冬小麦免耕覆盖与有机栽培对土壤微生物群落组成的影响

为揭示农业管理活动对土壤微生物群落结构及AM真菌多样性的影响,以农田土壤生态系统为研究对象,选取免耕覆盖+施有机肥（NF）、免耕覆盖+不施有机肥（NC）、传统耕作不覆盖+施有机肥（TF）和传统耕作不覆盖+不施有机肥（TC）4种处理,采用Illumina Miseq高通量测序及磷脂脂肪酸（phospholipid fatty acids,PLFAs）分析方法,研究持续冬小麦免耕覆盖有机栽培3年后,土壤微生物群落结构组成、AM真菌及其多样性与土壤环境因子间的关系。结果表明,持续免耕覆盖有机栽培能增加以PLFA表征的土壤微生物群落的生物量,传统耕作显著提高了土壤革兰氏阳性菌（G⁺）、阴性菌（G^-）的生物量（P<0.05）。且随免耕栽培管理年限增加,土壤AM真菌生物量呈显著上升趋势;以16：1ω5c中性脂（NLFA）与16：1ω5c磷脂（PLFA）表征的AM真菌生物量比值显著升高（P<0.05）。免耕覆盖措施下,有机肥的施用提高了土壤AM真菌丰富度指数（Chao1指数和ACE指数）,但降低了土壤AM真菌的多样性（香农指数、辛普森指数）。主成分分析结果显示,AM真菌孢子（16：1ω5c中性脂）的生物量与土壤有机质、土壤易提取球囊霉素含量呈正相关关系,AM真菌丰富度指数与土壤有机质含量呈正相关,AM真菌多样性指数与土壤全氮含量、脲酶活性呈正相关。受农业管理措施导致的土壤理化性状及土壤生物学差异等综合因素影响,土壤微生物生物量及AM真菌多样性和丰富度改变。免耕覆盖措施提高了土壤AM真菌多样性指数,有机肥施用显著影响了AM真菌NLFA/PLFA生物量的比例,改变了AM真菌孢子和菌丝间生物量碳的分配关系。     

贵州务川汞矿区土壤丛枝菌根真菌多样性研究

对贵州务川汞矿区不同水平汞污染植物根际土壤丛枝菌根(Arbuscular Mycorrhizal,AM)真菌资源分布及多样性进行分析，结果发现：本研究选取的务川汞矿区3个样地土壤汞含量在94.1～268.0 mg/kg，远高于国家规定的土壤汞含量，汞污染极其严重。随着汞含量增加，AM真菌侵染率、孢子密度显著降低，AM真菌群落丰富度、多样性及均匀度均有所降低，但差异未达显著水平，而仍有部分对汞污染耐受性较强的AM真菌有较高的分布。另外，管柄囊霉属AM真菌在5个样品中均有较高丰度，球囊霉属AM真菌在火棘根际的相对丰度随着汞含量升高而升高，因此，火棘–管柄囊霉属AM真菌或火棘–球囊霉属AM真菌联合进行汞污染修复，有一定的应用价值。     

设施蔬菜土壤丛枝菌根真菌多样性及群落构建的季相变化

摘 要：为研究设施生态系统丛枝菌根（Arbuscular mycorrhiza, AM）真菌群落变化的关键驱动过程，采集设施番茄不同生长季（休耕、花期、果期）土壤样品，利用Illumina MiSeq高通量测序技术分析AM真菌物种和谱系多样性及群落结构变化特征，并结合群落谱系分析方法探讨不同生长季随机性过程和确定性过程之间的相对贡献。结果表明，不同生长季AM真菌的物种多样性和谱系多样性均发生显著改变：相比于休耕期，番茄生育期（花期、果期）土壤中AM真菌丰富度、Shannon多样性、Pielou均匀度、谱系多样性（PD）和平均成对谱系距离（MPD）分别显著下降了42.82%~59.18%、43.25%~48.31%、17.46%~25.40%、57.14%~67.86%和50.00%；除球囊霉属相对多度显著增加，近明球囊霉属和类球囊霉属相对多度均显著下降，原囊霉属相对多度先增加后降低。置换多元方差分析（PERMANOVA）和非度量多维度分析（NMDS）结果表明休耕期基于物种组成和谱系组成的AM真菌群落结构显著差别于番茄生育期，但花期和果期之间差异不显著。谱系分析结果显示，休耕期净亲缘关系指数NRI=0，表明AM真菌在谱系结构上是随机的，花期和果期NRI>0，表明谱系聚集，暗示了AM真菌群落构建由随机性过程主导向确定性过程主导的转变，中性群落模型（NCM）结果也支持该推断。Mantel检验结果显示，土壤pH、养分（有机碳、全量氮磷钾和有效磷）、盐分含量以及土壤温湿度作为确定性因素显著影响AM真菌群落的季相变化。综上所述，设施生态系统高集约化生产方式促进了AM真菌群落构建从随机性过程主导向确定性过程主导转变，导致多样性降低和群落结构变化，研究结果对揭示设施蔬菜栽培条件引起的土壤质量退化及其过程中的微生物组演变规律具有重要意义。     

长期种植毛竹林土壤丛枝菌根真菌群落演变趋势

为揭示长期种植毛竹林土壤丛枝菌根（Arbuscular mycorrhizae, AM）真菌群落演变特征,通过磷脂脂肪酸（Phospholipid fatty acid, PLFA）和Illumina Miseq测序平台研究了AM真菌生物量及群落结构的演变趋势。结果表明,长期种植毛竹林土壤养分含量总体呈下降趋势,球囊霉素相关土壤蛋白（Glomalin-related soil protein, GRSP）含量及AM真菌生物量也显著降低（p<0.05）,其中易提取态球囊霉素相关土壤蛋白含量与有机质、速效钾、碱解氮显著正相关（p<0.05）,而AM真菌菌丝生物量（16:1ω5 PLFA）与碱解氮极显著正相关（p<0.01）。长期种植毛竹林显著降低了土壤2~0.25 mm大团聚体比例（p<0.05）,且与AM真菌菌丝生物量极显著正相关（p<0.01）。测序结果表明,毛竹林土壤AM真菌以球囊霉属（Glomus）为优势种群,其次是无梗囊霉属（Acaulospora）,长期种植毛竹后土壤球囊霉属相对丰度显著增加而无梗囊霉属显著降低（p<0.05）。非度量多维尺度转换排序（NMDS）分析显示,对照马尾松林与不同种植年限毛竹林土壤AM真菌群落显著区分（p=0.001）,土壤含水量（p=0.005）、有效磷（p=0.014）、碱解氮（p=0.001）对AM真菌群落结构变异具有重要贡献。长期种植毛竹显著降低了AM真菌生物量、球囊霉素相关土壤蛋白含量以及2~0.25 mm大团聚体比例,并改变了AM真菌群落结构,不利于土壤碳固存和维持生态系统稳定。     

西北地区赤霞珠葡萄根际土壤中AM真菌的多样性

对西北地区5个酿酒葡萄赤霞珠（Vitis vinifera L. cv. Cabernet Sauvignon）葡萄园根际土壤060 cm土层的AM真菌空间分布进行了研究。结果表明,葡萄根系可形成丛枝菌根,且侵染率较高,最高达79%; 在西北地区的5个样地中共分离出AM真菌4属22种,其中球囊霉属（Glomus）15种,无梗囊霉属（Acaulospora）4种,盾巨孢囊霉属（Scutellospora）2种,巨孢囊霉属（Gigaspora）1种。5个样地孢子密度大小顺序为: 陕西泾阳（JY）＞山西永济（YJ）＞陕西杨凌（YL）＞宁夏银川（YC）＞甘肃莫高（MG）。各样地葡萄根际土壤中AM真菌种的丰富度不同,陕西泾阳地区最高; 分布于葡萄根际的AM真菌按种类多少排序的属依次是: 球囊霉属无梗囊霉属盾巨孢囊霉属巨孢囊霉属,球囊霉属占据的比例保持着绝对优势; 根内球囊霉、摩西球囊霉、地表球囊霉在不同样地中均为优势菌株,副冠球囊霉,集球囊霉,细凹无梗囊霉是多数样地中的稀有种类。研究表明,葡萄与AM真菌具有良好的共生关系,二者协同进化产生了具有生态环境特异性的菌根真菌多样性; 葡萄根际存在较为丰富的丛枝菌根真菌资源,可供进一步开发利用。     

长期种植毛竹林土壤丛枝菌根真菌群落演变趋势

为揭示长期种植毛竹林土壤丛枝菌根(Arbuscular mycorrhizae,AM)真菌群落演变特征,通过磷脂脂肪酸(Phospholipid fatty acid,PLFA)和Illumina Miseq测序平台研究了AM真菌生物量及群落结构的演变趋势。结果表明,长期种植毛竹林土壤养分含量总体呈下降趋势,球囊霉素相关土壤蛋白(Glomalin-related soil protein,GRSP)含量及AM真菌生物量也显著降低(p0.05),其中易提取态球囊霉素相关土壤蛋白(Easily extractable glomalin-related soil protein,EE-GRSP)含量与有机质、碱解氮、速效钾显著正相关(p0.05),而AM真菌菌丝生物量(16:1ω5 PLFA)与碱解氮极显著正相关(p0.01)。长期种植毛竹林显著降低了土壤2~0.25 mm大团聚体比例(p0.05),且与AM真菌菌丝生物量极显著正相关(p0.01)。测序结果表明,毛竹林土壤AM真菌以球囊霉属(Glomus)为优势种群,其次为无梗囊霉属(Acaulospora),长期种植毛竹后土壤球囊霉属相对丰度显著增加而无梗囊霉属显著降低(p0.05)。非度量多维尺度转换排序(Non-metric multidimensional scaling,NMDS)分析显示,对照马尾松林与不同种植年限毛竹林土壤AM真菌群落显著区分(p=0.001),土壤含水量(p=0.005)、碱解氮(p=0.001)、有效磷(p=0.014)对AM真菌群落结构变异具有重要贡献。长期种植毛竹显著降低了AM真菌生物量、球囊霉素相关土壤蛋白含量以及2~0.25 mm大团聚体比例,并改变了AM真菌群落结构,不利于土壤碳固存和维持生态系统稳定。     

不同地点和复垦方式煤矸石山土壤中丛枝菌根真菌群落变化

以山西省大同市晋华宫人工复垦和自然恢复煤矸石山以及忻州窑自然恢复煤矸石山为研究对象,采用IlluminaMiSeq高通量测序技术对三座煤矸石山土壤AM真菌群落组成进行分析,并测定其土壤理化性质,以探究不同地点煤矸石山不同复垦方式下土壤中丛枝菌根真菌（Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, AM真菌）群落组成的差异及其土壤影响因子。结果表明：晋华宫人工复垦煤矸石山和忻州窑自然恢复煤矸石山AM真菌多样性指数（Chao指数和香农-威纳指数）存在显著差异,但晋华宫人工复垦和自然恢复煤矸石山AM真菌群落的多样性指数差异不显著。试验共检测到67个AM真菌OTUs,可鉴定到3个AM真菌属级分类单元,其中球囊霉属（Glomus）在晋华宫人工复垦煤矸石山、晋华宫自然恢复煤矸石山和忻州窑自然恢复煤矸石山中均为最优势菌,多样孢囊霉属（Diversispora）、类球囊霉属（Paraglomus）仅出现在晋华宫自然恢复煤矸石山。多元置换方差分析和多维尺度分析结果表明,晋华宫两种恢复方式的煤矸石山之间AM真菌群落组成差异不显著,而晋华宫与忻州窑两个地点的煤矸石山AM真菌群落组成差异显著。AM...     

黑土农田施加AM菌剂对大豆根际菌群结构的影响

为揭示在黑土农田条件下施加丛枝菌根(AM)菌剂对作物根际微生物群落的影响,试验以大豆为研究对象,田间播种时分别施加根内球囊霉(Glomus intraradices,GI)和摩西球囊霉(Glomus mosseae,GM)两种AM菌剂,以单施化肥处理(F)和不施加AM菌剂及化肥处理(CK)作为对照,采用传统与现代分子生物学手段,研究大豆根际土壤中菌群结构及根系内AM真菌多样性。结果表明:GI、GM处理的大豆菌根侵染率最高达到78.3%和86.6%;GI、GM、F处理的大豆根际土壤中可培养细菌、真菌和放线菌三大菌群的数量与CK处理相比显著提高(p0.05)。分离大豆结荚期根际土壤中AM真菌孢子,共获得Acaulospora属真菌3种,Glomus属真菌7种,孢子密度均较低,G.intraradices和G.mosseae均为各自处理的优势种群。对大豆结荚期根系和根际土壤PCR-DGGE图谱条带的丰度及优势条带测序分析,结果表明根际土壤中的AM真菌菌群数明显高于根系中AM真菌的菌群数量,GI处理的大豆根际土壤中AM真菌丰度值最大,GM处理大豆根系里的AM真菌丰度值最大,F处理的根际土壤中总AM真菌的数量最少;施加AM菌剂处理的大豆根系及根际土壤中的优势菌群分别为外源施加的两种AM真菌。     

长期保护性耕作对丛枝菌根真菌多样性的影响

为了明确我国北方干旱地区长期保护性耕作以及深松对丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)多样性的影响,笔者于2014年在山西省临汾市连续22年实施保护性耕作的长期定位试验基地,针对免耕覆盖(NTS)、深松免耕覆盖(SNTS)及传统耕作(TT)3种处理方式,进行了不同耕作条件下土壤AMF物种丰度、孢子密度、Shannon多样性指数以及AMF侵染率等因素的比较研究。结果显示,长期保护性耕作(NTS和SNTS)共分离鉴定出AMF 7属9种,其中根孢囊霉属(Rhizophagus)和斗管囊霉属(Funneliformis)各2种,球囊霉属(Glomus)、近明球囊霉属(Claroideoglomus)、无梗囊霉属(Acaulospora)、硬囊霉属(Sclerocystis)和隔球囊霉属(Septoglomus)各1种;而传统耕作(TT)共分离鉴定出AMF 6属8种,没有检测到无梗囊霉属。NTS、SNTS和TT处理在不同土层的AMF优势种基本一致,0~40 cm土层为摩西斗管囊霉(Fu.mosseae)和变形球囊霉(G.versiforme),40~80 cm土层为摩西斗管囊霉、变形球囊霉和聚丛根孢囊霉(Rh.aggregatum),80~120 cm土层为聚丛根孢囊霉,120 cm土层以下只有NTS和SNTS处理中存在聚丛根孢囊霉,说明保护性耕作措施促进了AMF向土壤深层发展。NTS和SNTS处理在同一土层的AMF物种丰度、孢子密度和Shannon多样性指数均高于TT处理,SNTS处理高于NTS处理。同一耕作措施不同土层的AMF物种丰度、孢子密度和Shannon多样性指数均随土层加深而逐渐降低;NTS和SNTS处理在小麦各生育期的丛枝侵染率和孢子密度均高于TT处理;各处理在小麦拔节期的AMF侵染率最高,分别为14.9%、16.1%和10.6%,而在收获期的土壤孢子密度最高,分别为111.7个·(100g)~(-1)、125.0个·(100g)~(-1)和90.3个·(100g)~(-1)。研究认为,长期免耕覆盖、尤其深松免耕覆盖,提高了AMF多样性。该研究结果可为中国北方旱作农田生态系统中AMF自然潜力的充分发挥,以及保护性耕作技术的合理应用提供科学依据。     

鄱阳湖湿地不同环境条件土壤AM真菌群落特征及其影响因素

丛枝菌根(AM)真菌可以与湿地植物共生，并在湿地生态系统的修复与维护过程中具有重要作用。然而，不同环境条件下湿地土壤AM真菌群落分布特征及其影响因素仍然有待明晰。选择鄱阳湖湿地不同水位条件(高水位和低水位)2种典型植物群落(南荻和水蓼)为研究对象，运用高通量测序技术探究水位和植被类型对鄱阳湖湿地土壤AM真菌群落结构和多样性的影响，比较不同环境条件下AM真菌群落结构和多样性差异，分析其与土壤理化性质的关系。结果表明，AM真菌OTU数为21～38,水位和植被类型影响鄱阳湖湿地土壤AM真菌OTU数，高水位下AM真菌OTU数高于低水位，水蓼群落高于南荻群落。被鉴别出的菌属为Glomus、Claroideoglomus和Paraglomus,其中，Glomus是优势属，占比85%以上，其相对丰度在高水位下显著高于低水位(p<0.05),南荻群落高于水蓼群落。AM真菌多样性指数(Simpson和Shannon指数)受水位和植被类型以及二者交互影响(p<0.01),低水位下不同群落之间的AM真菌多样性指数无显著差异，而高水位下水蓼群落AM真菌多样性指数显著高于南荻群落(p<0.05...     

Changes in soil organic carbon,total nitrogen,and abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi along a large-scale aridity gradient

Changes in soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, pH, and the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are examined along a large-scale aridity gradient from southeast to northwest in China. Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen decreased but pH increased with increased aridity. Aboveground plant biomass, spore abundance, and colonization of roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi also declined as the aridity increased. Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen were positively correlated with aboveground plant biomass, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore number and root colonization were positively correlated with soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and aboveground plant biomass but were negatively correlated with soil pH. A structural equation model suggested that aridity affected soil organic carbon and total nitrogen by limiting aboveground plant biomass. Aridity exerted a large direct effect and smaller indirect effects (via changes in aboveground plant biomass) on the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Soil pH also directly influenced arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance. These results suggest that aboveground plant biomass could be a key factor driving the changes of soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance along this aridity gradient in China.     

Wheat plants invest more in mycorrhizae and receive more benefits from them under adverse than favorable soil conditions

Soil chemistry and biota heavily influence crop plant growth and mineral nutrition. The stress-severity and optimal resource allocation hypotheses predict mutualistic symbiotic benefits to increase with the degree of metabolic imbalance and environmental stress. Using two cross-factorial pot experiments with the same biologically active calcareous soil, one time highly saline and nutrient-deficient, and the other time partially desalinated and amended with mineral soil fertilizer, we explored whether these general predictions hold true for zinc (Zn) nutrition of bread wheat in mycorrhizal symbiosis. Increased arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal root colonization positively correlated with plant Zn nutrition, but only when plants were impaired in growth due to salinity and nutrient-deficiency; this was particularly so in a cultivar-responsive to application of mineral Zn fertilizer. Evidence for direct involvement of AM fungi were positive correlations between Zn uptake from soil and frequency of fungal symbiotic nutrient exchange organelles, as well as the quantitative abundance of AM fungi of the genera Funneliformis and Rhizophagus, but not Claroideoglomus. Combined partial soil desalination and fertilization swapped the dominance ranking from Claroideoglomus spp. to Funneliformis spp. Positive growth, nitrogen, and Zn uptake responses to mycorrhization were contingent on moderate soil fertilization with ZnSO₄. In agreement with the predictions of the stress-severity and optimal resource allocation hypotheses, plants limited in growth due to chemically adverse soil conditions invested relatively more into AM fungi, as evident from heavier root colonization, and took up relatively more Zn and nitrogen in response to mycorrhization, than better growing and less mycorrhized plants. It thus appears that crop plant cultivar-dependent mycorrhization and Zn fertilizer-responsiveness may reinforce each other, provided that there is bioavailable Zn in soil and plant growth is impaired by suboptimal chemical soil conditions.     

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity, external mycelium length, and glomalin-related soil protein content in response to long-term fertilizer management

Purpose

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are crucial for ecosystem functioning and can contribute to the formation and maintenance of soil aggregates through the exudation of glomalin by extraradical hyphae. Monitoring fertilization effects on AM fungi may help us to develop sound management strategies. The objectives of this study were to investigate the impacts of long-term fertilization on AM fungal parameters and to find out the key factor that affects the diversity and function of AM fungi.

Materials and methods

A long-term fertilization experiment established in a sandy loam soil at northern China has received continuous fertilization treatments for 21 years, including control; mineral fertilizers of NK, PK, NP, and NPK; organic manure (OM); and half organic manure N plus half mineral fertilizer N (1/2 OMN). Top soil samples (0–15 cm) from three individual plots per treatment were collected for the analysis of chemical properties and fungal parameters. The population size of soil AM fungi was determined by real-time PCR, and the community composition was analyzed using PCR-denature gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), cloning, and sequencing techniques. The external mycelium of AM fungi was assessed using the grid-line intersect method, and the glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) was extracted with citrate solution using bovine serum albumin as a standard.

Results and discussion

Long-term fertilization significantly increased (P?<?0.05) soil organic C content, AM fungal population, species richness (R), Shannon–Wiener index (H), and GRSP content, except for the P-deficiency (NK) fertilization treatment. OM had a significantly greater (P?<?0.05) impact on AM fungal population and GRSP content compared to mineral fertilizers but significantly decreased the length of external mycelium compared to the control (P?<?0.05). Fertilization also changed the community composition of AM fungi, and the P-deficiency treatment again had the slightest influence. In addition, most species recovered from the DGGE profiles belonged to three genera, Glomus, Diversispora, and Archaeospora. Redundancy analysis showed that the population size and species richness of AM fungi and the GRSP content all significantly correlated to soil organic C content (P?<?0.05).

Conclusions

Long-term P-containing fertilization, especially the application of OM, greatly increased the population size, species richness, and species diversity of AM fungi, as well as the contents of GRSP and soil organic C, but tended to decrease the length of external mycelium, while the P-deficiency fertilization had no such effect, suggesting that P was the key factor to maintain soil fertility as well as soil AM fungal diversity in this sandy loam soil.     

How distinct are arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities associating with grapevines?

Grapevines form associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. These root-dwelling fungi have the potential to contribute to crop vigor, productivity, pathogen protection, and nutrient content in grapes. In this study the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities of grapevines and the surrounding interrow and native vegetation are compared. We found over 40 different taxa associating with both vines and interrow vegetation, but these communities differed based on host plant identity. These differences were apparent even after accounting for differences in soil chemical properties and differences in host plant diversity between vinerows and interrows, indicating that Vitis preferentially interacts with a subset of the viticultural fungal community. Since AM fungal communities play a major role in grapevine health, our results suggest that host identity and the diversity of AM fungal hosts in a vineyard can have strong effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community structure. In this paper, we used high throughput sequencing of the large subunit rDNA to analyze the diversity of AM fungi growing in a vineyard.     

西辽河平原区免耕秸秆还田方式对土壤微生物群落组成的影响

【目的】针对干旱半干旱西辽河平原区农田耕层存在的土壤质量问题,揭示不同免耕秸秆还田方式对土壤微生物类群分布特征的影响。【方法】设置浅旋秸秆不还田农户模式（CK）、免耕秸秆秋覆还田（MG）、免耕秸秆秋覆春二次粉碎还田（ME）、免耕秸秆秋覆春配施秸秆腐熟剂还田（MF）、免耕秸秆秋覆春二次粉碎配施秸秆腐熟剂还田（EF）5个处理,用田间小区试验的方法,研究免耕和不同秸秆还田方式对土壤微生物群落组成的影响。【结果】0～15cm土层中4种免耕秸秆还田方式降低细菌操作分类单元数;15～30 cm土层中MF和EF细菌操作分类单元数较高,MF中增加节杆菌属（Arthrobacter）、芽单胞菌属（Gemmatimonas）和假平胞菌属（Sphingomonas）相对丰度,EF中增加Haliangium、溶杆菌属（Lysobacter）、Subgroup＿10、Alistipes和拟杆菌属（Bacteroides）相对丰度;30～45 cm土层中4种秸秆还田方式均增加细菌操作分类单元数,增加了节杆菌属、拟杆菌属、Gaiella、硝化螺旋菌属(Nitrospira)相对丰度,但减少了Alistipes、Es...     

Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in red tangerine (Citrus reticulata Blanco) rootstock rhizospheric soils from hillside citrus orchards

Root colonization, abundance of spores and hyphae, as well as species diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi were analyzed in citrus orchards along an altitudinal gradient. The citrus trees were heavily colonized (50.87–77.45%) by native AM fungi. In citrus orchards located at <600 m above sea level (asl), we recorded more extensive hyphal and arbuscular colonization, and higher spore and hyphal length density. AM fungal colonization, spore density, and hyphal length density were closely correlated with edaphic factors such as available phosphorus, pH, and organic matter. A total of 18 AM fungal species belonging to 3 different orders, Archaeosporales (1 species), Diversisporales (7 species) and Glomerales (10 species), were identified on the basis of spore morphological characteristics. In orchards located at higher altitudes (≥700 m asl), we observed a significant decrease in species richness and Shannon–Wiener index values. However, in all of the surveyed orchards, Glomus aggregatum, Funneliformis mosseae and Rhizophagus intraradices were the dominant species. Isolate frequency and relative abundance of AM fungi exhibited clearly distinct distribution patterns among taxonomic families. Canonical correspondence analysis revealed that the AM fungal community structure was significantly influenced by environmental factors, especially altitude, pH, soil moisture, and available nitrogen. Our data indicated that environmental factors are important in determining AM fungal root colonization, propagule numbers, and species diversity in citrus orchards.     

长期不同施肥对棕壤AM真菌群落结构的影响

【目的】 探明长期不同施肥条件下玉米–大豆轮作棕壤丛枝菌根 (Arbuscular mycorrhizal, AM) 真菌群落结构的变化及其影响因素。 【方法】 以沈阳农业大学棕壤肥料长期 (38年) 定位试验耕层土壤 (0—20 cm) 为材料,于2016年4月选取其中6个施肥处理:1) 不施肥 (CK);2) 单施化学氮肥 (N);3) 施用化学氮磷肥 (NP);4) 施用化学氮磷钾肥 (NPK);5) 单施有机肥 (M);6) 有机肥和化学氮磷肥配施 (MNP)。采用PCR-DGGE和克隆测序,分析了棕壤AM真菌群落结构,并结合环境因素进行冗余分析和典型对应分析。 【结果】 施用有机肥处理土壤有机碳 (TOC)、全氮 (TN)、全磷 (TP)、全钾 (TK)、碱解氮 (AHN)、有效磷 (AP)、速效钾 (AK)、可溶性有机碳 (DOC) 含量显著高于单施化肥和不施肥处理,且趋势表现为有机肥处理 > 化肥处理 > CK;与CK相比,单施化肥处理显著降低了土壤pH值,施用有机肥处理显著提高了土壤pH值。长期施肥显著改变了土壤中的AM真菌孢子密度,施用有机肥处理的孢子密度显著高于单施化肥处理和不施肥处理。冗余分析结果表明,土壤pH与AM真菌多样性指数和均匀度均呈显著负相关,而孢子密度与AP、TK、AHN呈显著正相关,AM真菌多样性指数与孢子密度则不相关。聚类分析表明长期不同施肥将棕壤中AM真菌分为两大类群,分别为不施肥区和施肥区,其相似度仅为42%。通过割胶克隆测序得出从土壤样品中分离的AM真菌种群主要为球囊霉菌,典型对应分析表明AP、AK、TOC、NH ₄+-N显著影响AM真菌的群落组成。 【结论】 长期定位施肥改变了棕壤的理化性质,从而对AM真菌的群落结构产生了显著影响。      

Phylogenetic structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal community shifts in response to increasing soil fertility

Understanding the underlying mechanisms driving responses of belowground communities to increasing soil fertility will facilitate predictions of ecosystem responses to anthropogenic eutrophication of terrestrial systems. We studied the impact of fertilization of an alpine meadow on arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, a group of root-associated microorganisms that are important in maintaining sustainable ecosystems. Species and phylogenetic composition of AM fungal communities in soils were compared across a soil fertility gradient generated by 8 years of combined nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization. Phylogenetic patterns were used to infer the ecological processes structuring the fungal communities. We identified 37 AM fungal virtual taxa, mostly in the genus Glomus. High fertilizer treatments caused a dramatic loss of Glomus species, but a significant increase in genus richness and a shift towards dominance of the lineage of Diversispora. AM fungal communities were phylogenetically clustered in unfertilized soil, random in the low fertilizer treatment and over-dispersed in the high fertilizer treatments, suggesting that the primary ecological process structuring communities shifted from environmental filtering (selection by host plants and fungal niches) to a stochastic process and finally to competitive exclusion across the fertilization gradient. Our findings elucidate the community shifts associated with increased soil fertility, and suggest that high fertilizer inputs may change the dominant ecological processes responsible for the assembly of AM fungal communities towards increased competition as photosynthate from host plants becomes an increasingly limited resource.     

降水变化和氮沉降对荒漠草原土壤丛枝菌根真菌群落结构的影响

降水变化和氮沉降是影响植物、微生物和土壤环境变化的两个重要方面。尽管丛枝菌根（AM）真菌在陆地生态系统中起着至关重要的作用，但人们对降水变化和氮添加如何交互影响AM真菌群落仍知之甚少。本研究以短花针茅荒漠草原为研究对象，采用裂区设计，主区为自然降雨(CK)、增雨30%(W)和减雨30%(R)三个水分梯度，副区为0(N0)，30(N30)，50(N50)和100(N100) kg?hm-2?a-1 四个氮素梯度共12个处理，通过高通量测序分析了土壤中AM真菌群落的多样性和组成。结果发现，水分处理对土壤AM真菌的Alpha多样性有促进作用，氮素处理抑制了土壤AM真菌的Alpha多样性，水分增加和氮素添加的交互作用促进了AM真菌的Alpha多样性增加，并改变了土壤AM真菌群落组成。水分和氮素刺激了各功能型植物生物量的增加，氮添加使多年生杂草和半灌木、小半灌木生物量显著增加，多年生禾草生物量显著减少。此外，多型孢子菌科的相对丰度与一二年生植物和半灌木、小半灌木生物量呈显著正相关，一二年生植物和半灌木、小半灌木生物量在氮添加和增雨处理下增加。本研究证明了AM真菌群落在短期气候变化下的稳定性。此外，AM真菌在科水平上的丰度与各生活型植物地上生物量的相关性证明了地上和地下生态系统的连通性。     

Relationship between soil enzyme activities, nutrient cycling and soil fungal communities in a northern hardwood forest

Soil fungi are highly diverse and act as the primary agents of nutrient cycling in forests. These fungal communities are often dominated by mycorrhizal fungi that form mutually beneficial relationships with plant roots and some mycorrhizal fungi produce extracellular and cell-bound enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nitrogen (N)- and phosphorus (P)- containing compounds in soil organic matter. Here we investigated whether the community structure of different types of mycorrhizal fungi (arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi) is correlated with soil chemistry and enzyme activity in a northern hardwood forest and whether these correlations change over the growing season. We quantified these relationships in an experimental paired plot study where white-tailed deer (access or excluded 4.5 yrs) treatment was crossed with garlic mustard (presence or removal 1 yr). We collected soil samples early and late in the growing season and analyzed them for soil chemistry, extracellular enzyme activity and molecular analysis of both arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal/saprotrophic fungal communities using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP). AM fungal communities did not change seasonally but were positively correlated with the activities of urease and leucine aminopeptidase (LAP), enzymes involved in N cycling. The density of garlic mustard was correlated with the presence of specific AM fungal species, while deer exclusion or access had no effect on either fungal community after 4.5 yrs. Ectomycorrhizal/saprotrophic fungal communities changed seasonally and were positively correlated with most soil enzymes, including enzymes involved in carbon (C), N and P cycling, but only during late summer sampling. Our results suggest that fine scale temporal and spatial changes in soil fungal communities may affect soil nutrient and carbon cycling. Although AM fungi are not generally considered capable of producing extracellular enzymes, the correlation between some AM taxa and the activity of N acquisition enzymes suggests that these fungi may play a role in forest understory N cycling.