Analysis of fungal community structure in the soil of Zoige Alpine Wetland

To understand the soil fungal community diversity in different zones of the Zoige Alpine Wetland, BIOLOG analysis and traditional culture method were employed in our research. Three sample sites namely the Conservatory Station up-hill slope (CSUS), the Flower Lake side (FLS) and the Conservatory Station down slope (CSDS) with increasing by water content were investigated. The results of BIOLOG showed that fungal catabolic richness index (S) and Shannon diversity index (H) increasingly rose with water content augmented from CSUS to CSDS, while different from the former tendency, the fungal catabolic activity was highest at CSDS and lowest at FLS. Principal component analysis (PCA) results demonstrated the functional diversity of fungal community varied among the three sample sites, showing us more similarity between CSDS and FLS, and considerable difference between CSUS and the former two sites. The outcome of traditional culture method illustrated the number of soil fungi increased from CSUS to CSDS, while the sort of fungal species that could be cultured did not show much difference among the three sample sites.     

长期人为干扰对桂西北喀斯特草地土壤微生物多样性及群落结构的影响

人为干扰是喀斯特草地正向演替的主要障碍因素, 从土壤微生物角度探讨草地对干扰的响应可为喀斯特生态恢复与科学利用提供依据。该研究依托中国科学院环江喀斯特生态系统观测站长期干扰监测样地, 通过高通量测序测定3个干扰模式(火烧、刈割、刈割除根)和1个对照(封育)处理的土壤细菌、真菌α多样性和群落结构, 并分析它们与环境因子(坡位、土壤理化性质)的关系, 揭示人为干扰对桂西北喀斯特草地土壤微生物的影响及机制。结果显示: 1)对于α多样性, 在中坡和下坡, 火烧均显著降低了真菌Chao1指数, 刈割均显著降低了细菌的香农指数和谱系多样性指数; 刈割除根在中、下坡分别显著降低了真菌Chao1指数和细菌香农指数。2)对于群落结构, 火烧、刈割和刈割除根在中、下坡均显著降低了酸杆菌门细菌相对丰度, 火烧在下坡使子囊菌门真菌相对丰度从74.49%显著降低至34.72%。3)冗余分析显示, 微生物生物量碳含量解释细菌和真菌α多样性变化的29.8%和26.8%以及细菌群落结构变化的31.7%; 细根生物量解释细菌α多样性和真菌群落结构变化的13.9%和10.3%。可见, 长期人为干扰对土壤微生物α多样性产生负面影响, 并显著改变微生物群落结构, 影响程度因干扰方式、微生物种类不同而异, 且受坡位调控。土壤微生物生物量碳含量和细根生物量的减少是人为干扰影响土壤微生物多样性和群落结构的重要因素。α多样性及子囊菌的减少将不利于土壤生态系统稳定性的维持, 酸杆菌的减少将不利于土壤有机质降解和铁循环。因此, 长期火烧、刈割等人为干扰将导致喀斯特草地生态系统功能发生退化。     

环境微生物样品真菌群落BIOLOG分析方法

利用BIOLOG YT、FF微孔板分别考察了4个真菌群落代谢活性及群落间的代谢相似性,并与聚合酶链式反应-变性梯度凝胶电泳(PCR-DGGE)结构相似性分析对比试图探讨代谢相似性与结构相似性的内在联系,探讨了超低温冻存法作为样品保存手段对真菌群落特征BIOLOG分析结果的影响.结果表明:两种微孔板所反映的代谢相似性聚类分析结果完全不同, FF板所反映的代谢相似性聚类分析规律与PCR-DGGE提供的种群结构聚类分析规律一致;超低温冻存处理影响显著影响BIOLOG YT代谢活性(P = 0.023)和BIOLOG FF多样性指数(H')(P = 0.041),但对两种微孔板所反映的其它指数如代谢活性、丰富度指数(S)、多样性指数(H')分析结果均无显著性影响(P > 0.05).     

浑善达克沙地不同微地形的土壤物理性质和草本群落分布及其相关性分析

采用样方调查和室内检测相结合法对内蒙古浑善达克沙地迎风坡、坡顶、背风坡和丘间地不同土层(0~10、10~20和20~40 cm)的土壤物理性质(包括含水量、田间持水量、容重、总孔隙度和毛管孔隙度)及草本群落的生产力(包括盖度和地上部生物量)和物种多样性(包括Margalef丰富度指数、Simpson多样性指数、Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和Pielou均匀度指数)进行比较分析;在此基础上,采用Pearson相关性分析法对不同微地形的土壤物理性质与草本群落各指标间以及草本群落生产力与物种多样性各指标间的相关性进行分析.结果表明:4种微地形的土壤物理性质总体上差异显著,但不同土层的土壤物理性质总体上无明显差异;从丘间地、背风坡、坡顶到迎风坡,土壤的含水量、田间持水量、总孔隙度和毛管孔隙度依次递减,而土壤容重则依次递增,说明迎风坡的土壤结构较差且水分散失较多,而丘间地的土壤结构和水分状况均相对较好.不同微地形间草本群落生产力和物种多样性总体上也存在明显差异,从背风坡、丘间地、坡顶到迎风坡,草本群落的生产力和物种多样性依次递减,仅Margalef丰富度指数表现为在丘间地最高、在迎风坡最低,说明迎风坡的草本群落物种多样性较低,群落稳定性差,而背风坡和丘间地的草本群落物种多样性和生产力水平均较高,群落稳定性较好.相关性分析结果表明:该区域的草本群落生产力和物种多样性与土壤容重呈负相关,与土壤的其他物理性状呈正相关,但仅部分指标间有显著或极显著相关性;草本群落生产力与物种多样性各指标间呈正相关,但多数指标间的相关性并不显著.研究结果显示:微地形能够显著影响浑善达克沙地的土壤物理性质和草本群落的分布特征,气候和人为干扰使该沙地的土壤物理性质受到严重破坏,导致草本群落生产力降低并处于不稳定状态.     

中国中部太白山不同海拔杜鹃兰根部内生真菌多样性

本研究以太白山自然保护区蒿坪站杜鹃兰Cremastra appendiculata为材料,采用菌丝团和根组织分离法进行真菌分离,并用ITS序列分子鉴定;用变性梯度凝胶电泳(denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis,DGGE)分析根部内生真菌多样性,研究海拔和根际土理化性质对真菌多样...     

半干旱区锦鸡儿属植物根际土壤真菌群落多样性及驱动因素

为探究半干旱区锦鸡儿属植物根际土壤真菌群落多样性及其与生态因子的互作机制,本研究以不同生境下的中间锦鸡儿和小叶锦鸡儿为对象,采用高通量测序技术分析了2种锦鸡儿根际土壤真菌多样性和群落结构组成及其驱动因素。结果表明: 2种锦鸡儿根际土壤真菌隶属于7门20纲43目66科78属。优势真菌门为子囊菌(37.7%)、担子菌(13.7%)和接合菌(4.3%)。在属水平上,青霉菌、地丝霉菌和被孢霉菌为优势属,且土壤中存在根内球囊霉菌和球囊霉菌。小叶锦鸡儿根际土壤真菌群落的Chao1、ACE和Simpson多样性指数显著高于中间锦鸡儿,且2种植物的根际土壤真菌群落结构差异显著。冗余分析结果表明,土壤有机碳、全氮、电导率、速效钾、海拔、全磷和干旱指数是影响土壤真菌多样性的主要生态因子。研究结果丰富了锦鸡儿属植物根际土壤微生物群落多样与生态因子的关系,可为深入理解半干旱区荒漠植物的生态适应机制提供参考。     

连作苹果园土壤真菌的T-RFLP分析

为探讨连作苹果园不同土壤空间真菌群落结构,应用T-RFLP(Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism)技术,比较了3个连作园不同取样位置(行间、原穴、株间)和不同土层(0—30 cm、30—60 cm)的土壤真菌多样性,并结合不同样品TRFLP图谱的差异,采用多样性指数分析、聚类分析和主成分分析(PCA),分析了3个连作园土壤真菌群落结构特征。结果表明,磁窑、道朗和金城连作园的土壤真菌多样性存在差异,各采样地区的Shannon多样性指数在0.43—2.47之间,Pielou均匀度指数在0.17—0.85之间,Simpson优势度指数在0.12—0.81之间,Margalef丰富度指数最高的是金城树穴0—30 cm土层(R=4.55),最低的是磁窑行间30—60 cm土层(R=0.77)。在调查的不同取样位置、不同土层中,原树穴具有最高的多样性指数、均匀度指数、丰富度指数和最低的优势度指数;0—30 cm土层的土壤真菌多样性指数、均匀度指数、丰富度指数均高于30—60cm土层,而优势度指数的趋势正好相反;PCA和聚类分析结果显示磁窑、道朗和金城连作园的土壤真菌群落结构均有明显差异,3个连作园的土壤真菌各自构成一个独立的群落结构,这些群落能够适应各自的土壤环境并成为环境的优势群落。     

中亚热带森林土壤真菌多样性的案例研究

为了解中亚热带森林土壤的真菌多样性,利用PCR-DGGE分子指纹图谱技术对武夷山国家级自然保护区和建瓯万木林自然保护区内的米槠(Castanopsis carlesii)天然林土壤真菌进行研究。结果表明,中亚热带地区森林土壤真菌群落丰富,土壤真菌的多样性指数、丰富度指数和均匀度指数分别为3.37~3.80、26~29和0.977~0.984。经测序及同源性比对,真菌以担子菌类(Basidiomycota)最多,占总数的35.9%;其次为子囊菌类(Ascomycota),占总数的15.4%;接合菌类(Zygomycota)和半知菌类(Deuteromycota)分别占总数的10.3%和7.7%。主成分分析表明,地点和土层深度共同影响真菌群落组成,其中由地点引起的真菌群落组成差异大于土层深度。土壤真菌多样性指数与土壤铵态氮呈显著正相关,与土壤碳氮比呈显著负相关;丰富度指数和均匀度指数与土壤因子间没有显著的相关性,因此,土壤碳、氮含量是影响土壤真菌群落结构的重要因子。     

不同森林恢复类型对土壤微生物群落的影响

为了评价不同森林恢复类型与方式对南方红壤丘陵区退化生态系统土壤微生物群落的影响,借助氯仿熏蒸法、平板涂抹法和BIOLOG检测法,比较研究了4种森林恢复类型土壤微生物的群落特征．结果表明,4种森林恢复类型土壤微生物生物量碳、细菌数量差异显著,2项指标均以天然次生林土壤最高,人工林次之,荒地最差;碳源平均颜色变化率(AWCD法)和微生物代谢多样性指数(丰富度和多样性)在5种植被类型的土壤中也有明显差异,其趋势与微生物量碳、细菌数量基本相同;天然次生林土壤微生物群落利用碳源的整体能力和功能多样性比人工林和荒地强．相关分析表明,0～20和20～40cm土壤微生物的代谢多样性与根系生物量紧密相关(r=0．933,P<0．05;r=0．925,P<0．05)．自然恢复更有利于改善土壤微生物的结构和功能．     

农药污染对土壤微生物群落功能多样性的影响

根据95种不同的单一联底物上的BIOLOGGN微平板系统的反应所构造的多样性指数，结果表明农药严重污染的土壤微生物群落的Shannon指数和均度、Simpson指数、Mclntosh指数和均度均显著低于无污染的对照。说明农药严重污染导致土壤微生物群落功能多样性的下降，减少了能利用有关碳底物的微生物的数量，降低微生物对单一碳底物的利用能力。     

镜泊湖岩溶台地不同植被类型土壤微生物群落特征

为了探讨不同演替阶段植被类型土壤微生物群落特征,分别选取镜泊湖岩溶台地草本、矮灌木、高灌木、小乔木与灌木混生(简称混生)群落、落叶阔叶林及针阔混交林6种典型植被类型,进行植物群落调查和对土壤微生物生物量、群落结构和多样性指标、土壤物理化学性质的测定。结果表明：从土壤微生物量、土壤微生物群落组成、土壤微生物代谢动力学过程和代谢功能多样性的角度来看,各种植被类型土壤微生物群落具有明显的差异。演替前期的草本群落土壤微生物量碳氮、细菌生物量、真菌生物量,代谢活性及丰富度指数均最低,但Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和均匀度指数显著(P<0.05)高于其他植被类型。矮灌木土壤微生物群落组成显著受植被类型的影响。高灌木群落和混生(小乔木与灌木混生)群落具有极强的相似性, 但在碳源利用类型上两者表现出一定的差异。落叶阔叶林代谢活性最高,碳源利用能力最强,能利用BIOLOG微孔板中的所有31种碳源,这与其具有较高的微生物量碳氮和细菌生物量一致,其代谢功能丰富度最高。演替后期的针阔混交林下的土壤pH最低,真菌比例升高,在碳源丰富的条件下具有极强的竞争优势(仅次于落叶阔叶林),但在碳源贫瘠的条件下其利用碳源能力较弱(仅高于草本)。植被可能主要通过土壤全磷和有机质影响土壤微生物代谢功能多样性。     

Effects of livestock grazing intensity on soil biota in a semiarid steppe of Inner Mongolia

Intensive livestock is known to significantly affect soil physical and chemical parameters in steppe ecosystems. However, the effects on soil biological parameters still remain unknown. We hypothesized that intensive grazing would significantly decrease the size and diversity of soil biota due to deterioration of the soil environment and reduction in vegetation cover, while the adapted grazing intensity would improve the biological parameters. Soil samples were collected from five sites with different grazing intensities and history in a semiarid steppe of Inner Mongolia in August 2005. Two sites were long-term ungrazed since 1979 (UG79) and 1999 (UG99), one had been moderately grazed in winter (WG), one continuously grazed moderately (CG) and one long-term site was heavily grazed (HG). Soil microbial biomass carbon (C), basal respiration (BR), catabolic diversity of soil microbial communities, protozoa and nematodes abundance were measured. Soil physicochemical variables were also measured to establish the relationships between soil biological parameters and key soil physical and chemical properties. Soil microbial biomass C, BR, biomass specific respiration (qCO₂) and soil protozoa abundance were significantly lower at the HG site compared to the UG79 site, but no clear differences were found in the other sites. However, soil nematodes abundance increased with increasing grazing intensity, and the abundance of soil amoeba were greater in CG than in the other sites. Principal component analysis (PCA) of Biolog data revealed large differences in catabolic capacity of soil microbial communities between UG79, HG and UG99, WG, CG. However, Shannon??s diversity index did not indicate marked effects of grazing intensity on substrate catabolic community structure. In conclusion, heavy grazing negatively affected soil microbial biomass, activity and protozoan abundance, but positively influenced soil nematodes abundance and did not affect soil microbial catabolic diversity. Based on these results, CG may provide an appropriate grazing intensity to be used in the long term in the semiarid steppe of Inner Mongolia.     

DGGE fingerprinting of bacteria in soils from eight ecologically different sites around Casey Station,Antarctica

Bacterial community structures in soils collected from eight sites around Casey Station, Antarctica, were investigated using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of amplified 16S rRNA gene fragments. Higher bacterial diversity was found in soils from protected or relatively low human-impacted sites in comparison to highly impacted sites. However, the highest diversity was detected in samples from Wilkes Tip, a former waste disposal site that has been undisturbed for the last 50 years. Comparison of community structure based on non-metric multidimensional scaling plots revealed that all sites, except the hydrocarbon-contaminated (oil spill) site, were clustered with a 45% similarity. A total of 23 partial 16S rRNA gene sequences were obtained from the excised DGGE bands, with the majority of the sequences closely related to those of the Cytophaga–Flexibacter–Bacteroides group. No significant correlation was established between environmental variables, including soil pH, electrical conductivity, carbon, nitrogen, water content and heavy metals, with bacterial diversity across the eight study sites.     

神农架国家公园林线过渡带土壤真菌多样性

林线过渡带是陆地生态系统对气候变化响应的敏感区域,研究林线过渡带土壤真菌的群落结构和形成机制,对于预测气候变化对土壤养分循环和维持陆地生态系统功能的影响具有重要意义。利用Illumina高通量测序技术分析了神农架国家公园林线上下的灌木林和针叶林的土壤真菌群落结构和多样性。结果表明,在真菌物种组成上,两种植被类型的土壤优势菌门、属和种类不同,针叶林和灌木林的优势菌门分别是担子菌门(Basidiomycota)和接合菌门(Zygomycota)。除趋势对应分析(DCA)和不相似性检验(Dissimilarity test)表明两种林型的土壤真菌群落结构组成存在显著差异,且针叶林土壤真菌Shannon指数、Chao值和Richness指数均显著(P0.05)高于灌木林。典范对应分析(CCA)和Mantel检验显示土壤真菌群落结构与土壤p H、植物多样性、土壤温度和土壤湿度存在显著相关性。因此,林线过渡带上下的土壤真菌群落结构和多样性存在显著差异,土壤p H、植物多样性、土壤湿度和土壤温度可能是影响土壤真菌群落结构的重要因素。     

土壤微生物群落对麻栎-刺槐混交林凋落物分解的影响

以麻栎-刺槐混交林和麻栎纯林为研究对象,采用野外定点采样、室内分析与高通量测序的方法,对凋落物分解过程中土壤微生物菌群多样性特征及其对凋落物分解速率的影响进行了研究。结果表明:(1)麻栎-刺槐混交林凋落物的分解速率高于麻栎纯林。两种林分凋落物有机碳(TOC)、全氮(TN)发生释放,全磷(TP)发生积累-释放的过程。(2)两种林分土壤细菌优势类群为放线菌门(Acidobacteria)、变形菌门(Proteobacteria)、酸杆菌门(Actinobacteria)和疣微菌门(Verrucomicrobia),土壤真菌优势类群为担子菌门(Basidiomycota)、子囊菌门(Ascomycota)和被孢霉门(Moritierellomycota)。(3)凋落物分解过程中,麻栎-刺槐混交林土壤微生物菌群丰富度指数和菌群多样性指数变化范围小于麻栎纯林。(4)凋落物分解速率与土壤细菌菌群丰富度指数和菌群多样性指数呈显著正相关,与土壤真菌菌群丰富度指数呈显著正相关。土壤微生物群落对麻栎-刺槐混交林和麻栎纯林凋落物分解速率具有重要影响,研究结果为深入开展混交林土壤微生物多样性对凋落物分解的影响研究提供理论依据。     

Characterization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities with respect to zonal vegetation in a coastal dune ecosystem

Coastal dune vegetation distributes zonally along the environmental gradients of, e.g., soil disturbance. In the preset study, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in a coastal dune ecosystem were characterized with respect to tolerance to soil disturbance. Two grass species, Elymus mollis and Miscanthus sinensis, are distributed zonally in the seaward and landward slopes, respectively, in the primary dunes in Ishikari, Japan. The seaward slope is severely disturbed by wind, while the landward slope is stabilized by the thick root system of M. sinensis. The roots and rhizosphere soils of the two grasses were collected from the slopes. The soils were sieved to destruct the fungal hyphal networks, and soil trap culture was conducted to assess tolerance of the communities to disturbance, with parallel analysis of the field communities using a molecular ecological tool. In the landward communities, large shifts in the composition and increases in diversity were observed in the trap culture compared with the field, but in the seaward communities, the impact of trap culture was minimal. The landward field community was significantly nested within the landward trap culture community, implying that most members in the field community did not disappear in the trap culture. No nestedness was observed in the seaward communities. These observations suggest that disturbance-tolerant fungi have been preferentially selected in the seaward slope due to severe disturbance in the habitat. Whereas a limited number of fungi, which are not necessarily disturbance-sensitive, dominate in the stable landward slope, but high-potential diversity has been maintained in the habitat.     

古大湖湿地盐碱土壤微生物群落结构及多样性分析

以黑龙江省古大湖湿地原生、林地、耕地及湖岸盐碱土壤微生物为研究对象,基于高通量测序方法,分析4种生境类型条件下土壤细菌和真菌群落结构及多样性。结合土壤理化指标,进一步分析影响微生物群落多样性的环境因子。结果表明:细菌群落中变形菌门的相对丰度值最高,真菌群落中为子囊菌门。同一生境细菌群落多样性具有相似性,而真菌具有一定的差异;不同生境间两者均具有差异。耕地土壤和林地土壤的细菌群落多样性接近,但与湖岸土壤真菌的更相近。前两者中细菌群落多样性较高,其次为原生土壤,而湖岸土壤中的最低。耕地土壤与湖岸土壤真菌群落多样性较高,原生土壤较低,而林地土壤中最低。与真菌相比,细菌的群落多样性受土壤环境因子影响更大,其中pH值、含水量对土壤细菌和真菌群落多样性均具有显著影响。     

Environmental Controls on Fungal Community Composition and Abundance Over 3 Years in Native and Degraded Shrublands

Soil fungal communities have high local diversity and turnover, but the relative contribution of environmental and regional drivers to those patterns remains poorly understood. Local factors that contribute to fungal diversity include soil properties and the plant community, but there is also evidence for regional dispersal limitation in some fungal communities. We used different plant communities with different soil conditions and experimental manipulations of both vegetation and dispersal to distinguish among these factors. Specifically, we compared native shrublands with former native shrublands that had been disturbed or converted to pasture, resulting in soils progressively more enriched in carbon and nutrients. We tested the role of vegetation via active removal, and we manipulated dispersal by adding living soil inoculum from undisturbed native sites. Soil fungi were tracked for 3 years, with samples taken at ten time points from June 2006 to June 2009. We found that soil fungal abundance, richness, and community composition responded primarily to soil properties, which in this case were a legacy of plant community degradation. In contrast, dispersal had no effect on soil fungi. Temporal variation in soil fungi was partly related to drought status, yet it was much broader in native sites compared to pastures, suggesting some buffering due to the increased soil resources in the pasture sites. The persistence of soil fungal communities over 3 years in this study suggests that soil properties can act as a strong local environmental filter. Largely persistent soil fungal communities also indicate the potential for strong biotic resistance and soil legacies, which presents a challenge for both the prediction of how fungi respond to environmental change and our ability to manipulate fungi in efforts such as ecosystem restoration.     

喀斯特常绿落叶阔叶混交林植物与土壤地形因子的耦合关系

基于中国科学院亚热带农业生态研究所在木论国家级自然保护区借鉴CTFS标准建立的2hm2喀斯特常绿落叶阔叶混交林动态监测样地(50个20m×20m样方),选取代表木本植物群落、土壤性质和地形因子的22个指标,对其总体特征及三者之间的相互关系进行了经典统计分析、主成分分析、聚类分析与典型相关分析。结果表明,喀斯特常绿落叶阔叶混交林生态系统的景观异质性强、土壤养分含量高、物种丰富且结构合理,除海拔、Simpson指数、均匀度、pH之外的18个指标均呈中、强变异;综合土壤因子是影响生态系统的主要因子群,其次是综合群落多样性因子和结构性因子,综合地形因子的作用相对较弱;4种不同类型真实而直观地表征了群落类型、土壤肥力和地形的差异,相对优化的第3种类型主要分布在海拔较高、裸石率较大、坡度较高的阴坡中上部;植被、土壤、地形两两之间均存在着较高的相关性,植被与土壤因子之间,有机质、氮、磷起较大的作用,主要影响群落结构,植被和地形之间,坡向和岩石裸露率影响群落结构和物种丰富度,而坡向和坡位直接导致了土壤有机质、全氮、有效磷和pH的变化。     

长期不同施肥对稻田土壤微生物群落功能多样性的影响

微生物群落功能多样性对土壤管理具有重要指示作用,施肥措施对土壤微生物群落功能多样性产生重要的影响,从而影响土壤有机质的含量,引起土地碳贮量变化,进而影响到陆地生态系统的碳汇.以位于湖南省桃江县国家级稻田肥力长期定位试验点的土样为研究对象,采用BIOLOG测试板对不同施肥处理下土壤微生物功能多样性进行了研究.研究结果显示,土壤微生物的碳源利用率因长期不同的施肥处理而发生分异.Shannon和Simpson指数的结果显示所有施肥处理均有利于维持微生物群落多样性,但秸秆还田和习惯施肥使群落均匀度(McIntosh指数)降低.主成分分析表明,试验点土壤微生物群落利用的主要碳源为氨基酸类和糖类,但不同施肥处理碳源利用类型有差异.结果可以得出,不同的施肥对土壤微生物功能多样性产生了不同影响,从而影响土壤有机质中碳、氮含量.这些信息可以为深入研究施肥对全球碳氮循环以及全球气候变迁提供依据.