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- Title
The diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the subtropical forest of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), East-Central China.
- Authors
Yang, An; Lu, Lin; Zhang, Nan
- Abstract
The world heritage of Huangshan is located in the east-central China. In order to obtain a better overview of biodiversity in Huangshan, we investigated the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the soil of Huangshan. Forty-two rhizosphere soil samples were collected and 989 arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore samples were obtained using the wet-sieving method. Twenty-five species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were identified from the collections. The species were of the genera Acaulospora (6 species), Entrophospora (1 species), Glomus (16 species) and Scutellospora (2 species). Acaulospora and Glomus were dominant at the study site. The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spore density ranged from 45 to 3,250 per 100 g soil (average 839), and the species richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ranged from 1 to 9 (average 4.2) per soil sample. Shannon-Wiener index and Simpson's index were calculated to evaluate the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity. The diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in the subtropical forest of Huangshan may be the result of mutual selection between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the ecological environment.
- Subjects
HUANGSHAN Shi (China); CHINA; BIODIVERSITY research; FUNGI; VESICULAR-arbuscular mycorrhizas; SPECIES diversity; RHIZOSPHERE; FUNGAL communities
- Publication
World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2011, Vol 27, Issue 10, p2351
- ISSN
0959-3993
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11274-011-0702-x