杉木人工林土壤真菌遗传多样性

为探明杉木人工林土壤真菌遗传多样性及其与环境因子的关系,采用454测序技术对土壤真菌的遗传多样性进行了分析,测定了黄丰桥林场杉木人工林土壤真菌的遗传多样性与环境因子的相关性。试验结果表明:①不同代数、林龄的杉木人工林土壤理化性质及林下植被多样性均有显著差异。第1代杉木幼林林土壤肥力较高,有机质、全N、速效K的均值分别为88.02g/kg、2.56 g/kg、84.96 mg/kg均高于第2代和第3代杉木幼林林,速效N和含水量的均值分别为22.86 mg/kg和26.28%低于其他样地。杉木幼林林下植被多样性最为丰富。②通过454测序技术分析发现第1代杉木幼林真菌Ace丰富度指数、Chao丰富度指数及群落遗传多样性指数均大于第2代杉木幼林和第3代杉木幼林。杉木人工林土壤中粪壳菌纲(Sordariomycetes)真菌为优势种群。不同栽培代数杉木人工林的真菌群落存在差异,其中块菌科(Tuberaceae)为第2代和第3代杉木林特有真菌,而不同发育阶段的杉木人工林的真菌群落差异不明显。③经RDA分析,杉木人工林土壤主要真菌群落受含水量、有机质、速效P、速效K影响较大。土壤真菌群落遗传多样性Shannon-Wiener多样性指数与林下植被多样性、土壤全N显著正相关,土壤真菌Chao指数与土壤真菌Shannon-Wiener多样性指数、土壤全N含量显著正相关。本研究表明不同栽培代数杉木人工林的真菌群落存在差异,土壤真菌群落与环境因子之间具有相关性。     

不同发育阶段杉木人工林对土壤微生物群落结构的影响

采用变性梯度凝胶电泳技术(DGGE),分析土壤细菌16S rDNA和土壤真菌28SrDNA特异性片段多态性,研究了不同发育阶段杉木人工林对土壤微生物群落结构的影响.结果表明:土壤微生物群落结构随着杉木人工林的发育年龄而改变,杉木人工林土壤微生物群落多样性和丰富度随杉木生长发育显著增加(P<0.05),但均显著低于次生阔叶林(P<0.05);聚类分析表明,不同发育阶段杉木人工林土壤真菌群落相似性均<60%,而土壤细菌群落相似性最高可达65%,由此可推测不同发育阶段杉木人工林土壤真菌群落结构变化较土壤细菌群落结构变化剧烈;相关性分析表明,不同发育阶段杉木人工林土壤速效氮、碳氮比与土壤微生物群落多样性显著相关(P<0.05).本研究表明,长期种植单一杉木人工林能够通过改变土壤理化性质来影响土壤微生物群落组成,进而影响森林生态系统养分循环,导致人工林林分生产力下降.     

不同林龄杉木林土壤细菌群落结构与土壤酶活性变化研究

探究不同林龄杉木人工纯林土壤中的微生物的群落演变与结构特征与酶活性变化,为杉木人工林可持续经营管理提供依据。以福建省南平市的五片不同林龄杉木林表层土壤作为研究对象,通过16SrDNA测定细菌的群落组成,分析与土壤质量密切相关的四种土壤酶活性变化,揭示细菌群落与土壤酶活性的变化机理。结果表明,微生物的多样性指数与OTU都随着林龄的增加而增加,且幼龄林、中龄林、近熟林、成熟林土壤微生物结构差异较大;不同林龄杉木人工林中包含了29个细菌门,其中酸杆菌门与变形菌门为优势菌群,根据各种群相对丰度变化以及冗余分析,放线菌门、浮霉菌门与疣微菌门等均随林龄增长出现较大变化,且与土壤可溶性有机质以及速效养分有显著相关性（P<0.05）,说明这几种细菌群落对土壤养分变化较敏感;土壤养分变化会影响土壤酶活性,蔗糖酶与全碳呈显著正相关（P<0.05）,与速效钾呈显著负相关（P<0.05）,与放线菌门呈极显著负相关（P<0.01）。脲酶与速效氮呈显著负相关（P<0.05）,脲酶与变形菌门、绿弯菌门、放线菌门、硝化螺旋菌门以及拟杆菌门均存在较强相关性。综上,不同的土壤细菌种群与酶活性对各养分变化的响应程度不一,细菌群落结构与酶活性能反映不同林龄杉木林土壤的质量变化,适量延长杉木人工林种植年限有益于土壤质量恢复。本研究结果对指导杉木人工林优质经营有重要意义。     

杉木人工林土壤微生物群落结构特征

采用氯仿熏蒸法、稀释平板法和磷脂脂肪酸(phospholipid fatty acid,PLFA)方法,分析了常绿阔叶林转变成杉木人工林后土壤微生物种群数量和群落结构的变化特征.结果表明:常绿阔叶林转变为杉木人工林后,林地土壤的微生物生物量碳、可培养细菌和放线菌数降低.杉木人工林地总PLFAs、细菌PLFAs、真菌PLFAs比常绿阔叶林分别降低了49.4％、52.4％和46.6％,革兰氏阳性和阴性细菌PLFAs远低于常绿阔叶林.杉木人工林根际土壤微生物生物量碳、可培养细菌和放线菌数显著高于杉木人工林林地土壤,根际土壤中总PLFAs、细菌PLFAs、革兰氏阳性和阴性细菌PLFAs的含量也高于林地土壤,但真菌PLFAs和细菌PLFAs之比却低于林地土壤.对土壤微生物群落结构进行主成分分析发现,第1主成分和第2主成分共解释了土壤微生物群落结构变异的78.2％.表明常绿阔叶林与杉木人工林土壤的微生物群落结构间存在差异.     

林下植被管理措施对杉木大径材林土壤细菌群落结构的影响

林下植被是人工林生态系统的重要组成部分。本研究采用高通量测序技术,分析林下植被保留、林下植被去除和林下套种3种林下植被管理措施对杉木大径材人工林土壤细菌多样性、细菌群落结构组成以及相对丰度的影响,并分析土壤理化性质与细菌群落多样性的关系。结果表明: 林下植被保留处理的土壤细菌群落Chao1指数、Ace指数和Shannon指数高于林下植被去除和林下套种;放线菌门、酸杆菌门和绿弯菌门为本研究区杉木人工林土壤主要优势细菌;与林下植被去除和林下套种处理杉木人工林土壤细菌群落相比,林下植被保留处理土壤变形菌门、浮霉菌门、厚壁菌门和疣微菌门等相对丰度较高,而放线菌门、酸杆菌门和绿弯菌门的相对丰度较低;3种林下植被管理措施之间,土壤厚壁菌门、浮霉菌门、疣微菌门、Parcubacteria门和放线菌门等类群相对丰度差异显著;土壤含水率、全氮、全磷、水解氮和速效磷含量是影响细菌群落结构的重要因子,细菌多样性指数与土壤全氮、全磷、全钾、水解氮和速效钾含量呈显著正相关。     

杉木连栽对土壤细菌群落及其抑病能力的影响

连栽导致土壤退化是制约杉木初级生产力实现的重要障碍因素，而土壤对病原菌的抑制能力决定着植物能否有效抵御病原菌侵害，是人工林土壤地力状况的重要表现。以一代、二代、三代杉木人工林和天然次生林为对象，采用平板隔空、直接对峙的方法，分析了不同代际杉木林土壤细菌群落对尖孢镰刀菌和立枯丝核菌的抑制能力。进一步利用高通量测序技术，研究了杉木林土壤细菌群落影响土壤抑病能力的生态过程。结果表明：土壤磷元素随连栽呈显著积累趋势，而土壤pH和有机质(SOM)等含量随连栽代数的增加而下降，但这些下降指标在三代杉木林与天然林土壤间无显著差异。而杉木连栽导致土壤对病原菌的抑制能力逐代降低，天然林土壤较杉木人工林对病原菌具有显著的高抑制能力。同时杉木连栽显著改变了土壤细菌群落组成，而对群落整体α-多样性影响较小，说明土壤中一些关键类群对杉木连栽响应的敏感性高于整体细菌群落的变化。进一步利用随机森林模型预测与回归分析，揭示了杉木连栽引起的土壤一些关键细菌类群丰度的降低是土壤抑病能力下降的重要原因，这些类群主要受土壤pH、SOM、TP等土壤理化因子的调控。由此，杉木长期连栽会引起土壤微环境失衡，致使土壤抑制病原菌能力下...     

岩溶区植被和季节对土壤微生物遗传多样性的影响

基于土壤微生物遗传多样性随植被和季节的变化而变化的假设,运用变性梯度凝胶电泳技术(DGGE)检测岩溶区草丛(T)、灌丛(S)、次生林(SF)和原生林(PF)群落演替过程中土壤细菌和真菌群落的遗传多样性及其季节变化.随着地上植被的演替土壤细菌群落具有连续性但优势种群不明显,真菌群落没有连续性但优势种群明显.植被和季节对于细菌和真菌群落的Shannon多样性具有不同程度的显著影响,同时存在显著的植被和季节交互作用.草丛土壤中细菌和真菌群落的Shannon多样性有显著的季节变化(p<0.01);灌丛土壤中仅细菌群落多样性有显著季节变化(p<0.05);而森林土壤中细菌和真菌群落多样性没有显著的季节变化.土壤真菌和细菌多样性具有显著正相关关系.随着地上植被的正向演替,土壤微生物遗传结构逐渐稳定;植被恢复早期阶段,土壤中存在着丰富的微生物遗传多样性,但并不稳定.     

不同种植年限香榧根际土壤微生物多样性

为探明不同种植年限对香榧根际土壤微生物群落特征的影响,采用高通量测序技术,分析种植5 a、10 a和15 a香榧根际土壤细菌、真菌的群落结构和多样性特征.结果表明: 在种植15 a的香榧土壤中细菌Chao1指数、ACE指数和Shannon指数显著降低,Simpson指数无显著变化.NMDS分析显示,种植年限对细菌群落结构变化有显著影响,而种植5 a和10 a香榧林地土壤具有相似的细菌群落.细菌相对丰度、多样性以及群落结构(基本上由变形菌、放线菌、酸杆菌和绿弯菌组成)的变化与有机质、C/N、全氮呈极显著相关.香榧根际土壤真菌Chao1指数和ACE指数随种植年限的增加显著降低,Shannon指数和Simpson指数在种植10 a香榧林地中较高.真菌NMDS分析显示,相同种植年限土壤真菌群落聚在一起,不同种植年限之间能明显分开.真菌优势菌群主要包括子囊菌门、担子菌门、接合菌门.有机质是影响真菌丰富度、多样性和群落结构变化的主要因子.综上,香榧根际土壤微生物群落随种植年限不同而发生明显变化,种植年限、C/N、土壤全氮和有机质含量是影响香榧根际土壤微生物群落结构的主要因子.     

基于焦磷酸测序的杉木人工林微型土壤动物多样性

为探讨微型土壤动物在人工林生态系统中的功能及其对环境变化的响应,利用18S rDNA宏基因组比较了湖南省攸县不同发育阶段(3、13、26年)以及不同栽培代数(1、2、3代)杉木人工林微型土壤动物的群落多样性及结构.结果表明:焦磷酸测序共得到94922条优质序列,平均长度为436 bp.杉木人工林微型土壤动物主要类群包括:脊索动物门60.8%、环节动物门24.0%、节肢动物门7.4%、线虫动物门3.6%、轮形动物门1.5%和扁形动物门1.2%.5块样地的ACE指数与Shannon指数具有显著性差异,其中第1代13年生杉木林的ACE指数(712.33)、Chao1指数(500.00)、Shannon指数(2.66)均最低,Simpson指数(0.26)最高,表明第1代13年生杉木林微型土壤动物多样性最低.相关分析发现,速效钾含量与ACE指数和Chao1指数之间存在显著负相关,而Shannon指数、Simpson指数与所测土壤理化性质之间无显著相关关系.各样地Jaccard相似性系数均0.4,样地间微型土壤动物群落结构差异明显.     

退化人工林不同恢复类型对土壤微生物群落功能多样性的影响

为了评价华南退化人工林生态系统的不同恢复类型,本研究以土壤微生物群落功能多样性为对象,探讨恢复林土壤微生物功能多样性的差异及影响因子.在研究区内选取代表性的近自然经营杉木林(CF)和毛竹林(MB),以天然次生林(NF)为对照,采集表层土壤样品.运用Biolog-Eco微平板技术,对3种林分的土壤微生物群落功能多样性进行研究.结果表明: 不同恢复林分的植物多样性差异显著,NF植物多样性指数显著高于MB和CF,而MB的植物多样性指数显著高于CF;不同林分类型的土壤pH和容重差异显著,其他土壤理化性质差异不显著;不同林分类型土壤微生物的平均颜色变化率(AWCD)为NF＞MB＞CF,不同林分对6种类型碳源底物的利用也有相似规律;NF的土壤微生物群落Shannon多样性指数、Shannon丰富度指数、Simpson优势度指数和McIntosh指数最高,MB次之,CF最低;主成分分析表明,从31种碳源类型提取的主成分1和主成分2分别能解释变量方差的60.0%和12.4%,在主成分分异中起主要贡献作用的是羧酸类、碳水化合物类和氨基酸类碳源;相关性分析表明,植物物种丰富度和多样性指数、土壤容重与土壤微生物群落多样性指数之间存在显著相关关系,对土壤微生物群落功能多样性具有重要影响.NF土壤微生物的碳源利用效率高于人工林,而MB土壤微生物碳源利用效率高于CF.从植被多样性及土壤微生物群落功能多样性来看,近自然经营的MB人工林更有利于退化人工林生态系统功能的恢复与提升.     

Afforestation alters community structure of soil fungi

Relatively little is known about the effect of afforestation on soil fungal communities. This study demonstrated that afforestation altered fungal community structure and that changes were correlated to pools of soil C. Pasture at three locations on the same soil type was afforested with Eucalyptus globulus or Pinus pinaster. The structure of fungal communities under the three land uses was measured after 13y using automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA). Afforestation significantly altered the structure of fungal communities. The effect of location on the structure of fungal communities was limited to pasture soils; although these contained the same plant species, the relative composition of each species varied between locations. Differences in the structure of fungal communities between pasture, E. globulus and P. pinaster were significantly correlated with changes in the amount of total organic C and microbial biomass-C in soil. Afforestation of patches of agricultural land may contribute to conserving soil fungi in agricultural landscapes by supporting fungal communities with different composition to agricultural soils.     

Phytoremediation of dye contaminated soil by Leucaena leucocephala (subabul) seed and growth assessment of Vigna radiata in the remediated soil

The present study was investigated for soil bioremediation through sababul plant biomass (Leucaena leucocephala). The soil contaminated with textile effluent was collected from Erode (chithode) area. Various physico-chemical characterizations like N, P, and K and electrical conductivity were assessed on both control and dye contaminated soils before and after remediation. Sababul (L. leucocephala) powder used as plant biomass for remediation was a tool for textile dye removal using basic synthetic dyes by column packing and eluting. The concentration of the dye eluted was compared with its original concentration of dye and were analyzed by using UV–vis spectrophotometer. Sababul plant biomass was analyzed for its physico-chemical properties and active compounds were detected by GC–MS, HPTLC and FTIR. Plant growth was assessed with green gram on the textile contaminated soil and sababul had the potential of adsorbing the dye as the contaminated soil and also check the growth of green gram.     

基于K-均值算法模型的区域土壤数值化分类及预测制图

根据封丘县土壤发生学特点遴选质地、有机质、土壤颜色、pH值、电导率和土壤发生层厚度等作为土壤属性向量,运用k-均值算法模型,对研究区40个土壤剖面样本实施数值化分类,并依据《中国土壤系统分类检索》确定算法模型输出的5个中心土壤剖面的系统分类归属。基于40个样本土壤剖面剖面与各中心剖面类型之间的分类距离,应用地统计学手段预测研究区空间任意位置的土壤与各中心剖面分类距离,完成研究区土壤数值化连续分类并在空间上实现可视化表达。在此基础上,运用去模糊化手段,“硬化”连续分类边界,获得可与传统土壤制图互为参比的研究区土壤预测制图,并对输出结果进行了土壤发生学解释。本研究表明,土壤数值化分类手段与地统计学随机模型相结合可以实现区域土壤的空间预测,且预测制图比传统土壤制图蕴含更加丰富的信息。     

蚯蚓在植物修复芘污染土壤中的作用

采用盆栽试验法,研究了蚯蚓(Pheretima hupeiensis)在植物修复芘污染土壤中的作用。结果显示,试验浓度(20.24-321.42 mg/kg) 范围内,蚯蚓活动促进了芘污染土壤中修复植物黑麦草(Lolium multiforum)黑麦草的生长,其根冠比明显增大。添加蚯蚓72 d后,种植黑麦草的土壤中芘的去除率高达60.01%-86.26%,其平均去除率(74.66%)比无蚯蚓活动的土壤-植物系统(64.55%)提高10.11%,比无植物对照组(18.24%)提高56.42%。各种生物、非生物修复因子中,植物-微生物交互作用对芘去除的平均贡献率(51.75%)最为突出,比无蚯蚓活动时(44.94%)提高6.81%。说明蚯蚓活动可强化土壤-植物系统对土壤芘污染的修复作用。     

红壤侵蚀地马尾松林恢复后土壤有机碳库动态

运用RothC(version 26.3)模型,并结合“时空代换法”对长汀河田红壤侵蚀退化地马尾松人工恢复后林地表层(0-20cm)土壤有机碳库的动态变化进行了反演和预测,研究结果表明:RothC 26.3模型的模拟结果能够较好地反映红壤侵蚀地植被恢复过程中土壤有机碳的变化趋势;RothC 26.3模型适用于中亚热带季风气候条件下马尾松林地土壤碳库的动态模拟;侵蚀退化地在马尾松林建植后,林地表层土壤碳吸存速率以非线性的形式上升,并在15-25a时间内达到最大,马尾松恢复后前30a林地土壤平均碳吸存速率约为0.385 tC·hm-2· a-1,自马尾松建植后演替至当地顶级群落(次生林)全过程中平均碳吸存速率约0.156 tC·hm-2·a-1;根据模拟结果得到的拟合方程,计算得到研究区红壤侵蚀退化地的碳饱和容量约为36.85 tC/hm2,固碳潜力约为33.26 tC/hm2.     

Correlation among soil enzyme activities under different forest system management practices

Soil enzyme activities were performed in three permanent no-till and unfertilised plots located in the South of Salamanca province (Spain), the first in a Castanea sativa Mill. paraclimax coppice (CC), the second in a chestnut orchard (CO) and the third in a Quercus pyrenaica Wild. climax forest (Oak), adjacent to the CO plot.We hypothesized that the activities of dehydrogenases, ureases, acid phosphatases, arylsulphatases and β-glucosidases in different forest ecosystems are involved in the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling and we report their relationship with each other and with physical, chemical and general biochemical parameters of the soils. The main aim of the study was to detect biological criteria for sustainable development in natural degenerate forests of Mediterranean Europe. For this, we used sweet Chestnut (C. sativa Mill) and Oak Q. pyrenaica Wild as models to better define the ecological conditions of these natural resources in terms of nutrient balance, physiology and biological diversity of their communities, to relate them to the conditions of exploitation and land-use changes, for the characterization of sustainable ecological systems.Furthermore, soil respiration was high and significantly different in the chestnut coppice stand than the other two stands, chestnut orchard and oak.Correlations between soil biochemical and soil microbiological variables showed that the three different forest management practices had also a strong effect on soil function conditions. In a discriminate analysis, CC and Oak were discriminated clearly, while CO was in the middle of the biplot sharing some properties with each of the two different groups. Thus, we proposed a soil property transition from the best soil structure and function properties at one chestnut management properties with low tree densities (CC and CO) to other with the worst ones at highest tree density conditions (Oak). According to natural soil conditions in Oak, we assumed that most of the enzyme activities reached their highest levels at highest C and N soil contents but at lowest soil base saturation percentage while they were not at all associated with P soil availability.     

硝化抑制剂对蔬菜土硝化和反硝化细菌的影响

土壤N素循环主要是微生物驱动的转化过程,然而对其的驱动与调控机理了解还很不够。选取长沙黄兴镇蔬菜基地两种蔬菜土研究硝化抑制剂(DCD)对N素转化过程及功能微生物的影响。试验通过室内土壤培养,处理为单施尿素(CK)和尿素与硝化抑制剂双氰胺配合施用(DCD),重复3次。在培养过程中系统监测了土壤中NH₄⁺-N、NO₃^--N含量变化,同时采用荧光定量PCR(real-time PCR)方法研究硝化抑制剂对土壤中氮素转化功能基因丰度的影响。结果表明:在培养过程中DCD处理使两个供试土壤的NH₄⁺浓度稳定在较高水平,而NO₃^-浓度则明显低于对照;施用DCD导致土壤中硝化基因amoA丰度显著减少,而对16S rRNA和反硝化基因nirK丰度没有产生明显影响。因此,DCD在菜地土壤中主要通过抑制氨氧化细菌的繁衍来抑制硝化作用。     

Interactive effects of plant-available soil silicon and herbivory on competition between two grass species

Background and Aims

The herbivore defence system of true grasses (Poaceae) is predominantly based on silicon that is taken up from the soil and deposited in the leaves in the form of abrasive phytoliths. Silicon uptake mechanisms can be both passive and active, with the latter suggesting that there is an energetic cost to silicon uptake. This study assessed the effects of plant-available soil silicon and herbivory on the competitive interactions between the grasses Poa annua, a species that has previously been reported to accumulate only small amounts of silicon, and Lolium perenne, a high silicon accumulator.

Methods

Plants were grown in mono- and mixed cultures under greenhouse conditions. Plant-available soil silicon levels were manipulated by adding silicon to the soil in the form of sodium silicate. Subsets of mixed culture pots were exposed to above-ground herbivory by desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria).

Key Results

In the absence of herbivory, silicon addition increased biomass of P. annua but decreased biomass of L. perenne. Silicon addition increased foliar silicon concentrations of both grass species >4-fold. Under low soil-silicon availability the herbivores removed more leaf biomass from L. perenne than from P. annua, whereas under high silicon availability the reverse was true. Consequently, herbivory shifted the competitive balance between the two grass species, with the outcome depending on the availability of soil silicon.

Conclusions

It is concluded that a complex interplay between herbivore abundance, growth–defence trade-offs and the availability of soil silicon in the grasses'' local environment affects the outcome of inter-specific competition, and so has the potential to impact on plant community structure.     

林地覆盖对雷竹林土壤微生物特征及其与土壤养分制约性关系的影响

为了探讨林地覆盖雷竹林退化机理,给退化雷竹林恢复提供理论参考,对不同覆盖年限(CK、1、3 a 和6 a) 雷竹林土壤微生物区系组成和生物量碳(C_mic)、氮(N_mic)、磷(P_mic)等特征因子进行了测定,并分析了其与土壤养分的制约性关系。结果表明:(1) 雷竹林土壤微生物以细菌为主,真菌次之,放线菌最少,分别占土壤微生物总量的90.11%-98.03%、1.04%-9.22%和0.67%-1.37%。随覆盖年限增加,细菌、放线菌比率呈下降趋势,真菌比率呈上升趋势;土壤微生物总数、细菌和放线菌数量及C_mic、N_mic、P_mic均呈先升高后降低的变化趋势,试验雷竹林间差异极显著,真菌数量总体呈极显著升高趋势。(2)雷竹林土壤微生物特征因子与土壤有机质(SOM)、全氮(TN)、全磷(TP)、碱解氮(Available nitrogen, AN)和pH均呈显著或极显著相关,其中,CK和覆盖1 a、3 a雷竹林土壤微生物特征因子与土壤养分主要呈正相关,与pH呈负相关,而覆盖6 a雷竹林则相反。(3)不同覆盖年限雷竹林土壤养分与土壤微生物的制约性关系存在一定的差异,CK雷竹林土壤SOM、TN、AN、速效钾(AK)和pH主要影响土壤C_mic、N_mic和细菌,覆盖1 a雷竹林土壤SOM、TN、TP和AK主要影响土壤P_mic、放线菌和细菌,覆盖3 a雷竹林土壤SOM、TN、速效磷(AP)和AN主要影响土壤N_mic、放线菌和真菌,覆盖6 a雷竹林土壤SOM、TN和pH主要影响土壤N_mic、真菌。研究表明:长期覆盖雷竹林土壤细菌、放线菌数量与比例明显降低,真菌数量与比例明显提高,土壤养分与土壤微生物的制约性作用关系会发生较为明显变化,产生土壤障害,这是覆盖雷竹林退化的主要原因之一。     

Bioremediation of DDT contaminated soil using brown-rot fungi

The ability of brown-rot fungi (BRF) to eliminate DDT in artificially and historically contaminated soil was investigated to determine whether the BRF would be suitable for the bioremediation of DDT in soil. Gloeophyllum trabeum, Fomitopsis pinicola and Daedalea dickinsii showed an ability to eliminate DDT in artificially contaminated sterilized (SL) and un-sterilized (USL) soils. The addition of Fe²⁺ to the soil system enhanced the ability of some BRF to eliminate DDT. In the contaminated SL soil, the DDT was eliminated by approximately 41%, 9% and 15% by G. trabeum, F. pinicola and D. dickinsii, respectively. Compared with the controls, in the USL soil approximately 43%, 29% and 32% of DDT was eliminated and approximately 20%, 9% and 26% of DDD (1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane) was detected as a metabolic product with G. trabeum, F. pinicola and D. dickinsii, respectively. Of the BRF, G. trabeum demonstrated the greatest ability to eliminate DDT both in the SL and USL soils. G. trabeum was applied to a historically contaminated soil which had a DDT concentration more than three times the artificially contaminated soil. G. trabeum remediated about 64% of the initial DDT with the addition of Fe²⁺. There were no significant differences in the results with or without the addition of Fe²⁺, indicating that G. trabeum can be used directly for the degradation of DDT in soil without any other additional treatment. This study identified that G. trabeum is the most promising BRF for use in the bioremediation of DDT contaminated soil.