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- Title
Soil Fungal Diversity in Turfgrass Ecosystems of Northwest China Using Illumina Sequencing of the ITS Region.
- Authors
Yan Zhu; Tuo Yao; Weibing Zhang; Lei Cao; Qiaoqiao Luo; Jiang Ma; Pengcheng Wen; Zhongmin Zhang
- Abstract
Many studies have been carried out to assess the effects of plants on soil microorganism communities in different environments. However, little is known about fungal diversity in turfgrass soil ecosystems. Therefore, in the present study the fungal diversity of turfgrass soil collected from northwest China was studied by high-throughput sequencing technique. A total of 215,321 high-quality 18S rRNA gene sequences were recovered from the five samples. The lengths of high-quality sequence mainly ranged from 180~240 bases. A total of 8 phyla were identified in the samples via taxonomic summary, with the following five being dominant: Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Glomeromycota, Zygomycota, and Rozellomycota. Numerous fungal genera were identified in the sample, and the dominant genera were Cryptococcus, Modicella, Alternaria, Guehomyces, Phoma and others. The results of diversity analysis showed that season and turfgrass species have more impact on soil fungal diversity, while soil depths may result in little difference of soil fungal diversity. The fungal communities differed significantly across the samples. This study provides previously unknown information regarding the impact of turfgrass establishment on microbial diversity in turfgrass soil and also lays a foundation for further investigations into microbiota in turfgrass ecosystems.
- Subjects
NORTHWEST China; SOIL fungi; FUNGI diversity; TURFGRASSES; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing
- Publication
Nature Environment & Pollution Technology, 2018, Vol 17, Issue 3, p815
- ISSN
0972-6268
- Publication type
Article