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- Title
Diversity and function of microbial communities in the sand sheath of Agropyron cristatum by metagenomic analysis.
- Authors
Wang, Yuehua; Wu, Meixiao; Wang, Yijing; Wang, Xuefei; Yu, Ming; Liu, Guixia; Tang, Hui
- Abstract
The roots of most gramineous plants are surrounded by a variety of microorganisms; however, few studies have focused on the rhizosheath of psammophytes. Therefore, in this study, we used Illumina HiSeq high-throughput sequencing technology to analyse the composition and functional diversity of microbial communities in the rhizosheath of sand-grown Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. We found that the number of species and functions of microbial communities gradually decreased from the rhizosheath to the bulk soil. Thus, the microbial composition of the rhizosheath was richer and more diverse, and the abundance of bacteria, including Sphingosinicella, Rhizorhabdus, Friedmanniella, Geodermatophilus, Blastococcus, and Oscillatoria, was higher, and the abundance of fungi, such as Mycothermus, was higher. The abundance of CO2 fixation-related genes (acsA, Pcc, and cbbL) in the carbon cycle; NO3–, NO2–, NH2OH, and N2 transformation genes (nrtP, nirS, hao, and nifK) in the nitrogen cycle; soxB/A/C, Sat, and dsrB genes in the sulphur cycle; and 1-phosphate mannitol dehydrogenase (MtlD) gene and polyketide synthase gene (pks) were higher in the rhizosheath than in the bulk soil, as well as genes related to phosphorus uptake in the phosphorus cycle. Our findings showed that the rhizosheath may host the predominant microbial species related to the formation of a rhizosheath.
- Subjects
MICROBIAL communities; MICROBIAL diversity; NITROGEN cycle; SULFUR cycle; METAGENOMICS; WHEATGRASSES; CARBON cycle
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2022, Vol 68, Issue 3, p177
- ISSN
0008-4166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjm-2021-0129