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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
Volume 64, Issue 1, Pages 78-89Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00447.x
Keywords
rhizodeposition; C-13-labelling; DGGE; bacterial community composition; defoliation; arbuscular mycorrhiza
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Differences in bacterial community composition (BCC) between bulk and rhizosphere soil and between rhizospheres of different plant species are assumed to be strongly governed by quantitative and qualitative rhizodeposit differences. However, data on the relationship between rhizodeposit amounts and BCC are lacking. Other soil microorganisms, e.g. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), may also influence BCC. We simulated foliar herbivory (cutting) to reduce belowground carbon allocation and rhizodeposition of pea plants grown either with or without AMF. This reduced soil respiration, rhizosphere microbial biomass and bacteriovorous protozoan abundance, whereas none of these were affected by AMF. After labelling plants with (CO2)-C-13, root and rhizosphere soil C-13 enrichment of cut plants were reduced to a higher extent (24-46%) than shoot C-13 enrichment (10-24%). AMF did not affect C-13 enrichment. Despite these clear indications of reduced rhizosphere carbon-input, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of 16S rRNA genes PCR-amplified targeting DNA and RNA from rhizosphere soil did not reveal any effects of cutting on banding patterns. In contrast, AMF induced consistent differences in both DNA- and RNA-based DGGE profiles. These results show that a reduction in rhizosphere microbial activity is not necessarily accompanied by changes in BCC, whereas AMF presence inhibits proliferation of some bacterial taxa while stimulating others.
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