Soil bacterial community composition and diversity response to land conversion is depth-dependent

Background: Transitions from traditional cropping systems to afforestation and agroforestry practices are the most common patterns of land use change in China, but little is known about how soil properties and bacterial communities are altered. This study compared four afforestation and agroforestry...

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Autores principales: Jing Guo, Yaqiong Wu, Xiaohong Wu, Zhong Ren, Guibin Wang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:44bef886ff264de69d275e74948479d32021-11-18T04:49:16ZSoil bacterial community composition and diversity response to land conversion is depth-dependent2351-989410.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01923https://doaj.org/article/44bef886ff264de69d275e74948479d32021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235198942100473Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2351-9894Background: Transitions from traditional cropping systems to afforestation and agroforestry practices are the most common patterns of land use change in China, but little is known about how soil properties and bacterial communities are altered. This study compared four afforestation and agroforestry practices that had been converted from corn and wheat rotation systems for several years with adjacent legacy corn and wheat rotation systems to test the impacts of these land conversions on soil properties and bacterial communities. Results: The results revealed that afforestation and agroforestry practices significantly increased soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) levels compared with those in the legacy cropping systems, and the ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) system had the highest SOC and TN contents. Afforestation and agroforestry practices increased the number of unique bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in the topsoil and subsoil, and the metasequoia (Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng) system had the highest diversity and richness indices. Land conversion had a greater effect on the bacterial community beta diversity in the topsoil than in the subsoil. Redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that SOC, TN, and total phosphorus (TP) were the most important factors explaining variations in the bacterial community structure. The bacterial phyla Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria, and Nitrospirae dominated both the topsoil and the subsoil, and Proteobacteria was the most abundant. Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria were the dominant classes. Only the relative abundance of Actinobacteria was significantly different among land use patterns in both the topsoil and the subsoil, and Nitrospirae was significantly different among land use patterns only in the topsoil, with higher relative abundance in the gingko and metasequoia systems, while other bacterial phyla were not markedly affected by land conversion. Conclusion: The results demonstrate that afforestation and agroforestry practices have significant impacts on the soil bacterial community and may be key factors influencing taxonomic shifts and functional variations in bacterial communities, especially in the topsoil.Jing GuoYaqiong WuXiaohong WuZhong RenGuibin WangElsevierarticleLand conversionSoil bacterial communitySoil propertiesHigh-throughput sequencingEcologyQH540-549.5ENGlobal Ecology and Conservation, Vol 32, Iss , Pp e01923- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Land conversion
Soil bacterial community
Soil properties
High-throughput sequencing
Ecology
QH540-549.5
spellingShingle Land conversion
Soil bacterial community
Soil properties
High-throughput sequencing
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Jing Guo
Yaqiong Wu
Xiaohong Wu
Zhong Ren
Guibin Wang
Soil bacterial community composition and diversity response to land conversion is depth-dependent
description Background: Transitions from traditional cropping systems to afforestation and agroforestry practices are the most common patterns of land use change in China, but little is known about how soil properties and bacterial communities are altered. This study compared four afforestation and agroforestry practices that had been converted from corn and wheat rotation systems for several years with adjacent legacy corn and wheat rotation systems to test the impacts of these land conversions on soil properties and bacterial communities. Results: The results revealed that afforestation and agroforestry practices significantly increased soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) levels compared with those in the legacy cropping systems, and the ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) system had the highest SOC and TN contents. Afforestation and agroforestry practices increased the number of unique bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in the topsoil and subsoil, and the metasequoia (Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng) system had the highest diversity and richness indices. Land conversion had a greater effect on the bacterial community beta diversity in the topsoil than in the subsoil. Redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that SOC, TN, and total phosphorus (TP) were the most important factors explaining variations in the bacterial community structure. The bacterial phyla Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria, and Nitrospirae dominated both the topsoil and the subsoil, and Proteobacteria was the most abundant. Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria were the dominant classes. Only the relative abundance of Actinobacteria was significantly different among land use patterns in both the topsoil and the subsoil, and Nitrospirae was significantly different among land use patterns only in the topsoil, with higher relative abundance in the gingko and metasequoia systems, while other bacterial phyla were not markedly affected by land conversion. Conclusion: The results demonstrate that afforestation and agroforestry practices have significant impacts on the soil bacterial community and may be key factors influencing taxonomic shifts and functional variations in bacterial communities, especially in the topsoil.
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author Jing Guo
Yaqiong Wu
Xiaohong Wu
Zhong Ren
Guibin Wang
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Yaqiong Wu
Xiaohong Wu
Zhong Ren
Guibin Wang
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title Soil bacterial community composition and diversity response to land conversion is depth-dependent
title_short Soil bacterial community composition and diversity response to land conversion is depth-dependent
title_full Soil bacterial community composition and diversity response to land conversion is depth-dependent
title_fullStr Soil bacterial community composition and diversity response to land conversion is depth-dependent
title_full_unstemmed Soil bacterial community composition and diversity response to land conversion is depth-dependent
title_sort soil bacterial community composition and diversity response to land conversion is depth-dependent
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