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- Title
Soil bacterial community diversity and life strategy during slope restoration on an uninhabited island: changes under the aggregate spray-seeding technique.
- Authors
Wang, Zhikang; Zhang, Shilei; Geng, Zengchao; Li, Chunlin; Sun, Linting; Zhang, Liangzhen; Cao, Zhiquan
- Abstract
Aims We investigated the effects of the aggregate spray-seeding (ASS) technique on soil bacterial community diversity, life strategies, and seasonal change. Methods and results Soil from six plots with original vegetation (CK, n = 6) was compared to soil from 15 plots with spray-seeding restoration (SR, n = 15) using environmental DNA sequencing. The bacterial Shannon and Chao1 indices of SR soils were significantly greater (P < 0.05) than those of CK soils. The Chao1 index for the SR soil bacterial community was significantly greater in summer (P < 0.05) than in winter. The ratio of the relative abundance of bacterial K-strategists to r-strategists (K/r) and the DNA guanine-cytosine (GC) content in the SR soil were significantly lower (P < 0.05) than those in the CK soil. Principal coordinate analysis revealed significant differences between the SR and CK bacterial communities. The GC content was positively correlated with the K/r ratio. Soil conductivity was negatively associated with the K/r ratio and GC content, indicating that ionic nutrients were closely related to bacterial life strategies. Conclusions The ASS technique improved soil bacterial diversity, altered community composition, and favored bacterial r-strategists.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL diversity; BACTERIAL communities; SOILS; COMMUNITY life; DNA sequencing
- Publication
Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2024, Vol 135, Issue 6, p1
- ISSN
1364-5072
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jambio/lxae132