Microbial Population Structures in Soil Particle Size Fractions of a Long-Term Fertilizer Field Experiment

Soil structure depends on the association between mineral soil particles (sand, silt, and clay) and organic matter, in which aggregates of different size and stability are formed. Although the chemistry of organic materials, total microbial biomass, and different enzyme activities in different soil particle size fractions have been well studied, little information is available on the structure of microbial populations in microhabitats. In this study, topsoil samples of different fertilizer treatments of a long-term field experiment were analyzed. Size fractions of 200 to 63 μm (fine sand fraction), 63 to 2 μm (silt fraction), and 2 to 0.1 μm (clay fraction) were obtained by a combination of low-energy sonication, wet sieving, and repeated centrifugation. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and cloning and sequencing of 16S rRNA genes were used to compare bacterial community structures in different particle size fractions. The microbial community structure was significantly affected by particle size, yielding higher diversity of microbes in small size fractions than in coarse size fractions. The higher biomass previously found in silt and clay fractions could be attributed to higher diversity rather than to better colonization of particular species. Low nutrient availability, protozoan grazing, and competition with fungal organisms may have been responsible for reduced diversities in larger size fractions. Furthermore, larger particle sizes were dominated by α-Proteobacteria, whereas high abundance and diversity of bacteria belonging to the Holophaga/Acidobacterium division were found in smaller size fractions. Although very contrasting organic amendments (green manure, animal manure, sewage sludge, and peat) were examined, our results demonstrated that the bacterial community structure was affected to a greater extent by the particle size fraction than by the kind of fertilizer applied. Therefore, our results demonstrate specific microbe-particle associations that are affected to only a small extent by external factors.     

Effect of bovine manure on fecal coliform attachment to soil and soil particles of different sizes

Manure-borne bacteria can be transported in runoff as free cells, cells attached to soil particles, and cells attached to manure particles. The objectives of this work were to compare the attachment of fecal coliforms (FC) to different soils and soil fractions and to assess the effect of bovine manure on FC attachment to soil and soil fractions. Three sand fractions of different sizes, the silt fraction, and the clay fraction of loam and sandy clay loam soils were separated and used along with soil samples in batch attachment experiments with water-FC suspensions and water-manure-FC suspensions. In the absence of manure colloids, bacterial attachment to soil, silt, and clay particles was much higher than the attachment to sand particles having no organic coating. The attachment to the coated sand particles was similar to the attachment to silt and clay. Manure colloids in suspensions decreased bacterial attachment to soils, clay and silt fractions, and coated sand fractions, but did not decrease the attachment to sand fractions without the coating. The low attachment of bacteria to silt and clay particles in the presence of manure colloids may cause predominantly free-cell transport of manure-borne FC in runoff.     

Effect of Bovine Manure on Fecal Coliform Attachment to Soil and Soil Particles of Different Sizes

Manure-borne bacteria can be transported in runoff as free cells, cells attached to soil particles, and cells attached to manure particles. The objectives of this work were to compare the attachment of fecal coliforms (FC) to different soils and soil fractions and to assess the effect of bovine manure on FC attachment to soil and soil fractions. Three sand fractions of different sizes, the silt fraction, and the clay fraction of loam and sandy clay loam soils were separated and used along with soil samples in batch attachment experiments with water-FC suspensions and water-manure-FC suspensions. In the absence of manure colloids, bacterial attachment to soil, silt, and clay particles was much higher than the attachment to sand particles having no organic coating. The attachment to the coated sand particles was similar to the attachment to silt and clay. Manure colloids in suspensions decreased bacterial attachment to soils, clay and silt fractions, and coated sand fractions, but did not decrease the attachment to sand fractions without the coating. The low attachment of bacteria to silt and clay particles in the presence of manure colloids may cause predominantly free-cell transport of manure-borne FC in runoff.     

长期施肥下灰漠土矿物颗粒结合有机碳的含量及其演变特征

采用物理分组方法分析了长期（1990-2007年）不同施肥条件下灰漠土各粒径矿物颗粒结合有机碳含量和分布差异及其随施肥时间的演变特征.结果表明：与不施肥相比,配施有机肥对增加各有机碳组分的效果最显著,并以砂粒有机碳含量的增速（0.34 g·kg^-1·a^-1）最高,对施肥最敏感;撂荒地可以显著增加不同黏粉粒结合有机碳含量;秸秆还田仅能维持各级矿物颗粒结合有机碳的含量;长期施用化肥不利于各级颗粒结合有机碳含量的增加.从分配比例来看,以粗粉粒(27.9%)和粗黏粒(27.1%)有机碳所占比例最高,是固持有机碳的重要组分;配施有机肥使砂粒有机碳比例显著提高119.4%,细粉粒和粗黏粒有机碳比例却分别降低了40.3%和37.9%,从而提高了颗粒有机碳含量（W_POC）与矿物结合有机碳含量（W_MOC）的比值,改良了土壤有机碳性质.长期配施有机肥是增加灰漠土各级矿物颗粒结合有机碳积累和提升灰漠土肥力的最佳方式.     

Phosphorus and carbon in soil particle size fractions: A synthesis

Despite the importance of phosphorus (P) as a macronutrient, the factors controlling the pool sizes of organic and inorganic P (OP and IP) in soils are not yet well understood. Therefore, the aim of this study was to gain insights into the pools sizes of OP, IP and organic carbon (OC) in soils and soil particle size fractions. For this purpose, I analyzed the distribution of OP, IP, and OC among particle size fractions depending on geographical location, climate, soil depth, and land use, based on published data. The clay size fraction contained on average 8.8 times more OP than the sand size fraction and 3.9 and 3.2 times more IP and OC, respectively. The OP concentrations of the silt and clay size fraction were both negatively correlated with mean annual temperature (R² = 0.30 and 0.31, respectively, p < 0.001). The OC:OP ratios of the silt and clay size fraction were negatively correlated with latitude (R² = 0.49 and 0.34, respectively, p < 0.001). Yet, the OC:OP ratio of the clay size fraction changed less markedly with latitude than the OC:OP ratio of the silt and the sand size fraction. The OC concentrations of all three particle size fractions were significantly (p < 0.05) lower in soils converted to cropland than in adjacent soils under natural vegetation. In contrast, the OP concentration was only significantly (p < 0.05) decreased in the sand size fraction but not in the other two particle size fractions due to land-use change. Thus, the findings suggest that OP is more persistent in soil than OC, which is most likely due to strong sorptive stabilization of OP compounds to mineral surfaces.

     

Impact of long-term additions of chemical fertilizers and farm yard manure on carbon and nitrogen sequestration under rice-cowpea cropping system in semi-arid tropics

Restoration of soil organic carbon (SOC) in arable lands represents potential sink for atmospheric CO₂. The strategies for restoration of SOC include the appropriate land use management, cropping sequence, fertilizer and organic manures application. To achieve this goal, the dynamics of SOC and nitrogen (N) in soils needs to be better understood for which the long-term experiments are an important tool. A study was thus conducted to determine SOC and nitrogen dynamics in a long-term experiment in relation to inorganic, integrated and organic fertilizer application in rice-cowpea system on a sandy loam soil (Typic Rhodualf). The fertilizer treatments during rice included (i) 100% N (@ 100 kg N ha^?1), (ii) 100% NP (100 kg N and 50 kg P₂O₅ ha^?1), (iii) 100% NPK (100 kg N, 50 kg P₂O₅ and 50 kg K₂O ha^?1) as inorganic fertilizers, (iv) 50% NPK + 50% farm yard manure (FYM) (@ 5 t ha^?1) and (v) FYM alone @ 10 t ha^?1 compared with (vi) control treatment i.e. without any fertilization. The N alone or N and P did not have any significant effect on soil carbon and nitrogen. The light fraction carbon was 53% higher in NPK + FYM plots and 56% higher in FYM plots than in control plots, in comparison to 30% increase with inorganic fertilizers alone. The microbial biomass carbon and water-soluble carbon were relatively higher both in FYM or NPK + FYM plots. The clay fraction had highest concentration of C and N followed by silt, fine sand and coarse sand fractions in both surface (0–15 cm) and subsurface soil layers (15–30 cm). The C:N ratio was lowest in the clay fraction and increased with increase in particle size. The C and N enrichment ratio was highest for the clay fraction followed by silt and both the sand fractions. Relative decrease in enrichment ratio of clay in treatments receiving NPK and or FYM indicates comparatively greater accumulation of C and N in soil fractions other than clay.     

长期施肥条件下黑土有机碳、氮组分的分配与富集特征

研究不同管理措施下黑土有机碳、氮组分的变化特征是深刻认识和理解黑土固碳的基础.本文以黑龙江省农业科学院31年的长期定位试验为基础,采用物理分组法对土壤不同粒径颗粒进行分离,分析6种不同施肥处理31年后,黑土表层(0～20 cm)及亚表层(20～40 cm)土壤有机碳、氮在粗砂粒、细砂粒、粉粒及黏粒中的分配与富集特征.结果表明： 长期施用有机肥可显著提高土壤有机碳、全氮在粗砂粒和黏粒中的分配比例.在表层土壤,有机无机配施（NPKM）处理下粗砂粒有机碳和全氮的分配比例比对照分别提高191.3%和179.3%,单施有机肥（M）处理下黏粒组分的有机碳和全氮的分配比例分别提高45%和47%.亚表层土壤施用有机肥处理各粒级有机碳、氮含量的提高比例低于表层土壤.在表层和亚表层的粉粒组分中,贮存的有机碳占总储量的42%～63%和48%～54%,全氮占总储量的34%～59%和41%～47%.表层土壤施用有机肥可显著增加粗砂粒中有机碳、氮的富集系数,其中有机肥配施化肥（NPKM）处理富集系数最高（2.30和1.88）,而黏粒组分的有机碳、氮富集系数对长期施肥无响应.
     

Effects of Manure Compost Application on Soil Microbial Community Diversity and Soil Microenvironments in a Temperate Cropland in China

The long-term application of excessive chemical fertilizers has resulted in the degeneration of soil quality parameters such as soil microbial biomass, communities, and nutrient content, which in turn affects crop health, productivity, and soil sustainable productivity. The objective of this study was to develop a rapid and efficient solution for rehabilitating degraded cropland soils by precisely quantifying soil quality parameters through the application of manure compost and bacteria fertilizers or its combination during maize growth. We investigated dynamic impacts on soil microbial count, biomass, basal respiration, community structure diversity, and enzyme activity using six different treatments [no fertilizer (CK), N fertilizer (N), N fertilizer + bacterial fertilizer (NB), manure compost (M), manure compost + bacterial fertilizer (MB), and bacterial fertilizer (B)] in the plowed layer (0–20 cm) of potted soil during various maize growth stages in a temperate cropland of eastern China. Denaturing gradient electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprinting analysis showed that the structure and composition of bacterial and fungi communities in the six fertilizer treatments varied at different levels. The Shannon index of bacterial and fungi communities displayed the highest value in the MB treatments and the lowest in the N treatment at the maize mature stage. Changes in soil microorganism community structure and diversity after different fertilizer treatments resulted in different microbial properties. Adding manure compost significantly increased the amount of cultivable microorganisms and microbial biomass, thus enhancing soil respiration and enzyme activities (p<0.01), whereas N treatment showed the opposite results (p<0.01). However, B and NB treatments minimally increased the amount of cultivable microorganisms and microbial biomass, with no obvious influence on community structure and soil enzymes. Our findings indicate that the application of manure compost plus bacterial fertilizers can immediately improve the microbial community structure and diversity of degraded cropland soils.     

Responses of Bacterial Communities in Arable Soils in a Rice-Wheat Cropping System to Different Fertilizer Regimes and Sampling Times

Soil physicochemical properties, soil microbial biomass and bacterial community structures in a rice-wheat cropping system subjected to different fertilizer regimes were investigated in two seasons (June and October). All fertilizer regimes increased the soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen. Both fertilizer regime and time had a significant effect on soil physicochemical properties and bacterial community structure. The combined application of inorganic fertilizer and manure organic-inorganic fertilizer significantly enhanced the bacterial diversity in both seasons. The bacterial communities across all samples were dominated by Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria and Chloroflexi at the phylum level. Permutational multivariate analysis confirmed that both fertilizer treatment and season were significant factors in the variation of the composition of the bacterial community. Hierarchical cluster analysis based on Bray-Curtis distances further revealed that bacterial communities were separated primarily by season. The effect of fertilizer treatment is significant (P = 0.005) and accounts for 7.43% of the total variation in bacterial community. Soil nutrients (e.g., available K, total N, total P and organic matter) rather than pH showed significant correlation with the majority of abundant taxa. In conclusion, both fertilizer treatment and seasonal changes affect soil properties, microbial biomass and bacterial community structure. The application of NPK plus manure organic-inorganic fertilizer may be a sound fertilizer practice for sustainable food production.     

不同施肥制度土壤微生物量碳氮变化及细菌群落16S rDNA V3 片段PCR产物的DGGE分析

应用化学分析和变性梯度凝胶电泳（DGGE）技术分离PCR扩增的16S rDNA的方法,研究了不同施肥制度对土壤微生物量碳、氮变化及微生物多样性的影响。结果表明,连续15a长期试验下,土壤微生物量碳（SMB-C）和微生物量氮（SMB-N）的含量大小均为长期撂荒（CK0）土壤高于农田土壤,而在农田土壤中,长期施肥的处理（NPK、NPKM、NPKSt和NPKF）高于长期不施肥处理（CK）,不同的种植制度中,长期复种轮作（NPKF）高于长期复种连作（NPK）;各处理的SMB-C/SOC（土壤有机碳）和SMB-N/TN（全氮）的比值的变化趋势与SMB-C和SMB-N变化一致;从PCR-DGGE分析,长期氮磷钾化肥配施有机肥（NPKM）处理的微生物量碳、氮的含量最高,微生物丰度最高,细菌物种最多,其次为长期撂荒（CK0）,CK处理细菌物种最少。UPGMC聚类分析表明NPK和NPKF处理细菌的群落结构相似,CK和CK0处理细菌的群落结构相似,而NPKM和NPKSt处理细菌的群落结构相似。     

土壤有机碳和微生物群落结构对多年不同耕作方式与秸秆还田的响应

土壤有机碳对维持陆地生态系统功能和缓解土壤退化问题至关重要,土壤微生物参与土壤有机碳的循环过程,而耕作方式与秸秆还田影响土壤有机碳和微生物群落.本试验采用裂区试验设计,耕作方式为主区,分别设深松(ST)和旋耕(RT)处理,副区为秸秆还田量,分别设秸秆全还田(F)和秸秆不还田(0)处理,采用Illumina测序技术测定土壤微生物群落结构和固碳功能基因,并测定了2012—2017试验年间土壤有机碳含量.结果表明: 1)深松耕作和秸秆还田均显著提高了pH、微生物生物量碳、总氮、粉粒含量、黏粒含量,而显著降低了砂粒含量; 2)试验年间各处理的土壤有机碳(SOC)含量均呈增加趋势,但与旋耕耕作和秸秆不还田处理相比,深松耕作和秸秆还田处理的平均有机碳增量分别显著提高30.6%和33.2%; 3)土壤中最丰富的细菌类型为变形菌门,其次为酸杆菌门和芽单胞菌门; 4)深松秸秆还田处理(STF)具有较高的微生物多样性; 5)除砂粒含量外,土壤pH、微生物生物量碳、总氮、粉粒和黏粒含量均促使深松秸秆全还田处理下的微生物群落结构向着有利于有机碳积累的方向发生变异; 6)除二糖和寡糖代谢途径外,CO₂固定、发酵、主要碳水化合物代谢、一碳代谢、糖醇、有机酸、糖苷水解酶类的代谢功能基因丰度均表现为深松耕作显著高于旋耕,且均与土壤有机碳呈正相关关系.因此,深松结合秸秆还田能够改善土壤基本性质与土壤微生物群落结构,有利于增加土壤固碳能力和解决土壤退化问题.     

鄱阳湖湿地土壤微生物群落结构沿地下水位梯度分异特征

为了揭示地下水位梯度对湿地土壤微生物群落的影响,在鄱阳湖典型碟形湖泊白沙湖洲滩湿地设置了200m×300m大样地,沿地下水位梯度划分4个样带(从湖岸到湖心依次为GT-A,GT-B,GT-C,GT-D),采集了不同梯度带的土壤样品,利用磷脂脂肪酸法分析其土壤微生物群落结构分异特征。结果表明,随着地下水位抬升,土壤pH和沙粒含量升高,而有机碳、容重、粘粒和粉粒含量降低。与地下水位最低的梯度(GT-A)相比,地下水位在地表上下波动(GT-D)时,土壤微生物量碳氮及其分配比例分别增加了2.82、4.30、5.77和7.15倍;土壤微生物总量、细菌生物量、放线菌生物量、革兰氏阳性细菌及革兰氏阴性细菌生物量分别增长了106.8%、117.2%、74.9%,107.9%和207.2%。洲滩地下水位梯度的升高增加了土壤微生物群落的环境压力,进而降低了其群落结构的多样性。土壤微生物群落结构组成与土壤pH、含水量、沙粒含量以及碳氮比呈显著相关关系,而土壤微生物商则主要受pH和土壤质地的影响。以上结果表明地下水位梯度所引起的土壤微环境变化对微生物量、土壤有机碳周转和群落结构均产生了深刻影响。     

O/N-alkyl and alkyl C are stabilised in fine particle size fractions of forest soils

Carbon stocks and organic matter composition in bulk soils and particle size fractions of Ah horizons from Luvisols, Leptosols and Phaeozems under European beech (Fagus silvatica L.) forest were investigated by elemental analysis, solid state ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance (¹³C CPMAS NMR) spectroscopy and lignin analysis (CuO-oxidation). Radiocarbon age was used as an indicator for C turnover. The SOM of bulk soils and particle size fractions is dominated by O/N-alkyl C and alkyl C. Compared to sand and silt fractions, clay fractions had lower C/N ratios and ¹⁴C abundances. Aryl C and more specifically phenolic components (O-aryl C) decreased from sand to clay fractions. The concomitant decrease of lignin, determined by CuO oxidation, suggests that a major proportion of O-aryl C can be attributed to lignin. Positive nonlinear relations between the O-aryl C and the C/N ratio reveal the trend of decreasing O-aryl C proportions with increasing decomposition. Although lignin is believed to be highly recalcitrant, only low amounts of lignin are found in the stable clay fractions. In contrast to O-aryl C, the O/N-alkyl C contribution decreased from sand to silt fractions, but increased again in the clay fractions, whereas alkyl C contents exhibited lowest values in the sand fractions. These results are indicative of stabilisation processes operating specifically on polysaccharides and alkyl C, but not on aryl C, through association with the clay fraction.     

施肥和土壤管理对土壤微生物生物量碳、氮和群落结构的影响

以中国科学院沈阳生态试验站的长期定位试验为平台,研究了不同施肥和土壤管理对潮棕壤微生物生物量碳、氮和群落结构的影响。结果表明,裸地和农田处理的微生物生物量碳、氮较低,但是农田处理下施肥增加了微生物生物量,其中NPK+M效果最明显。DGGE图谱显示,处理间细菌条带分布较相似,其中裸地的细菌多样性最高;长期施肥和土壤管理改变了土壤真菌群落结构,施肥增加了真菌多样性,且有机肥的影响大于化肥;不同处理间氨氧化细菌群落结构差异显著,NPK+M显著增加了氨氧化细菌多样性,且无机肥和有机肥对氨氧化细菌群落影响不同。施肥和土壤管理对细菌影响较小,但显著改变了真菌和氨氧化细菌的群落结构。聚类分析结果显示,土壤管理措施较施肥对细菌、真菌和氨氧化细菌群落的影响更为显著。     

Xiphinema americanum as Affected by Soil Organic Matter and Porosity

The effects of four soil types, soil porosity, particle size, and organic matter were tested on survival and migration of Xiphinema americanum. Survival and migration were significantly greater in silt loam than in clay loam and silty clay soils. Nematode numbers were significantly greater in softs planted with soybeans than in fallow softs. Nematode survival was greatest at the higher of two pore space levels in four softs. Migration of X. americanum through soft particle size fractions of 75-150, 150-250, 250-500, 500-700, and 700-1,000 μ was significantly greater in the middle three fractions, with the least occurring in the smallest fraction. Additions of muck to silt loam and loamy sand soils resulted in reductions in survival and migration of the nematode. The fulvic acid fraction of muck, extracted with sodium hydroxide, had a deleterious effect on nematode activity. I conclude that soils with small amounts of air-filled pore space, extremes in pore size, or high organic matter content are deleterious to the migration and survival of X. americanum, and that a naturally occurring toxin affecting this species may be present in native soft organic matter.     

Biodegradation of pyrene in sand,silt and clay fractions of sediment

Microbial degradation is the dominant pathway for natural attenuation of PAHs in environmental compartments such as sediments, which in turn depends on the bioavailability of PAHs. The bioavailability of PAHs has seldom been studied at the sediment particle size scale. We evaluated biodegradation of pyrene by Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 as a function of sediment particle sizes, and investigated the relationship between the rate of degradation on sand, silt and clay particles with their individual desorption kinetics measured with the Tenax extraction method. Regression analysis showed that the total organic carbon (TOC), black carbon (BC), and specific surface area (SSA) of the specific particle size fractions, instead of the particle size scale itself, were closely related (P < 0.01) with the mineralization rate. While the fraction in the rapid desorption pool (F _rapid) ranged from 0.11 to 0.38 for the whole sediments and different size groups, the fractions mineralized after 336-h incubation (0.52 to 0.72) greatly surpassed the F _rapid values, suggesting utilization of pyrene in the slow desorption pool (F _slow). A biodegradation model was modified by imbedding a two-phase desorption relationship describing sequential Tenax extractions. Model analysis showed that pyrene sorbed on silt and clay aggregates was directly utilized by the degrading bacteria. The enhanced bioavailability may be attributed to the higher chemical concentration, higher TOC or larger SSA in the silt and clay fractions, which appeared to overcome the reduced bioavailability of pyrene due to sorption, making pyrene on the silt and clay particles readily available to degrading microbes. This conjecture merits further investigation.     

长期施肥对稻田土壤有机氮、微生物生物量及功能多样性的影响

以位于湖南省新化和宁乡县两个稻田肥力长期定位试验点的土样为材料,研究了不同施肥处理对稻田土壤有机氮组分、微生物生物量及功能多样性的影响.结果表明：与不施肥处理（CK）相比,化肥配施有机肥处理提高了稻田土壤酸解总氮（TAHN）及其组分中氨基糖氮（ASN）、氨基酸氮（AAN）和酸解氨态氮（AN）的含量,不同施肥处理对组分中酸解未知氮（HUN）的影响不尽相同.与CK相比,单施化肥处理对土壤微生物生物量碳、氮（MBC、MBN）含量的影响较小,化肥配施有机肥处理则显著提高了土壤MBC和MBN的含量.采用BIOLOG法对土壤微生物群落功能多样性进行测定,结果表明：中、高量有机肥处理提高了稻田土壤微生物的碳源利用率和微生物群落功能多样性;土壤微生物碳源利用的类型因长期不同施肥处理而产生差异.     

施肥和杂草多样性对土壤微生物群落的影响

常年使用化肥和除草剂以及农业新技术的高投入,使我国粮食主产区耕地出现了生产力降低、土壤生物多样性失调和污染严重等生态问题。采用磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)方法来评估施肥和杂草多样性对冬小麦土壤微生物群落结构的影响。实验采用裂区实验设计,施肥作为主因素,杂草多样性作为次因素。化肥和有机肥两个施肥处理,在两个施肥处理中进行杂草多样性设置,实验盆中心种植作物(冬小麦8株),四周种植杂草(8株),杂草种类选择野燕麦、苜蓿、菊苣、播娘蒿。杂草多样性处理设为0、1、2、4种杂草处理,0种杂草处理仅种植作物,有6盆;1种杂草处理为每盆种1种杂草,有12盆;2种杂草处理为每盆种两种杂草,有12盆;4种杂草处理为每盆种4种杂草,有6盆。结果表明:在两种施肥处理中,增加杂草多样性显著增加了土壤碳氮比和p H值,碳氮比都是在4种杂草处理中最高。施化肥处理中,增加杂草多样性显著影响真菌和细菌比,真菌和细菌比在4种杂草处理中最大,显著高于0、1、2种杂草处理。在施有机肥处理中,增加杂草多样性显著影响阳性菌和阴性菌比,阳性菌和阴性菌比在0种杂草处理中最低,显著低于1、2、4种杂草处理。在两个施肥处理中,土壤碳氮比与各类群微生物量显著相关,杂草多样性通过改变土壤碳氮比改变微生物群落构成,并且微生物群落结构转变方式不同。     

不同培肥措施对红壤茶园土壤微生物量碳的影响

研究了经过4年不同培肥措施后红壤茶园土壤微生物量碳变化.结果表明:稻草覆盖后不同比例有机无机肥配施、间作三叶草以及全施化肥处理对土壤微生物量碳均有明显提高;全年土壤微生物量碳年变化都呈现"低-高-低-高"的趋势,且在不同时期对微生物量碳的影响不同;与对照(CK)相比,稻草覆盖 100%有机肥(T1)、稻草覆盖 75%有机肥 25%化肥(T2)、稻草覆盖 50%有机肥 50%化肥(T3)、稻草覆盖 25%有机肥 75%化肥(T4)、100%化肥(T5)和间作三叶草 不施肥(T6)土壤微生物量碳全年平均值分别高出17.05%、32.38%、32.05%、24.30%、26.23%和24.63%,且差异均达到显著水平(P＜0.05);土壤微生物量碳与活性有机质、土壤全氮、微生物量氮、微生物量磷呈显著正相关,与速效氮、土壤全磷、土壤全钾、土壤含水量之间关系不显著;与单施化肥和全量投入有机物料相比,有机物和化肥配合施用更有利于提高土壤肥力.     

Bacterial Density and Community Structure Associated with Aggregate Size Fractions of Soil-Feeding Termite Mounds

The building and foraging activities of termites are known to modify soil characteristics such as the heterogeneity. In tropical savannas the impact of the activity of soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes niokoloensis) has been shown to affect the properties of the soil at the aggregate level by creating new soil microenvironments (aggregate size fractions) [13]. These changes were investigated in greater depth by looking at the microbial density (AODC) and the genetic structure (automated rRNA intergenic spacer analysis: ARISA) of the communities in the different aggregate size fractions (i.e., coarse sand, fine sand, coarse silt, fine silt, and dispersible clays) separated from compartments (internal and external wall) of three Cubitermes niokoloensis mounds. The bacterial density of the mounds was significantly higher (1.5 to 3 times) than that of the surrounding soil. Within the aggregate size fractions, the termite building activity resulted in a significant increase in bacterial density within the coarser fractions (>20 m). Multivariate analysis of the ARISA profiles revealed that the bacterial genetic structures of unfractionated soil and soil aggregate size fractions of the three mounds was noticeably different from the savanna soil used as a reference. Moreover, the microbial community associated with the different microenvironments in the three termite mounds revealed three distinct clusters formed by the aggregate size fractions of each mound. Except for the 2–20 m fraction, these results suggest that the mound microbial genetic structure is more dependent upon microbial pool affiliation (the termite mound) than on the soil location (aggregate size fraction). The causes of the specificity of the microbial community structure of termite mound aggregate size fractions are discussed.This revised version was published online in November 2004 with corrections to Volume 48.