红壤恢复林地微团聚体形成与稳定的影响机制研究进展

微团聚体是土壤团粒结构的基本组成单元,较大团聚体具有更强的稳定性,其形成与稳定对于土壤有机碳的长期吸存起着决定性作用。目前关于微团聚体形成与稳定性的研究多专注于农业土壤,红壤侵蚀地植被恢复后土壤团聚体稳定性、有机碳分布及微生物群落特征研究也主要集中在大团聚体上,而土壤微团聚体的动态变化及其主要影响因素尚不明确,对于其内在机制更缺乏了解。通过总结土壤微团聚体的形成过程及稳定性,综述了凋落物、根系和菌根对土壤微团聚体形成与稳定的影响,阐述了土壤微团聚体内微生物群落、化学结合态有机碳及有机碳结构是土壤有机碳稳定的重要机制,并提出了未来微团聚体研究方向,以期揭示红壤侵蚀退化地森林恢复过程中微团聚体形成和稳定的生物化学机制,从而为深入阐明有机质—土壤团聚结构—微生物—化学耦合作用和森林土壤碳吸存机制提供参考。     

微塑料对农田土壤碳转化影响研究进展

近年来,微塑料的生态环境风险受到国内外广泛关注。地膜覆盖、有机肥施用、灌溉和包膜控释肥料使 用等农田管理措施导致微塑料在农田土壤中持续累积。微塑料在土壤中经过物理破碎、化学分解和生物降解等作 用发生迁移和转化,可能影响土壤碳周转,进而影响土壤碳储存和含碳气体排放。因此,通过对国内外有关文献 进行总结和整理,系统地梳理了农田土壤中微塑料的种类和来源,分析了微塑料通过提供碳源影响土壤植物呼吸, 改变酶活性和微生物群落结构,进而直接或间接影响土壤碳排放和碳转化过程,包括以下几个方面:(1)微塑料 是长碳链分子结构,进入农田对土壤有机碳含量和转化及土壤团聚体、孔隙度和含水量等理化属性造成影响; (2)土壤中真菌和细菌对不同类型微塑料的分解和碳周转作用不同;(3)微塑料通过影响植物生长、改变相关功 能基因丰度、酶活性和微生物群落组成进而影响土壤碳转换过程。基于分析微塑料在土壤中的碳转化过程,为评 估微塑料对土壤碳库的影响提供参考。     

保护性耕作对土壤团聚体、微生物及线虫群落的影响研究进展

保护性耕作具有良好的生态效益,有利于农业生态系统的可持续发展。本文对比分析了国内外有关常规耕作和保护性耕作措施对土壤团聚体、土壤有机碳、土壤微生物及土壤线虫影响的研究进展。结果表明:保护性耕作减少土壤大团聚体的破坏,降低团聚体周转速率,提高土壤结构的稳定性;保护性耕作提高表层土壤总有机碳及活性有机碳含量;保护性耕作可以提高耕层微生物生物量,尤其对真菌生物量影响显著;保护性耕作不同程度地提高了团聚体中微生物量和微生物多样性,但并未改变微生物在团聚体中的分布模式;保护性耕作可提高土壤线虫多度,提高原状土壤和土壤各粒级团聚体中线虫群落的成熟度指数和结构指数,但并未改变线虫总数、营养类群、功能团及生态指数在团聚体中的分布模式。针对目前国内外研究现状,展望了保护性耕作今后的研究重点,以期为因地制宜选取保护性耕作措施提供理论支持,推进我国农业可持续发展。     

黑土坡耕地侵蚀和沉积对物理性组分有机碳积累与损耗的影响

以侵蚀和沉积过程明显的黑土坡耕地为研究对象,通过测定不同地形部位表层和典型剖面土壤不同粒级的水稳性团聚体、颗粒态有机碳（POC）以及团聚体结合态有机碳含量,探讨土壤侵蚀和沉积对土壤有机碳（SOC）损失、迁移和累积过程的影响。研究结果表明：上坡三个侵蚀部位表层土壤大团聚体、矿质结合态有机碳（MOC）以及团聚体结合态有机碳含量随侵蚀速率增加而减小;沉积部位（尤其是坡脚）POC含量和POC/SOC较低,而MOC含量和MOC/SOC较高。始终处于沉积状态的坡脚部位,各粒级有机碳组分的深度分布均表现出土壤累积和埋藏特征,并随着粒级的减小累积现象趋于明显。上述结果反映了土壤侵蚀优先使与细颗粒和微团聚体结合的SOC迁移流失,并在低洼的沉积区累积;埋藏层中的侵蚀物质（如微团聚体、颗粒态有机质）通过深埋作用和重新团聚作用形成稳定的大团聚体,最终促进SOC的固定。     

火烧迹地不同恢复方式土壤团聚体微生物量碳特征

为探讨不同恢复方式对大兴安岭重度火烧迹地土壤团聚体形成及其团聚体碳循环的影响,以大兴安岭1987年重度火烧后分别经过人工恢复(兴安落叶松、樟子松)和天然恢复的林分为研究对象,分析不同恢复方式下土壤团聚体有机碳、团聚体微生物量碳和团聚体K2SO4浸提碳的分布特征。结果表明:(1)不同林型间土壤团聚体有机碳含量、团聚体微生物量碳含量和团聚体K2SO4浸提碳含量差异显著(P0.05),其大小关系均是兴安落叶松人工林天然次生林樟子松人工林。(2)在不同植被恢复方式下,土壤有机碳含量和微生物量碳含量呈随团聚体粒径增大而增大的趋势,且大团聚体显著高于微团聚体(P0.05),土壤K2SO4浸提碳主要分布于1~0.5mm粒径及其更大粒径团聚体中。(3)土壤团聚体有机碳和团聚体微生物量碳富聚于土壤表层(0—5cm),其含量均随土层深度的增加而减小。除2 mm和2~1mm粒径外,其余粒径团聚体K2SO4浸提碳含量呈随土层深度增加而减小的趋势。(4)土壤微生物量碳与土壤有机碳和K2SO4浸提碳呈极显著正相关(P0.01),说明土壤微生物量碳与有机碳和K2SO4浸提碳之间有密切联系。     

黄土丘陵区不同植被群落土壤团聚体有机碳及其组分的分布

有机碳是形成土壤团聚体的重要物质,植被群落通过有机残体的输入增加土壤有机碳含量,从而通过影响团聚体的形成而影响土壤结构。为探究不同植被群落对土壤结构改良的意义,对黄土丘陵区森林带和草原带的不同植被群落土壤团聚体中有机碳组分进行了研究。结果表明:(1)研究区域森林带土壤有机碳含量大于草原带,森林带植被群落土壤总有机碳含量大小顺序为:辽东栎群落>人工刺槐群落>狼牙刺群落,草原带植被群落土壤总有机碳含量大小顺序为:人工沙棘群落>达乌里胡枝子+茭蒿群落>铁杆蒿+达乌里胡枝子群落;(2)土壤活性有机碳和腐殖质碳占土壤总有机碳的比例在两种植被带之间基本相同,相同植被群落土壤活性有机碳占土壤总有机碳的比例高于腐殖质碳占总有机碳的比例;(3)森林带土壤>0.25 mm团聚体含量显著高于草原带土壤>0.25 mm团聚体含量,各种形态的有机碳随着土壤团聚体粒级的增大有机碳含量呈先增加后减少或者随着团聚体粒级的增大而增大的趋势,2~0.25 mm和<0.25 mm团聚体中有机碳含量最高;(4)草原带每种植被群落土壤活性有机碳含量空间差异性较大,辽东栎群落各种形态土壤有机碳含量的空间差异性都较大,<0.25 mm团聚体腐殖质碳含量大于其他粒径;(5)草原带人工沙棘群落土壤各种形态有机碳在土壤剖面上的含量差异很小,其他各植被群落0~10 cm土层土壤有机碳含量均大于10~20 cm土层。     

黄土丘陵区植被恢复中不同粒级土壤团聚体有机碳分布特征

对黄土丘陵区土壤有机碳在不同粒级团聚体中的分布特征及其对植被恢复的响应进行了研究。结果表明：（1）黄土丘陵区不同植被覆盖条件下,土壤有机碳的分布具有一定的表聚性,0～20 cm土层中有机碳的含量均高于20～40 cm中有机碳的含量,不同植被群落下有机碳的含量大小为：大针茅群落〉长芒草群落〉铁杆蒿群落〉百里香群落;（2）同一深度土壤各粒级团聚体中有机碳的分布特征是：0.5～0.25 mm与1～0.5 mm两个粒级中有机碳的含量最高,〉1 mm的团聚体中有机碳的含量有随粒级增大而减小的趋势;（3）恢复年限对不同粒级土壤团聚体中有机碳的含量影响很大,有机碳的含量随恢复年限的增加总体呈上升趋势。黄土高原沟壑区土壤有机碳的积累与土壤团聚体的粒级和植被恢复的类型、年限等有明显的关系。     

黄土丘陵区典型草地土壤有机碳及微生物量碳的分布特征

对黄土丘陵区植被恢复中柳枝稷、长芒草和白羊草这3种典型草地土壤有机碳、微生物量碳以及团聚体中有机碳的含量变化和分布特征进行了研究。结果表明,土壤中有机碳、微生物量碳以及不同粒级团聚体中有机碳均集中分布在土壤的表层;不同草地类型下有机碳的含量大小顺序为:柳枝稷草地>长芒草草地>白羊草草地;相同土层深度土壤各粒级团聚体中有机碳的分布表现为2～1mm粒级团聚体中有机碳含量明显高于其它粒级中有机碳的含量;在3种典型草地中,柳枝稷草地土壤中有机碳含量和团聚体中有机碳含量高于长芒草和白羊草草地的含量,柳枝稷草地土壤微生物量碳的含量仅低于长芒草中的含量。     

杉木人工林土壤微团聚体中铁铝氧化物与微生物的分布及其关系

[目的]探究亚热带红壤区土壤微团聚体中铁铝氧化物与微生物的分布及其关系,为该区域土壤结构的改良提供理论依据.[方法]以亚热带红壤区典型林分杉木人工林为对象,研究不同粒级微团聚体胶结物中铁铝氧化物含量、结合态有机碳含量和微生物群落多样性在不同土层中的分布,并分析各形态铁铝氧化物含量与微生物群落多样性的关系.[结果]微团聚...     

秸秆覆盖免耕对土壤氨基糖在团聚体粒级中分布的影响

本试验对常规垄作(RT)、无秸秆覆盖免耕(NT-0)和全量秸秆覆盖免耕(NT-100)下不同土层(0~5 cm、5~10 cm、10~20 cm)氨基糖含量在不同团聚体粒级中的分布特征进行了分析。结果表明,与传统耕作相比,免耕处理显著影响了表层土壤(0~10 cm)的团聚化作用,促进了微团聚体和小颗粒大团聚体向大团聚体的转化。在不同的土壤层次,NT-0没有改变土壤有机碳含量,而NT-100显著增加了土壤有机碳含量。另外,相对于NT-0和RT,NT-100显著促进了0~5 cm土壤各团聚体粒级中总氨基糖、氨基葡萄糖和氨基半乳糖的积累,而在5~20cm土层没有产生显著影响。研究表明,免耕无秸秆覆盖对土壤有机碳、氨基糖含量以及各氨基单糖含量没有影响,而结合秸秆覆盖则显著促进了表层土壤有机碳以及氨基糖的积累。     

微生物残体在土壤中的积累转化过程与稳定机理研究进展

近年来,关于微生物残体在土壤有机质积累和转化过程中的作用越来越受到研究者的关注。土壤有机质中微生物残体的数量和组成比例变化与土壤有机质的形成、容量大小及周转特征密切相关。对目前土壤微生物残体研究方面的相关进展进行了梳理和总结,在明确土壤微生物残体的来源及其重要性的基础上,介绍了土壤微生物残体定量和转化的表征方法,阐述了微生物残体在土壤有机质积累转化过程中的作用及其主要影响因素,探讨了微生物残体在土壤中的稳定机制,提出了微生物通过同化代谢作用驱动细胞残体积累进而促进土壤有机质积累和稳定过程中亟待探讨的科学问题。期望为进一步探究陆地生态系统土壤有机质周转与微生物过程的相互作用机理提供一定的思考。     

Sugars in soil and sweets for microorganisms: Review of origin,content, composition and fate

Sugars are the most abundant organic compounds in the biosphere because they are monomers of all polysaccharides. We summarize the results of the last 40 years on the sources, content, composition and fate of sugars in soil and discuss their main functions. We especially focus on sugar uptake, utilization and recycling by microorganisms as this is by far the dominating process of sugar transformation in soil compared to sorption, leaching or plant uptake. Moreover, sugars are the most important carbon (C) and energy source for soil microorganisms.Two databases have been created. The 1st database focused on the contents of cellulose, non-cellulose, hot-water and cold-water extractable sugars in soils (348 data, 32 studies). This enabled determining the primary (plant-derived) and secondary (microbially and soil organic matter (SOM) derived) sources of carbohydrates in soil based on the galactose + mannose/arabinose + xylose (GM/AX) ratio. The 2nd database focused on the fate of sugar C in soils (734 data pairs, 32 studies using ¹³C or ¹⁴C labeled sugars). ¹³C and ¹⁴C dynamics enabled calculating the: 1) initial rate of sugar mineralization, 2) mean residence time (MRT) of C of the applied sugars, and 3) MRT of sugar C incorporated into 3a) microbial biomass and 3b) SOM.The content of hexoses was 3–4 times higher than pentoses, because hexoses originate from plants and microorganisms. The GM/AX ratio of non-cellulose sugars revealed a lower contribution of hexoses in cropland and grassland (ratio 0.7–1) compare to forest (ratio 1.5) soils.¹³C and ¹⁴C studies showed very high initial rate of glucose mineralization (1.1% min⁻¹) and much higher rate of sugars uptake by microorganisms from the soil solution. Considering this rate along with the glucose input from plants and its content in soil solution, we estimate that only about 20% of all sugars in soil originate from the primary source – decomposition of plant litter and rhizodeposits. The remaining 80% originates from the secondary source – microorganisms and their residues. The estimated MRT of sugar C in microbial biomass was about 230 days, showing intense and efficient internal recycling within microorganisms. The assessed MRT of sugar C in SOM was about 360 days, reflecting the considerable accumulation of sugar C in microbial residues and its comparatively slow external recycling.The very rapid uptake of sugars by microorganisms and intensive recycling clearly demonstrate the importance of sugars for microbes in soil. We speculate that the most important functions of sugars in soil are to maintain and stimulate microbial activities in the rhizosphere and detritusphere leading to mobilization of nutrients by accelerated SOM decomposition – priming effects. We conclude that the actual contribution of sugar C (not only whole sugar molecules, which are usually determined) to SOM is much higher than the 10 ± 5% commonly measured based on their content.     

Organic matter dynamics in a temperate forest soil following enhanced drying

Climate models predict an increase in global surface temperature and a change in precipitation intensity during this century. For Europe, extended drought periods followed by heavy rainfall are expected. The consequences for soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the effect of changing soil moisture regime on SOM quality under field conditions. For this purpose, a throughfall exclusion (TE) experiment was conducted in the summers 2006 and 2007 on a Haplic Podzol under a 140 years old Norway spruce stand using a roof installation followed by re-wetting compared to non-manipulated control plots. Total organic carbon, lignin (stable carbon pool), plant and microbial sugars (labile carbon pool) and microbial biomass (phospholipid fatty acids) were determined before, during and after the experiment in the L, O, A and B horizons. No significant treatment effects could be observed for SOM quantity. Amounts of lignin and soil microbial biomass were also not affected by the moisture regime but structure of soil microbial community. In the L and organic layers, gram + bacteria and actinomycetes were reduced during water stress, while gram- bacteria, fungi and protozoa increased during drought. Warmer and drier weather led to a dominance of fungi while a cooler and moister regime favoured bacteria, at least in the L horizon. An increasing PLFA (cy17:0 + cy19:0)/(16:1ω7c + 18:1ω7c) ratio in the O layer and A horizon suggests that the microbes suffered from water stress in these horizons. This agrees with a decreasing contribution of microbial sugars to SOM with decreasing water content in the O and A horizons. Although the original plant material exhibited increasing plant sugar content with increasing dryness, the contribution of the plant sugars to total soil organic carbon (SOC) generally decreased with decreasing water content. Physical-chemical changes of soil structure can theoretically change the sugar extractability from soils and/or chemical changes of sugars structure can probably affect the analysis. Therefore, chemical alteration and stabilization could be responsible for sugar decrease in soil with increasing dryness explaining the contrast compared to the original plant material.     

Abundance, production and stabilization of microbial biomass under conventional and reduced tillage

Soil tillage practices affect the soil microbial community in various ways, with possible consequences for nitrogen (N) losses, plant growth and soil organic carbon (C) sequestration. As microbes affect soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics largely through their activity, their impact may not be deduced from biomass measurements alone. Moreover, residual microbial tissue is thought to facilitate SOM stabilization, and to provide a long term integrated measure of effects on the microorganisms. In this study, we therefore compared the effect of reduced (RT) and conventional tillage (CT) on the biomass, growth rate and residues of the major microbial decomposer groups fungi and bacteria. Soil samples were collected at two depths (0-5 cm and 5-20 cm) from plots in an Irish winter wheat field that were exposed to either conventional or shallow non-inversion tillage for 7 growing seasons. Total soil fungal and bacterial biomasses were estimated using epifluorescence microscopy. To separate between biomass of saprophytic fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizae, samples were analyzed for ergosterol and phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) biomarkers. Growth rates of saprophytic fungi were determined by [¹⁴C]acetate-in-ergosterol incorporation, whereas bacterial growth rates were determined by the incorporation of ³H-leucine in bacterial proteins. Finally, soil contents of fungal and bacterial residues were estimated by quantifying microbial derived amino sugars. Reduced tillage increased the total biomass of both bacteria and fungi in the 0-5 cm soil layer to a similar extent. Both ergosterol and PLFA analyses indicated that RT increased biomass of saprophytic fungi in the 0-5 cm soil layer. In contrast, RT increased the biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizae as well as its contribution to the total fungal biomass across the whole plough layer. Growth rates of both saprotrophic fungi and bacteria on the other hand were not affected by soil tillage, possibly indicating a decreased turnover rate of soil microbial biomass under RT. Moreover, RT did not affect the proportion of microbial residues that were derived from fungi. In summary, our results suggest that RT can promote soil C storage without increasing the role of saprophytic fungi in SOM dynamics relative to that of bacteria.     

Organic matter dynamics in a temperate forest as influenced by soil frost

In the future, climate models predict an increase in global surface temperature and during winter a changing of precipitation from less snowfall to more raining. Without protective snow cover, freezing can be more intensive and can enter noticeably deeper into the soil with effects on C cycling and soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics. We removed the natural snow cover in a Norway spruce forest in the Fichtelgebirge Mts. during winter from late December 2005 until middle of February 2006 on three replicate plots. Hence, we induced soil frost to 15 cm depth (at a depth of 5 cm below surface up to –5°C) from January to April 2006, while the snow‐covered control plots never reached temperatures < 0°C. Quantity and quality of SOM was followed by total organic C and biomarker analysis. While soil frost did not influence total organic‐C and lignin concentrations, the decomposition of vanillyl monomers (Ac/Ad)_V and the microbial‐sugar concentrations decreased at the end of the frost period, these results confirm reduced SOM mineralization under frost. Soil microbial biomass was not affected by the frost event or recovered more quickly than the accumulation of microbial residues such as microbial sugars directly after the experiment. However, in the subsequent autumn, soil microbial biomass was significantly higher at the snow‐removal (SR) treatments compared to the control despite lower CO₂ respiration. In addition, the water‐stress indicator (PLFA [cy17:0 + cy19:0] / [16:1ω7c + 18:1ω7c]) increased. These results suggest that soil microbial respiration and therefore the activity was not closely related to soil microbial biomass but more strongly controlled by substrate availability and quality. The PLFA pattern indicates that fungi are more susceptible to soil frost than bacteria.     

Responses of soil organic matter and microorganisms to freeze-thaw cycles

Soil organic matter (SOM) biomarker methods were utilized in this study to investigate the responses of fungi and bacteria to freeze-thaw cycles (FTCs) and to examine freeze-thaw-induced changes in SOM composition and substrate availability. Unamended, grass-amended, and lignin-amended soil samples were subject to 10 laboratory FTCs. Three SOM fractions (free lipids, bound lipids, and lignin-derived phenols) with distinct composition, stability and source were examined with chemolysis and biomarker Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry methods and the soil microbial community composition was monitored by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis. Soil microbial respiration was also measured before and during freezing and thawing, which was not closely related to microbial biomass in the soil but more strongly controlled by substrate availability and quality. Enhanced microbial mineralization (CO₂ flush), considered to be derived from the freeze-thaw-induced release of easily decomposable organic matter from microbial cell lyses, was detected but quickly diminished with successive FTCs. The biomarker distribution demonstrated that free lipids underwent a considerable size of decrease after repeated FTCs, while bound lipids and lignin compounds remained stable. This observation indicates that labile SOM may be most influenced by increased FTCs and that free lipids may contribute indirectly to the freeze-thaw-induced CO₂ flush from the soil. PLFA analysis revealed that fungal biomass was greatly reduced while bacteria were unaffected through the lab-simulated FTCs. Microbial community shifts may be caused by freezing stress and competition for freeze-thaw-induced substrate release. This novel finding may have an impact on carbon and nutrient turnover with predicted increases in FTCs in certain areas, because fungi and bacteria have different degradation patterns of SOM and the fungi-dominated soil community is considered to have a higher carbon storage capacity than a bacteria-dominated community.     

Soil fungi influence the distribution of microbial functional groups that mediate forest greenhouse gas emissions

The distribution of microbial functional groups in soil may be governed by the interaction between the soil environment and the presence of other microbial competitors or facilitators. In forest soils, one of the most important groups of organisms are fungi, which are vital to many ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling and decomposition, and can form direct connections to primary producers. Nevertheless, the overall effect of soil fungi on the structure and distribution of the other soil microbial functional groups has not been thoroughly investigated. We hypothesized that by altering the soil environment, fungi create favorable conditions for Archaea, methane oxidizing bacteria (MOB) and denitrifying bacteria (DNB), thereby potentially influencing the ability of forest soils to produce or consume greenhouse gases. To test these hypotheses, we studied the distribution of microbial functional groups and fungi in forest soil using molecular methods and related that distribution to soil environment and extracellular enzyme activity as a measure of microbial activity and metabolic effort. Non-metric multidimensional scaling of terminal restriction fragment length (TRFLP) profiles found that DNB and MOB largely separated within ordination space, suggesting little overlap of these bacteria in soil cores. In addition, DNB were significantly positively correlated with fungal biomass and with chitinase activity while MOB were negatively correlated with both. Most archaeal TRFs were also negatively correlated with fungal biomass, suggesting that forest Archaea and MOB have similar relationships to fungal biomass. Soil chemistry including soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and bicarbonate extractable phosphorus (P) were not significantly correlated with DNB, MOB or Archaea. Our results suggest that soil fungi might influence the spatial distribution of important prokaryotic groups in forests, including some groups that mediate the production and consumption of important greenhouse gases.     

Temperature and substrate controls on microbial phospholipid fatty acid composition during incubation of grassland soils contrasting in organic matter quality

Soil incubations are often used to investigate soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition and its response to increased temperature, but changes in the activity and community composition of the decomposers have rarely been included. As part of an integrated investigation into the responses of SOM components in laboratory incubations at elevated temperatures, fungal and bacterial phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) were measured in two grassland soils contrasting in SOM quality (i.e. SOM composition), and changes in the microbial biomass and community composition were monitored. Whilst easily-degradable SOM and necromass released from soil preparation may have fuelled microbial activity at the start of the incubation, the overall activity and biomass of soil microorganisms were relatively constant during the subsequent one-year soil incubation, as indicated by the abundance of soil PLFAs, microbial respiration rate (r), and metabolic quotient (qCO₂). PLFAs relating to fungi and Gram-negative bacteria declined relative to Gram-positive bacteria in soils incubated at higher temperatures, presumably due to their vulnerability to disturbance and substrate constraints induced by faster exhaustion of available nutrient sources at higher temperatures. A linear correlation was found between incubation temperatures and the microbial stress ratios of cyclopropane PLFA-to-monoenoic precursor (cy17:0/16:1ω7c and cy19:0/18:1ω7c) and monoenoic-to-saturated PLFAs (mono/sat), as a combined effect of temperature and temperature-induced substrate constraints. The microbial PLFA decay patterns and ratios suggest that SOM quality intimately controls microbial responses to global warming.     

崇明西红花根际土壤和球茎微生物多样性分析

为研究崇明西红花栽培地根际土壤和球茎中微生物多样性,采用Illumina MiSeq高通量测序技术对其微生物群落组成进行了比对分析。结果表明,西红花根际土壤和球茎中细菌和真菌在门类水平上菌群类别差异不显著,但在丰富度和多样性方面根际土壤明显高于球茎;在属和种水平上差异显著;在种水平上,根际土壤或球茎均有各自特有的细菌或真菌,且具有较高的相对丰度。西红花致病真菌瓶霉(Phialophora)和背芽突霉(Cadophora)在崇明西红花球茎大量存在。因此,推测西红花病害发生,除与土壤菌群相关外,与其内生细菌和真菌也紧密相关。本研究结果初步分析了崇明栽培地西红花根际土壤和球茎中微生物多样性及群落结构组成,为进一步筛选合适的崇明西红花栽培地土壤和种球杀菌剂提供了理论依据。     

Sources and mechanisms of priming effect induced in two grassland soils amended with slurry and sugar

The mechanisms and specific sources of priming effects, i.e. short term changes of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition after substance addition, are still not fully understood. These uncertainties are partly method related, i.e. until now only two C sources in released CO₂ could be identified. We used a novel approach separating three carbon (C) sources in CO₂ efflux from soil. The approach is based on combination of different substances originated from C₃ or C₄ plants in different treatments and identical transformation of substances like C₃ sugar (from sugar beet) and C₄ sugar (from sugar cane). We investigated the influence of the addition of two substances having different microbial utilizability, i.e. slurry and sugar on the SOM or/and slurry decomposition in two grassland soils with different levels of C_org (2.3 vs. 5.1% C). Application of slurry to the soil slightly accelerated the SOM decomposition. Addition of sugar lead to changes of SOM and slurry decomposition clearly characterized by two phases: immediately after sugar addition, the microorganisms switched from the decomposition of hardly utilizable SOM to the decomposition of easily utilizable sugar. This first phase was very short (2-3 days), hence was frequently missed in other experiments. The second phase showed a slightly increased slurry and SOM decomposition (compared to the soil without sugar). The separation of three sources in CO₂ efflux from grassland soils allowed us to conclude that the C will be utilized according to its utilizability: sugar>slurry>SOM. Additionally, decomposition of more inert C (here SOM) during the period of intensive sugar decomposition was strongly reduced (negative priming effect). We conclude that, priming effects involve a chain of mechanisms: (i) preferential substrate utilization, (ii) activation of microbial biomass by easily utilizable substrate (iii) subsequent increased utilization of following substrates according to their utilizability, and (iv) decline to initial state.