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FORESTS
卷 14, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/f14091794
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bacteria; fungi; nirK and nirS genes; nifH gene; rhizosphere; permafrost peatland
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The rhizosphere microenvironment plays a crucial role in plant-soil physiological processes. Differences in microbial communities were observed among different types of rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils, and permafrost degradation was found to greatly alter the carbon and nitrogen cycling processes mediated by soil microorganisms.
The rhizosphere microenvironment is crucial to plant-soil physiological processes. The differences among microbial communities in the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere peatland topsoil (0-15 cm) and subsoil (15-30 cm) in five plant communities dominated by Carex schmidtii, Chamaedaphne calyculata, Ledum palustre, Betula fruticosa, and Vaccinium uliginosum, as well as non-rhizosphere soil in discontinuous and continuous permafrost regions, were studied. We found that the bacteria and nifH gene abundances in the C. calyculata rhizosphere soil in the discontinuous permafrost region were higher than those in continuous permafrost region, while the nirK and nifH gene abundances in the non-rhizosphere soil of the discontinuous permafrost region were lower than those in the continuous permafrost region. The ratio of bacteria to fungi decreased and that of nirK to nirS increased significantly from the discontinuous to the continuous permafrost region, indicating that permafrost degradation can change soil microbial community composition. Fungal abundance was higher in the rhizosphere than the non-rhizosphere soils, suggesting that plant roots provide a more suitable environment for fungi. Moreover, the abundances of the topsoil bacteria; the fungi; and the nirK, nirS, and nifH genes were higher than those in the subsoil because of the organic matter from plant litter as a source of nutrients. The microbial abundance in the subsoil was also more affected by nutrient availability. To sum up, the microbial abundance varied among the different types of rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils, and the carbon and nitrogen cycling processes mediated by soil microorganisms may be greatly altered due to permafrost degradation under climate warming.
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