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SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 99, 期 -, 页码 94-103出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.04.021
关键词
Biopore origin; Earthworm burrow; Drilosphere; Enzyme distribution; Enzyme kinetics; Microbial hotspots
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资金
- Vietnamese government
- DAAD
- Russian Scientific Foundation [14- 14-00625]
- German Science Foundation [KU 1184/29-1, FOR 1320, PAK 888.1]
Earthworms boost microbial activities and consequently create hotspots in soil. Although the presence of earthworms is thought to change the soil enzyme system, the distribution of enzyme activities inside worm burrows is still unknown. For the first time, we analyzed enzyme kinetics and visualized enzyme distribution inside and outside worm burrows (biopores) by in situ soil zymography. Kinetic parameters (V-max and K-m) of 6 enzymes - beta-glucosidase (GLU), cellobiohydrolase (CBH), xylanase (XYL), chitinase (NAG), leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) and acid phosphatase (APT) were determined in pores formed by Lumbricus terrestris L. In earthworm burrows, the spatial distributions of GLU, NAG and APT become observable in zymogram images. Zymography showed a heterogeneous distribution of hotspots in the rhizosphere and worm burrows. The hotspot areas were 2.4-14 times larger in the burrows versus reference soil (soil without earthworms). The significantly higher V-max values for GLU, CBH, XYL, NAG and APT in burrows confirmed that earthworms stimulated enzyme activities. For CBH, XYL and NAG, the 2- to 3-fold higher K-m values in burrows indicated different enzyme systems with lower substrate affinity compared to reference soil. The positive effects of earthworms on V-max were cancelled by the K-m increase for CBH, XYL and NAG at a substrate concentration below 20 mu mol g(-1) soil. The change of enzyme systems reflected a shift in dominant microbial populations toward species with lower affinity to holo-celluloses and to N-acetylglucosamine, and with higher affinity to proteins as compared to the reference soil. We conclude that earthworm burrows are microbial hotspots with much higher and denser distribution of enzyme activities than reference soil. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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