soil organic carbon; Soil salinization
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41701257, U1906219]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M632702]
- Major Science and Technology Innovation Projects in Shandong Province [2019JZZY010723]
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The study found that the content of fungal and bacterial residues in saline-affected soils changes with increasing salinity, leading to a shift in their contribution to SOC.
Microbial residues may make a more significant contribution to soil organic carbon (SOC) than traditionally believed. However, little is known about the accumulation characteristics of fungal and bacterial residues and their contribution to SOC in salt-affected soils. We investigated changes in fungal and bacterial residues using amino sugar biomarkers along a salinity gradient in coastal salt-affected soils. As salinity increased, the content of fungal residue decreased from 337.6 to 111.6 mg kg(-1), while the bacterial counterpart increased from 62.5 to 142.4 mg kg(-1). The contribution of microbial residues to SOC was salinity-dependent. There was an increase for microbial residue contribution to SOC and a shift from fungal to bacterial residue dominated contribution to SOC with increasing salinity. Hence, salinization had a significant impact on microbial-mediated SOC accumulation.
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