scholarly journals Soil characteristics and land-use drive bacterial community assembly patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel E Barnett ◽  
Nicholas D Youngblut ◽  
Daniel H Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Soil Ph ◽  
Community Assembly ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Soil Characteristics ◽  
Soil Community ◽  
Local Selection ◽  
Species Pools

ABSTRACT Land-use and soil characteristics drive variation in soil community composition, but the influences of these factors on dispersal and community assembly at regional scale remain poorly characterized. Land-use remains a consistent driver of soil community composition even when exhibiting patchy spatial distribution at regional scale. In addition, disturbed and early successional soils often exhibit stochastic community assembly patterns. These observations suggest local community composition is influenced by dispersal and assembly from regional species pools. We examined bacterial community assembly within agricultural cropland, old-field, and forested sites across 10 landscapes in the region around Ithaca, New York (USA). We found that the Sloan neutral model explained assembly well at regional scale (R2 = 0.763), but that both soil pH and land-use imposed selection that shaped community composition. We show that homogeneous selection was a dominant assembly process with respect to both soil pH and land-use regime, but that these two factors interacted in their effects on bacterial community assembly. We conclude that bacterial community assembly at a regional scale is driven by dispersal from regional species pools and local selection on the basis of soil pH and other soil characteristics that vary with land-use.

scholarly journals Changes in Soil Properties and Bacterial Community Composition with Biochar Amendment after Six Years

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 746
Author(s):  
Shuxiu Fan ◽  
Jiacheng Zuo ◽  
Hangyu Dong
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Soil Ph ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Bacterial Community Composition ◽  
Soil Characteristics ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
Biochar Amendment

Changes in soil physicochemical properties and bacterial community composition were investigated six years after biochar amendment at 0%, 4%, 8% and 12% (w/w), which were coded as C0, C1, C2 and C3, respectively. Results showed that some soil characteristics were sustainable, as they were still affected by biochar addition after six years. Compared to the control, biochar-treated soils had higher pH, total carbon (TC), C/N, total nitrogen (TN), available phosphorus (AP) and available potassium (AK). Soil pH, C/N and the content of TC, TN and AK all increased along with the increase of biochar dosage. The results of Illumina MiSeq sequencing demonstrated that biochar enhanced soil bacteria diversity and modified the community composition over time. The relative abundance of Nitrospirae and Verrucomicrobia phylum increased but that of Acidobacteria phylum decreased significantly in biochar amended soils. The addition of biochar also enriched some bacterial genera, such as uncultured Nitrosomonadace, uncultured Gemmatimonadac, uncultured Nitrospiraceae and Magnetovibrio. In particular, the relative abundance of uncultured Nitrospiraceae was enhanced by 16.9%, 42.8% and 73.6% in C1, C2 and C3, respectively, compared to C0. Biochar has a potential role in enhancing the abundance of bacteria involved in N cycling. Soil pH, TC, TN, TK and AK, were closely related to alterations in the composition of the soil bacterial community. Meanwhile, these soil properties were significantly influenced by biochar amendment, which indicates that biochar affected the soil microbial community indirectly by altering the soil characteristics in the long term.

scholarly journals Climate-related changes of soil characteristics affect bacterial community composition and function of high altitude and latitude lakes

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 2331-2344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carina Rofner ◽  
Hannes Peter ◽  
Núria Catalán ◽  
Fabian Drewes ◽  
Ruben Sommaruga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Bacterial Community Composition ◽  
Soil Characteristics ◽  
And Function

scholarly journals Bacteria as Emerging Indicators of Soil Condition

2016 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syrie M. Hermans ◽  
Hannah L. Buckley ◽  
Bradley S. Case ◽  
Fiona Curran-Cournane ◽  
Matthew Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Soil Condition ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Anthropogenic Activity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Soil Ecosystems ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Bacterial communities are important for the health and productivity of soil ecosystems and have great potential as novel indicators of environmental perturbations. To assess how they are affected by anthropogenic activity and to determine their ability to provide alternative metrics of environmental health, we sought to define which soil variables bacteria respond to across multiple soil types and land uses. We determined, through 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, the composition of bacterial communities in soil samples from 110 natural or human-impacted sites, located up to 300 km apart. Overall, soil bacterial communities varied more in response to changing soil environments than in response to changes in climate or increasing geographic distance. We identified strong correlations between the relative abundances of members of Pirellulaceae and soil pH, members of Gaiellaceae and carbon-to-nitrogen ratios, members of Bradyrhizobium and the levels of Olsen P (a measure of plant available phosphorus), and members of Chitinophagaceae and aluminum concentrations. These relationships between specific soil attributes and individual soil taxa not only highlight ecological characteristics of these organisms but also demonstrate the ability of key bacterial taxonomic groups to reflect the impact of specific anthropogenic activities, even in comparisons of samples across large geographic areas and diverse soil types. Overall, we provide strong evidence that there is scope to use relative taxon abundances as biological indicators of soil condition. IMPORTANCE The impact of land use change and management on soil microbial community composition remains poorly understood. Therefore, we explored the relationship between a wide range of soil factors and soil bacterial community composition. We included variables related to anthropogenic activity and collected samples across a large spatial scale to interrogate the complex relationships between various bacterial community attributes and soil condition. We provide evidence of strong relationships between individual taxa and specific soil attributes even across large spatial scales and soil and land use types. Collectively, we were able to demonstrate the largely untapped potential of microorganisms to indicate the condition of soil and thereby influence the way that we monitor the effects of anthropogenic activity on soil ecosystems into the future.

scholarly journals Regulating Soil Bacterial Diversity, Enzyme Activities and Community Composition Using Residues from Golden Apple Snails

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaxin Wang ◽  
Xuening Lu ◽  
Jiaen Zhang ◽  
Guangchang Wei ◽  
Yue Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Bacterial Diversity ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Soil Nutrients ◽  
Soil Ph ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Bacterial Community Composition ◽  
Apple Snail ◽  
Low Levels

AbstractGolden apple snails (GAS) have become a serious pest for agricultural production in Asia. A sustainable method for managing GAS is urgently needed, including potentially using them to produce commercial products. In this study, we evaluate the effects of GAS residues (shell and meat) on soil pH, bacterial diversity, enzyme activities, and other soil characteristics. Results showed that the amendment of GAS residues significantly elevated soil pH (to near-neutral), total organic carbon (TOC) (by 10-134%), NO3-N (by 46-912%), NH4-N (by 18-168%) and total nitrogen (TN) (by 12-132%). Bacterial diversity increased 13% at low levels of amendment and decreased 5% at high levels, because low-levels of GAS residues increased soil pH to near-neutral, while high-levels of amendment substantially increased soil nutrients and subsequently suppressed bacterial diversity. The dominant phyla of bacteria were: Proteobacteria (about 22%), Firmicutes (15-35%), Chloroflexi (12%-22%), Actinobacteria (8%-20%) Acidobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Cyanobacteria and Bacterioidetes. The amendment of GAS residues significantly increased the relative abundance of Firmicutes, Gemmatimonadetes, Bacterioidetes and Deinococcus-Thermus, but significantly decreased the relative abundance of Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria, Cyanobacteria and Planctomycetes. Our results suggest that GAS residues treatment induces a near-neutral and nutrient-rich soil. In this soil, soil pH may not be the best predictor of bacterial community composition or diversity; rather soil nutrients (ie., NH4-N and NO3-N) and soil TOC showed stronger correlations with bacterial community composition. Overall, GAS residues could replace lime for remediation of acidic and degraded soils, not only to remediate physical soil properties, but also microbial communities.ImportanceThe wide spreading golden apple snail (GAS) is a harmful pest to crop productions and could result in soil and air pollutions after death. In the previous study, we developed a biocontrol method: adding GAS residues to acidic soil to mitigate the living GAS invasion and spread, improve soil quality, and reduce soil and air pollution. However, the effects of GAS residues amendment on bacterial diversity and community still remain unclear. This study provided insights into bacterial diversity and community compositions to facilitate the evaluation of GAS residues application.

scholarly journals The Impact of Land use on Bacterial Community Composition and Physicochemical Properties of Soil

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2167-2176
Author(s):  
Ghobad Jalali ◽  
Amir Lakzian ◽  
Alireza Astaraei ◽  
Aliakbar Haddad- Mashadrizeh ◽  
Mehdi Azadvar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Bacterial Community Composition ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Properties Of Soil

Relative importance of urban and non-urban land-use types for potential denitrification derived N2O: insights from a regional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 109 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 453-460
Author(s):  
Hui-Juan XU ◽  
Manuel DELGADO-BAQUERIZO ◽  
Fu-Xia PAN ◽  
Xin-Li AN ◽  
Brajesh K. SINGH ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Soil Ph ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Potential Denitrification ◽  
Land Use Types

ABSTRACTIdentifying the relative importance of urban and non-urban land-use types for potential denitrification derived N2O at a regional scale is critical for quantifying the impacts of human activities on nitrous oxide (N2O) emission under changing environments. In this study we used a regional dataset from China including 197 soil samples and six land-use types to evaluate the main predictors (land use, heavy metals, soil pH, soil moisture, substrate availability, functional and broad microbial abundances) of potential denitrification using multivariate and pathway analysis. Our results provide empirical evidence that soils on farms have the greatest potential denitrifying ability (PDA) (10.92±6.08ng N2O-N·g–1 dry soil·min–1) followed by urban soil (6.80±5.35ng N2O-N·g–1 dry soil·min–1). Our models indicate that land use (low vs. high human activity), followed by total nitrogen (TN) and heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd) was the most important driver of PDA. In addition, our path analysis suggests that at least part of the impacts of land use on potential denitrification were mediated via microbial abundance, soil pH and substrates including TN, dissolved organic carbon and nitrate. This study identifies the main predictors of denitrification at a regional scale which is needed to quantify the impact of human activities on ecosystem functionality under changing conditions.

Stream sediment bacterial communities exhibit temporally-consistent and distinct thresholds to land use change in a mixed-use watershed

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Martin ◽  
Chansotheary Dang ◽  
Ember Morrissey ◽  
Jason Hubbart ◽  
Elliot Kellner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Bacterial Community Composition ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Sediment Bacterial Community

Abstract Freshwater ecosystems are susceptible to biodiversity losses due to land conversion. This is particularly true for the conversion of land from forests for agriculture and urban development. Freshwater sediments harbor microorganisms that provide vital ecosystem services. In dynamic habitats like freshwater sediments, microbial communities can be shaped by many processes, although the relative contributions of environmental factors to microbial community dynamics remain unclear. Given the future projected increase in land use change, it is important to ascertain how associated changes in stream physico-chemistry will influence sediment microbiomes. Here, we characterized stream chemistry and sediment bacterial community composition along a mixed land-use gradient in West Virginia, USA across one growing season. Sediment bacterial community richness was unaffected by increasing anthropogenic land use, though microbial communities were compositionally distinct across sites. Community threshold analysis revealed greater community resilience to agricultural land use than urban land use. Further, predicted metagenomes suggest differences in potential microbial function across changes in land use. The results of this study suggest that low levels of urban land use change can alter sediment bacterial community composition and predicted functional capacity in a mixed-use watershed, which could impact stream ecosystem services in the face of global land use change.

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