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- Title
Effects of Microtopography on Soil Microbial Community Structure and Abundance in Permafrost Peatlands.
- Authors
Zhang, Man; Fu, Lingyu; Ma, Dalong; Wang, Xu; Liu, Anwen
- Abstract
Soil microorganisms play crucial roles in the stability of the global carbon pool, particularly in permafrost peatlands that are highly sensitive to climate change. Microtopography is a unique characteristic of peatland ecosystems, but how microtopography affects the microbial community structures and their functions in the soil is only partially known. We characterized the bacterial and fungal community compositions by amplicon sequencing and their abundances via quantitative PCR at different soil depths in three microtopographical positions (hummocks, flats, and hollows) in permafrost peatland of the Greater Xing'an Mountains in China. The results showed that the soil of hummocks displayed a higher microbial diversity compared to hollows. Microtopography exerted a strong influence on bacterial community structure, while both microtopography and soil depth greatly impacted the fungal community structure with variable effects on fungal functional guilds. Soil water content, dissolved organic carbon, total phosphorus, and total nitrogen levels of the soil mostly affected the bacterial and fungal communities. Microtopography generated variations in the soil water content, which was the main driver of the spatial distribution of microbial abundances. This information stressed that the hummock–flat–hollow microtopography of permafrost peatlands creates heterogeneity in soil physicochemical properties and hydrological conditions, thereby influencing soil microbial communities at a microhabitat scale. Our results imply that changes to the water table induced by climate warming inducing permafrost degradation will impact the composition of soil microbes in peatlands and their related biogeochemical functions, eventually providing feedback loops into the global climate system.
- Subjects
CHINA; PERMAFROST ecosystems; SOIL microbial ecology; MICROBIAL communities; PERMAFROST; SOIL moisture; GLOBAL warming; SOIL microbiology; PEATLANDS; TUNDRAS
- Publication
Microorganisms, 2024, Vol 12, Issue 5, p867
- ISSN
2076-2607
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/microorganisms12050867