黄顶菊入侵对土壤氨氧化古菌群落多样性的影响

为了明确入侵植物黄顶菊对土壤氮循环关键过程硝化作用的影响机制,本研究通过对其入侵地和未入侵地、根围土和根际土氨氧化古菌(ammonia-oxidizing archaea,AOA)的群落多样性分析,探讨了AOA对黄顶菊入侵的响应规律。结果表明:黄顶菊入侵增加了入侵地根围土AOA的多样性,AOA的Shannon指数表现为:入侵地根围土入侵地根际土未入侵地土壤,且差异显著。铵态氮含量与p H的变化都会影响土壤AOA的群落结构。系统发育树分析表明,土壤AOA主要隶属于氨氧化古菌的Nitrososphaera cluster。黄顶菊入侵导致的AOA的多样性水平的提升主要是由于入侵地氨氧化菌群种类增加所致。     

多轮次筛选选育高酚酸耐受性丁醇生产菌

纤维原料预处理过程中会产生酚酸等抑制菌株生长的物质,为选育出高丁醇产量及高耐受酚酸胁迫丁醇生产菌株,该研究利用多因子复合筛选策略筛选出一株能够合成足够还原力与对丁醇耐受性较好的菌株Clostridium beijerinckii W6。通过丁醇胁迫适应性进化获得丁醇耐受菌W6-1,其丁醇和总溶剂产量相较于菌株W6分别提高了14.01%和16.85%。通过紫外诱变处理菌株W6-1并结合理性筛选模型最终获得丁醇产量较高菌株W6-2,其丁醇及总溶剂产量分别可达到（9.51±0.06）和（15.32±0.11）g/L。最后将菌株W6-2通过酚酸胁迫适应性进化得到突变菌W6-3,其能耐受1.0 g/L酚酸胁迫环境,且丁醇和总溶剂产量相较于菌株W6-2分别提高了18.17%和17.49%。当以葛渣水解液为底物进行丙酮丁醇发酵时,突变菌W6-3的丁醇产量达（8.54±0.31）g/L,相较于菌株W6-2提高了26.71%。经多轮次诱变及适应性进化处理获得的突变菌的酚酸耐受性及发酵性能均有较大提高,该文所采用的多轮次筛选方法可以为其他快速筛选优良生产菌提供可靠的理论参考。     

植物残体分解过程中微生物群落变化影响因素研究进展

植物残体是土壤有机质的重要来源,研究分解植物残体的微生物群落结构及其演替规律日益受到重视。本文综述了影响植物残体分解过程中微生物群落结构和功能变化的3个主要因素:植物残体的性质、土壤和气候环境因素、农艺措施,这些因素通过影响微生物本身的活性和植物残体分解过程中化学组成的变化从而导致微生物群落的变化,同时植物残体腐解过程中微生物群落存在明显的演替现象。以上因素的影响并不是孤立的,而是相互联系和制约的。未来针对野外田间条件下植物残体的分解过程,仍需深入研究关键微生物群落的演替规律以及不同影响因素的交互作用机制。     

不同土地利用方式下围垦海涂微生物群落和土壤酶特征

利用DGGE技术,从微生物多样性的角度,结合土壤酶活性研究不同农林利用方式对围垦海涂养分特征的影响。结果表明:未利用海涂盐分含量最高,而有机质和碱解氮含量最低;相比于蔬菜地和林地,棉花地和水稻田的有机质、碱解氮、过氧化氢酶和蛋白酶活性更高。四种利用方式土壤的脲酶和磷酸酶活性差异不显著。细菌是土壤中的主要种群,其数量与土壤有机质、碱解氮等养分特征呈显著正相关,表现为水稻田、棉花地>蔬菜地、林地>未利用。DGGE图谱分析结果显示未利用土壤shannon多样性指数最高为2.81,与水稻田、棉花地较为接近,其次为蔬菜地和林地,分别为2.52和2.38。围垦利用引起土壤中的Gaetbulibacter marinus与Gillisia mitskevichiae种属变化。围垦利用后土壤质量优于未利用海涂。相比而言,种植水稻对提高土壤肥力水平,维持土壤质量较为有利。     

不同种植年限设施芦笋土壤微生物群落结构与功能研究

以上海某设施园艺场长期设施芦笋种植土壤为研究对象,采用常规梯度稀释混菌平板法和Biolog-Eco微平板反应系统,研究了芦笋设施种植1、3、5、8及11年棚土壤微生物群落结构及功能多样性。结果表明:设施栽培芦笋后,土壤细菌种群数量减少,真菌数量增加,细菌与真菌数量比(B/F值)降低;除11年棚表现特殊外,随种植年限增加,土壤微生物代谢活性逐渐下降,5年和8年棚AWCD值均仅为对照1年棚的15%左右;土壤微生物代谢类群多样性减少,5年和8年棚的土壤微生物丰富度指数(S)均仅为对照1年棚的72%左右,Shannon指数均为对照1年棚的82%左右,Mc Intosh指数则均为对照1年棚的90%;不同种植年限芦笋设施土壤中微生物群落的碳源代谢特征发生了明显的分异变化,主成分分析表明,这种变化主要体现在对6种碳水化合物和5种氨基酸碳源的代谢利用上;设施芦笋土壤微生物参数指标对土壤p H和EC值变化响应敏感,另外,土壤速效磷和速效钾含量也是影响土壤微生物代谢和区系分异的2个主要因素。     

土壤质量生物学指标研究进展

本文对近年土壤微生物、土壤酶活性和土壤动物等土壤质量生物学指标研究成果进行了综合评述。土壤微生物是土壤有机组分和生态系统中最活跃的部分,被认为是最敏感的土壤质量生物学指标:微生物生物量代表参与调控土壤中能量和养分循环及有机物质转化所对应微生物的数量,但须结合多样性研究以弥补其无法反映土壤微生物组成和区系变化的缺陷;微生物群落组成和多样性动态反映土壤中生物类群的多变性和土壤质量在微生物数量和功能上的差异;土壤微生物活性体现在土壤微生物商、微生物呼吸和代谢商等方面,应考虑生物量大小与微生物种群活性间的相关关系以反映微生物种群内的差异。土壤酶活性具有极高时效性,在较短时间内就能反映出土壤质量的变化。土壤动物通常以种类的组成和数量,土壤动物区系的相对丰度、多样性或活性作为评价土壤生物质量的敏感指标。与土壤理化指标相比,土壤生物学指标更能对土壤质量的变化做出灵敏迅速的响应,因而被广泛地用于评价土壤质量。     

Microbial activity affected by lime in a long-term no-till soil

Under conventional farming practices, lime is usually applied on the soil surface and then incorporated into the soil to correct soil acidity. In no-till (NT) systems, where lime is surface applied or only incorporated into the soil to very shallow depth, lime will likely not move to where it is required within reasonable time. Consequently, lime may have to be incorporated into the soil by mechanical means. The objective of this laboratory study was to characterize the effect of lime, incorporated to different depths, on chemical and biological soil properties in a long-term NT soil. Soil samples taken from the 0–5, 0–10, and 0–20 cm depths were analyzed in incubation studies for soil pH, nitrate, CO₂ respiration, and microbial biomass-C (MBC). Lime (CaCO₃) was applied at rates equivalent to 0, 4.4, 8.8, and 17.6 Mg ha⁻¹. Application of lime to both 0–10 and 0–20 cm depths increased soil pH from about 4.9 by 1, 1.7, and 2.8 units for the low, medium, and high liming rates, respectively. Soil nitrate increased over time and in proportion to liming rate, suggesting that conditions were favorable for N-mineralization and nitrification. Greater respiration rates and greater MBC found in lime-treated than in non-limed soils were attributed to higher soil pH. Faster turnover rates and increased mineralization of organic matter were found in lime-treated than in non-limed soils. These studies show that below-surface lime placement is effective for correcting soil acidity under NT and that microbial activity and nitrification can be enhanced.     

Chemical and biochemical properties in a silty loam soil under conventional and organic management

To improve soil fertility, efforts need to be made to increase soil organic matter content. Conventional farming practice generally leads to a reduction of soil organic matter. This study compared inorganic and organic fertilisers in a crop rotation system over two cultivation cycles: first crop broad bean (Vicia faba L.) and second crop mixed cropped melon-water melon (Cucumis melo-Citrullus vulgaris) under semi-arid conditions. Total organic carbon (TOC), Kjeldahl-N, available-P, microbial biomass C (Cmic), and N (Nmic), soil respiration and enzymatic activities (protease, urease, and alkaline phosphatase) were determined in soils between the fourth and sixth year of management comparison. The metabolic quotient (qCO₂), the Cmic/Nmic ratio, and the Cmic/TOC ratio were also calculated. Organic management resulted in significant increases in TOC and Kjeldahl-N, available-P, soil respiration, microbial biomass, and enzymatic activities compared with those found under conventional management. Crop yield was greater from organic than conventional fertilizer. The qCO₂ showed a progressive increase for both treatments during the study, although qCO₂ was greater with conventional than organic fertilizer. In both treatments, an increase in the Cmic/Nmic ratio from first to second crop cycle was observed, indicating a change in the microbial populations. Biochemical properties were positively correlated (p < 0.01) with TOC and nutrient content. These results indicated that organic management positively affected soil organic matter content, thus improving soil quality and productivity.     

Amino acids in grassland soils: Climatic effects on concentrations and chirality

The response of soil organic nitrogen (SON) dynamics to climate may partly be deduced from changes in the concentration and origin of the major N constituents in soil, such as amino acids. In this study, we determined the enantiomers of bound amino acids in 18 native grassland soils (0–10 cm) that were sampled along a transect from central Saskatchewan, Canada, to Southern Texas, USA. Mean annual temperature (MAT) ranged from 0.9 to 23.4 °C and mean annual precipitation (MAP) from 300 to 1308 mm. d-alanine and d-glutamic acid served as markers for the bacterial origin of SON. The d-content of lysine, phenylalanine, and aspartic acid indicated an ageing of the respective SON forms. Deuterium labeling was applied to account for hydrolysis-induced racemization reactions. We found that the concentration of the bacterial biomarkers was weakly but significantly parabolically related to MAT, as previously reported for microbial-derived amino sugars. The age markers d-lysine, d-phenylalanine, and d-aspartic acid comprised 2–15% of the respective l-form. The presence of these compounds demonstrated that the structures that contained these d-enantiomers had survived microbial attack, i.e., these hydrolyzable SON forms were conserved in soil despite a living environment. First estimates indicate that the mean residence time of the lysine-containing organic matter forms extend beyond a century. Within this time-scale we did not find that climate significantly affects the degree of ageing of SON constituents in the studied topsoils.     

Soil fumigation and compost amendment alter soil microbial community composition but do not improve tree growth or yield in an apple replant site

Apple replant disease (ARD) is a disease complex that reduces survival, growth and yield of replanted trees, and is often encountered in establishing new orchards on old sites. Methyl bromide (MB) has been the fumigant used most widely to control ARD, but alternatives to MB and cultural methods of control are needed. In this experiment, we evaluated the response of soil microbial communities and tree growth and yield to three pre-plant soil treatments (compost amendment, soil treatment with a broad-spectrum fumigant, and untreated controls), and use of five clonal rootstock genotypes (M.7, M.26, CG.6210, G.30 and G.16), in an apple replant site in Ithaca, New York. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)—denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis was used to assess changes in the community composition of bacteria and fungi in the bulk soil 8, 10, 18 and 22 months after trees were replanted. PCR-DGGE was also used to compare the community composition of bacteria, fungi and pseudomonads in untreated rhizosphere soil of the five rootstock genotypes 31 months after planting. Tree caliper and extension growth were measured annually in November from 2002 to 2004. Apple yield data were recorded in 2004, the first fruiting year after planting. Trees on CG.6210 rootstocks had the most growth and highest yield, while trees on M.26 rootstocks had the least growth and lowest yield. Tree growth and yield were not affected by pre-plant soil treatment except for lateral extension growth, which was longer in trees growing in compost-treated soil in 2003 as compared to those in the fumigation treatment. Bulk soil bacterial PCR-DGGE fingerprints differed strongly among the different soil treatments 1 year after their application, with the fingerprints derived from each pre-plant soil treatment clustering separately in a hierarchical cluster analysis. However, the differences in bacterial communities between the soil treatments diminished during the second year after planting. Soil fungal communities converged more rapidly than bacterial communities, with no discernable pattern related to pre-plant soil treatments 10 months after replanting. Changes in bulk soil bacterial and fungal communities in response to soil treatments had no obvious correlation with tree performance. On the other hand, rootstock genotypes modified their rhizosphere environments which differed significantly in their bacterial, pseudomonad, fungal and oomycete communities. Cluster analysis of PCR-DGGE fingerprints of fungal and pseudomonad rhizosphere community DNA revealed two distinct clusters. For both analyses, soil sampled from the rhizosphere of the two higher yielding rootstock genotypes clustered together, while the lower yielding rootstock genotypes also clustered together. These results suggest that the fungal and pseudomonad communities that have developed in the rhizosphere of the different rootstock genotypes may be one factor influencing tree growth and yield at this apple replant site.