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Du J, Gao Q, Sun F, Liu B, Jiao Y, Liu Q. Agricultural soil microbiomes at the climate frontier: Nutrient-mediated adaptation strategies for sustainable farming. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2025; 295:118161. [PMID: 40203703 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.118161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2025] [Accepted: 04/06/2025] [Indexed: 04/11/2025]
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The equilibrium transformation of soil microbial community dynamics and succession across various temporal and spatial dimensions plays a critical role in maintaining plant adaptability. Intensive agricultural practices accelerate the succession of plant microbial communities, rendering their restoration function more vulnerable. Climate change, with its variable impacts, affects the resilience of plant microbial communities through regulatory and mediating effects. Investigating the spatiotemporal dynamics of soil microbial communities in the context of climate change offers valuable insights into developing robust and resilient microbial ecosystems. This review examines the regulatory role of soil resources in plant microbial communities, the interactive effects of climate change on soil resource regulation, and the prediction of microbial community structures through resource allocation. Additionally, it explores the mechanisms that sustain ecological resilience in plant microbial community systems, emphasizing the application of the profit-averaging law.
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- Jianfeng Du
- School of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, PR China
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- School of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, PR China
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- Plant Protection Institute, Yantai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yantai, Shandong 265500, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, PR China.
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- School of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, PR China.
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Mao Z, Han Y, Xun F, An S, Li B, Wang Y, Chen H, Wu QL, Xing P. Warming effects on pelagic carbon metabolism is related to substrate composition and bacterioplankton community history. WATER RESEARCH 2025; 270:122846. [PMID: 39612817 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Revised: 11/14/2024] [Accepted: 11/22/2024] [Indexed: 12/01/2024]
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Investigating the critical role of carbon cycling feedback to warming is essential for understanding future biosphere development. One of the current challenges is that the warming effect on carbon cycling is inconsistent across various aquatic ecosystems. It was postulated that the composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and the microbial community influenced the response of carbon metabolism to warming. To test our hypothesis, we conducted a microcosm study in which three key factors were manipulated: initial DOM composition (adjusting the ratio of autochthonous and allochthonous substrates), bacterioplankton community history (characterized by two distinct sources of bacterioplankton community), and temperature (ambient and 4 °C warming). The results demonstrated that the initial composition of DOM exerted a dominant influence on carbon metabolism. In contrast, the history of bacterioplankton community influenced the active taxa and functional traits. The log-response ratio approach revealed that the warming treatment affected bacterial carbon demand (BCD) and bacterial growth efficiency (BGE). A piecewise structural equation model further validated the paths by which warming altered BCD, particularly by changing the consumption of fluorescent DOM, and altered BGE, by affecting the active bacterioplankton. Our study demonstrated that the impact of warming on carbon cycling was context-dependent, with particular relevance to the history and dynamics of bacterioplankton community in this process. Given ongoing changes in lacustrine environments, a more comprehensive understanding of the interactions between DOM and microbes is essential for the accurate prediction of future carbon cycling.
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- Zhendu Mao
- Center for Evolution and Conservation Biology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, 511458, China; State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing (UCASNJ), Nanjing, 211135, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing (UCASNJ), Nanjing, 211135, China
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- Center for Evolution and Conservation Biology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, 511458, China; State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China; The Fuxianhu Station of Plateau Deep Lake Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuxi, 653100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China.
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Ding J, Liu F, Zeng J, Gu H, Huang J, Wu B, Shu L, Yan Q, He Z, Wang C. Depth heterogeneity of lignin-degrading microbiome and organic carbon processing in mangrove sediments. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2025; 11:5. [PMID: 39762227 PMCID: PMC11704145 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-024-00638-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 12/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/11/2025] Open
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Mangrove ecosystems are globally recognized for their blue carbon (C) sequestration capacity. Lignocellulosic detritus constitutes the primary C input to mangrove sediments, but the microbial processes involved in its bioprocessing remain unclear. Using lignocellulosic analysis and metagenomic sequencing across five 100-cm sediment cores, we found a high proportion of lignin (95.0-97.7%) within sediments' lignocellulosic detritus, with a small fraction of lignin-degrading genes (1.24-1.98%) of lignin-degrading genes within the carbohydrate-active enzyme coding genes. Depth stratification was observed in genes and microbial communities involved in lignin depolymerization and mineralization of lignin monomer derivatives. Further microbe-centered analyses of biomass production rates and adaptive metabolism revealed diminished microbial C use efficiency potential and augmented "enzyme latch" with increasing sediment depths. These findings enhance our understanding of sedimentary organic C cycling and storage in coastal blue C ecosystems.
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- Jijuan Ding
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 510006, Guangzhou, China.
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Dal Bello M, Abreu CI. Temperature structuring of microbial communities on a global scale. Curr Opin Microbiol 2024; 82:102558. [PMID: 39423562 PMCID: PMC11609007 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2024.102558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2024] [Revised: 08/27/2024] [Accepted: 09/24/2024] [Indexed: 10/21/2024]
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Temperature is a fundamental physical constraint regulating key aspects of microbial life. Protein binding, membrane fluidity, central dogma processes, and metabolism are all tightly controlled by temperature, such that growth rate profiles across taxa and environments follow the same general curve. An open question in microbial ecology is how the effects of temperature on individual traits scale up to determine community structure and function at planetary scales. Here, we review recent theoretical and experimental efforts to connect physiological responses to the outcome of species interactions, the assembly of microbial communities, and their function as temperature changes. We identify open questions in the field and define a roadmap for future studies.
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- Martina Dal Bello
- Physics of Living Systems, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Canarini A, Fuchslueger L, Schnecker J, Metze D, Nelson DB, Kahmen A, Watzka M, Pötsch EM, Schaumberger A, Bahn M, Richter A. Soil fungi remain active and invest in storage compounds during drought independent of future climate conditions. Nat Commun 2024; 15:10410. [PMID: 39613745 PMCID: PMC11607446 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54537-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 11/14/2024] [Indexed: 12/01/2024] Open
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Microbial growth is central to soil carbon cycling. However, how microbial communities grow under climate change is still largely unexplored. Here we use a unique field experiment simulating future climate conditions (increased atmospheric CO2 and temperature) and drought concomitantly and investigate impacts on soil microbial activity. We trace 2H or 18O applied via water-vapor exchange into membrane (and storage) fatty acids or DNA, respectively, to assess community- and group-level adjustments in soil microbial physiology (replication, storage product synthesis, and carbon use efficiency). We show that, while bacterial growth decreases by half during drought, fungal growth remains stable, demonstrating a remarkable resistance against soil moisture changes. In addition, fungal investment into storage triglycerides increases more than five-fold under drought. Community-level carbon use efficiency (the balance between anabolism and catabolism) is unaffected by drought but decreases in future climate conditions, favoring catabolism. Our results highlight that accounting for different microbial growth strategies can foster our understanding of soil microbial contributions to carbon cycling and feedback on the climate system.
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- Alberto Canarini
- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
- Environment and Climate Hub, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Environmental Sciences - Botany, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Sciences - Botany, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Irdning, Austria
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- Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Irdning, Austria
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- Department of Ecology, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
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Yuan N, Fang F, Tang X, Lv S, Wang T, Chen X, Sun T, Xia Y, Zhou Y, Zhou G, Shi Y, Xu L. Degradation-driven vegetation-soil-microbe interactions alter microbial carbon use efficiency in Moso bamboo forests. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 951:175435. [PMID: 39134269 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Revised: 08/07/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
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Microbial carbon utilization efficiency (CUE) is a crucial indicator for evaluating the efficiency of soil carbon sequestration and transformation, which is applied to quantify the proportion of soil carbon extracted by microbes for anabolism (growth) and catabolism (respiration). Previous studies have shown that the degradation of Moso bamboo forests (Phyllostachys edulis) destroyed the aboveground bamboo structure, reduced vegetation carbon storage, and weakened ecosystem carbon sequestration capacity. Interestingly, soil organic carbon stocks are gradually increasing. However, the mechanism by which degradation-induced changes in soil and vegetation characteristics affect microbial CUE and drive soil carbon sequestration remains unclear. Here we selected four stands with the same origin but different degradation years (intensive management, CK; 2 years' degradation, DM1; 6 years' degradation, DM2; and 10 years' degradation, DM3) based on the local management profiles. The principle of space-for-time substitution was used to investigate the changes in microbial CUE along a degradation time and to further identify the controlling biotic and abiotic factors. Our finding showed that microbial CUE increased by 12.27 %, 31.01 %, and 55.95 %, respectively, compared with CK; whereas microbial biomass turnover time decreased from 23.99 ± 1.11 to 17.16 ± 1.20 days. Promoting microbial growth was the main pathway to enhance microbial CUE. Massive inputs of vegetative carbon replenished soil carbon substrate content, and altered microbial communities and life history strategy, which in turn promoted microbial growth and increased microbial CUE. These findings provide theoretical support for the interactions between carbon dynamics and microbial physiology in degraded bamboo forests, and reinforce the importance of vegetation and microbial properties and soil carbon substrates in predicting microbial CUE.
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- Ning Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- Taizhou Forestry Technology Promotion Center, Taizhou 318000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Carbon Cycling in Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; School of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China.
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Wang X, Deng W, Hu H, Jia X, Chen J, Fang P, Cheng C, Zhang S, Jiang X, Ding D, Ma B. Seasonal variations in soil microbial community co-occurrence network complexity respond differently to field-simulated warming experiments in a northern subtropical forest. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 949:174692. [PMID: 39002597 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
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Global warming may reshape seasonal changes in microbial community diversity and co-occurrence network patterns, with significant implications for terrestrial ecosystem function. We conducted a 2-year in situ field simulation of the effects of warming on the seasonal dynamics of soil microbial communities in a northern subtropical Quercus acutissima forest. Our study revealed that warming had no significant effect on the richness or diversity of soil bacteria or fungi in the growing season, whereas different warming gradients had different effects on their diversity in the nongrowing season. Warming also changed the microbial community structure, increasing the abundance of some thermophilic microbial species and decreasing the abundance of some symbiotrophic microorganisms. The co-occurrence network analysis of the microbial community showed that warming decreased the complexity of the intradomain network in the soil bacterial community in the growing and nongrowing seasons but increased it in the fungal community. Moreover, increasing warming temperatures increased the complexity of the interdomain network between bacteria and fungi in the growing season but decreased it in the nongrowing season, and the keystone species in the interdomain network changed with warming. Warming also reduced the proportion of positive microbial community interactions, indicating that warming reduced the mutualism, commensalism, and neutralism of microorganisms as they adapted to soil environmental stress. The factors affecting the fungal community varied considerably across warming gradients, with the bacterial community being significantly affected by soil temperature, MBC, NO3--N and NH4+-N, moreover, SOC and TN significantly affected fungal communities in the 4 °C warming treatment. These results suggest that warming increases seasonal differences in the diversity and complexity of soil microbial communities in the northern subtropical region, significantly influencing soil dynamic processes regulating forest ecosystems under global warming.
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- Xia Wang
- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Geological Environment Exploration Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 211102, China
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Pei J, Fang C, Li B, Nie M, Li J. Aridity-Driven Change in Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency and Its Linkage to Soil Carbon Storage. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17565. [PMID: 39492627 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2024] [Revised: 09/30/2024] [Accepted: 10/02/2024] [Indexed: 11/05/2024]
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Global warming is generally predicted to increase aridity in drylands, while the effects of aridity changes on microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and its linkage to soil organic carbon (SOC) storage remain unresolved, limiting the accuracy of soil carbon dynamic predictions under changing climates. Here, by employing large-scale soil sampling from 50 sites along an ~6000 km aridity gradient in northern China, we report a significant decreasing trend in microbial CUE (ranging from approximately 0.07 to 0.59 across the aridity gradient) with increasing aridity. The negative effect of aridity on microbial CUE was further verified by an independent moisture manipulation experiment, which revealed that CUE was lower under lower moisture levels than under higher moisture levels. Aridity-induced increases in physicochemical protection or decreases in microbial diversity primarily mediated the decrease in CUE with increasing aridity. Moreover, we found a highly positive microbial CUE-SOC relationship, and incorporating CUE improved the explanatory power of SOC variations along the aridity gradient. Our findings provide empirical evidence for aridity-induced reductions in microbial CUE over a broad geographic scale and highlight that increasing aridity may be a crucial mechanism underlying SOC loss by suppressing the ability of soil microorganisms to sequester carbon.
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- Junmin Pei
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Institute of Biodiversity Science and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Institute of Biodiversity Science and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Institute of Biodiversity Science and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaptation and Evolutionary Ecology and Centre for Invasion Biology, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Institute of Biodiversity Science and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Institute of Biodiversity Science and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Wu X, Zhao X, Wang L, Chen B, Li F, Tang Z, Wu F. Unraveling the regional environmental ecology dominated baijiu fermentation microbial community succession and associated unique flavor. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1487359. [PMID: 39545237 PMCID: PMC11560788 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1487359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2024] [Accepted: 10/14/2024] [Indexed: 11/17/2024] Open
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Chinese baijiu as one of the famous distilled liquor in which fermented in open environments, with various microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, fungi, and yeast) involved in their brewing process, and created corresponding unique flavor. However, the sources of environmentally enriched microbial communities associated with liquor fermentation are still being characterized yet. Given the dependence of microbial growth and reproduction on environmental ecology, it is important to understand the correlation between baijiu fermentation microbial community and surrounding environmental ecology (i.e., temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation). This study systematically overviewed the sources of microorganisms in the Jiang-flavor-Baijiu fermentation system. The results showed that microorganisms in baijiu brewing (i.e., mold, lactic acid bacteria, and yeast) mainly originated from surrounding environmental matrices, including the air (i.e., Yeast, Streptomyces and Bacillus), soil (i.e., Xanthomonas, Methanococcus and Comamonas) and water (i.e., Flavobacterium, Acinetobacter, and Pseudomonas) via atmospheric transport, raw material transfer and surface runoff. In addition, the unique baijiu fermentation microbial community diversity depends on local geology and meteorological conditions, highlighting that the structural stability and diversity of the microorganisms in the Baijiu brewing process dominated by local environmental ecology. We also explored the regional environmental conditions on the microbial community and found that the unique Jiang-flavor-Baijiu fermentation microbial community diversity depends on local geology and meteorological conditions. The Jiang-flavor-Baijiu workshop is located in the basin of the middle-and low latitude mountainous areas, with sufficient solar irradiation and rainfall, high air humidity, and low wind speed that favor the growth and propagation of Baijiu fermentation microorganisms. Therefore, the obtained conclusions provide new insights unraveling the key factor controlling the unique flavor of Chinese Baijiu, where protecting the ecology of baijiu brewing-regions is fundamental for maintaining the long-term quality of baijiu.
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- Xiaowei Wu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co., Ltd., Renhuai, China
- Chishui River Middle Basin, Watershed Ecosystem, Observation and Research Station of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
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- Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co., Ltd., Renhuai, China
- Chishui River Middle Basin, Watershed Ecosystem, Observation and Research Station of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
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- Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co., Ltd., Renhuai, China
- Chishui River Middle Basin, Watershed Ecosystem, Observation and Research Station of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
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Li L, Xu Q, Jiang S, Jing X, Shen Q, He JS, Yang Y, Ling N. Asymmetric winter warming reduces microbial carbon use efficiency and growth more than symmetric year-round warming in alpine soils. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2401523121. [PMID: 39401358 PMCID: PMC11513915 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2401523121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 08/29/2024] [Indexed: 10/30/2024] Open
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Asymmetric seasonal warming trends are evident across terrestrial ecosystems, with winter temperatures rising more than summer ones. Yet, the impact of such asymmetric seasonal warming on soil microbial carbon metabolism and growth remains poorly understood. Using 18O isotope labeling, we examined the effects of a decade-long experimental seasonal warming on microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and growth in alpine grassland ecosystems. Moreover, the quantitative stable isotope probing with 18O-H2O was employed to evaluate taxon-specific bacterial growth in these ecosystems. Results show that symmetric year-round warming decreased microbial growth rate by 31% and CUE by 22%. Asymmetric winter warming resulted in a further decrease in microbial growth rate of 27% and microbial CUE of 59% compared to symmetric year-round warming. Long-term warming increased microbial carbon limitations, especially under asymmetric winter warming. Long-term warming suppressed the growth rates of most bacterial genera, with asymmetric winter warming having a stronger inhibition on the growth rates of specific genera (e.g., Gp10, Actinomarinicola, Bosea, Acidibacter, and Gemmata) compared to symmetric year-round warming. Bacterial growth was phylogenetically conserved, but this conservation diminished under warming conditions, primarily due to shifts in bacterial physiological states rather than the number of bacterial species and community composition. Overall, long-term warming escalated microbial carbon limitations, decreased microbial growth and CUE, with asymmetric winter warming having a more pronounced effect. Understanding these impacts is crucial for predicting soil carbon cycling as global warming progresses.
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- Ling Li
- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Centre for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu730020, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing210095, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Centre for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu730020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Centre for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu730020, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Centre for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu730020, China
- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing100871, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Centre for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu730020, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing210095, China
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He X, Abs E, Allison SD, Tao F, Huang Y, Manzoni S, Abramoff R, Bruni E, Bowring SPK, Chakrawal A, Ciais P, Elsgaard L, Friedlingstein P, Georgiou K, Hugelius G, Holm LB, Li W, Luo Y, Marmasse G, Nunan N, Qiu C, Sitch S, Wang YP, Goll DS. Emerging multiscale insights on microbial carbon use efficiency in the land carbon cycle. Nat Commun 2024; 15:8010. [PMID: 39271672 PMCID: PMC11399347 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52160-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 08/28/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024] Open
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Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) affects the fate and storage of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems, but its global importance remains uncertain. Accurately modeling and predicting CUE on a global scale is challenging due to inconsistencies in measurement techniques and the complex interactions of climatic, edaphic, and biological factors across scales. The link between microbial CUE and soil organic carbon relies on the stabilization of microbial necromass within soil aggregates or its association with minerals, necessitating an integration of microbial and stabilization processes in modeling approaches. In this perspective, we propose a comprehensive framework that integrates diverse data sources, ranging from genomic information to traditional soil carbon assessments, to refine carbon cycle models by incorporating variations in CUE, thereby enhancing our understanding of the microbial contribution to carbon cycling.
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- Xianjin He
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- LG-ENS (Laboratoire de géologie) CNRS UMR 8538-Ecole normale supérieure, PSL University -IPSL, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, AU Viborg, Tjele, Denmark
- iCLIMATE Interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Change, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS, École Normale Supérieure, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, École Polytechnique, Paris, France
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, AU Viborg, Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Soil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences-Paris, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD, INRA, P7, UPEC, Paris, France
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Research Center for Global Change and Complex Ecosystems, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- CSIRO Environment, Private Bag 10, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France.
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Liang X, Wan D, Tan L, Liu H. Dynamic changes of endophytic bacteria in the bark and leaves of medicinal plant Eucommia ulmoides in different seasons. Microbiol Res 2024; 280:127567. [PMID: 38103467 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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The bark and leaves of the Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. (E. ulmoides) have good medicinal value. Studies show endophytes play important roles in host medicinal plant secondary metabolite synthesis, with season being a key influencing factor. Therefore, we used 16 S rRNA to detect endophytic bacteria (EB) in E. ulmoides bark and leaves collected in winter, spring, summer, and autumn, and analyzed the contents of major active components respectively. The results showed that the species diversity and richness of EB of the E. ulmoides bark were higher than those of leaves in all seasons except fall. Among them, the higher species diversity and richness were found in the E. ulmoides bark in winter and spring. EB community structure differed significantly between medicinal tissues and seasons. Concurrently, the bark and leaves of E. ulmoides showed abundant characteristic EB across seasons. For active components, geniposidic acid showed a significant positive correlation with EB diversity and richness, while the opposite was true for aucubin. Additionally, some dominant EB exhibited close correlations with the accumulation of active components. Delftia, enriched in autumn, correlated significantly positively with aucubin. Notably, the impact of the same EB genera on active components differed across medicinal tissues. For example, Sphingomonas, enriched in summer, correlated significantly positively with pinoresinol diglucoside (PDG) in the bark, but with aucubin in the leaves. In summary, EB of E. ulmoides was demonstrated high seasonal dynamics and tissue specificity, with seasonal characteristic EB like Delftia and Sphingomonas correlating with the accumulation of active components in medicinal tissues.
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- Xuejuan Liang
- Institute of Innovative Traditional Chinese Medications, Hunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410013, China
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- Institute of Innovative Traditional Chinese Medications, Hunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410013, China
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- Cili Meteorological Bureau, Zhangjiajie 410013, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources, Hunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410013, China.
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Metze D, Schnecker J, de Carlan CLN, Bhattarai B, Verbruggen E, Ostonen I, Janssens IA, Sigurdsson BD, Hausmann B, Kaiser C, Richter A. Soil warming increases the number of growing bacterial taxa but not their growth rates. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadk6295. [PMID: 38394199 PMCID: PMC10889357 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk6295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Soil microorganisms control the fate of soil organic carbon. Warming may accelerate their activities putting large carbon stocks at risk of decomposition. Existing knowledge about microbial responses to warming is based on community-level measurements, leaving the underlying mechanisms unexplored and hindering predictions. In a long-term soil warming experiment in a Subarctic grassland, we investigated how active populations of bacteria and archaea responded to elevated soil temperatures (+6°C) and the influence of plant roots, by measuring taxon-specific growth rates using quantitative stable isotope probing and 18O water vapor equilibration. Contrary to prior assumptions, increased community growth was associated with a greater number of active bacterial taxa rather than generally faster-growing populations. We also found that root presence enhanced bacterial growth at ambient temperatures but not at elevated temperatures, indicating a shift in plant-microbe interactions. Our results, thus, reveal a mechanism of how soil bacteria respond to warming that cannot be inferred from community-level measurements.
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- Dennis Metze
- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Research Group Plants and Ecosystems, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Research Group Plants and Ecosystems, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Faculty of Environmental and Forest Sciences, Agricultural University of Iceland, Hvanneyri, Borgarnes, Iceland
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- Joint Microbiome Facility of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Advancing Systems Analysis Program, Laxenburg, Austria
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Owusu SM, Adomako MO, Qiao H. Organic amendment in climate change mitigation: Challenges in an era of micro- and nanoplastics. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 907:168035. [PMID: 37907110 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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As a global strategy for mitigating climate change, organic amendments play critical roles in restoring stocks in carbon (C) depleted soils, preserving existing stocks to prevent further soil organic carbon (SOC) loss, and enhancing C sequestration. However, recent emerging evidence of a significant proportion of micro- and nanoplastics (M/NPs) occurrence in most organic substrates (e.g., compost manure, farmyard manure, and sewage sludge) compromises its role in climate change mitigation. Given the predicted surge of soil M/NPs proliferation in the coming years, we argued whether organic amendment remains a reliable climate change mitigation strategy. Toxicity effects of M/NPs influx within the soil matrix disrupt plants and their associated key microbial taxa responsible for crucial biogeochemical processes and restructuring of SOC, leading to increasing emissions of potent greenhouse gases (GHGs, e.g., CO2, CH4, and N2O) that feedback to aggravate the rapidly changing climate. Here, we summarize evidence based on literature that the discovery of M/NPs in organic substrates compromises its role in the climate change mitigation strategy. We briefly discuss the overview of synthetic fertilizers and their impact on SOC and atmospheric emissions. We discuss the role of organic amends in climate change mitigation and the emergence of M/NPs in it. We discuss M/NPs-induced damages to SOC and subsequent emissions of GHGs. We briefly highlight management approaches to clean organic substrates of M/NPs to improve their use in agrosystems and provide recommendations for future research studies. We found that organic amendment plays pivotal role in modulating the biotic and abiotic drivers responsible for climate mitigation. However, M/NPs in organic amendments weaken the regulatory mechanisms of organic amendments in plant-soil systems. We conclude that organic amendments of soils are critical for restoring SOC and mitigating the rapidly changing climate; yet, the discovery of M/NPs in organic substrates put their usage in a dilemma.
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- Samuel Mensah Owusu
- Schoo of Business, Jinggangshan University, Qingyuan District, Ji'an City 343009, Jiangxi, China.
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- Institute of Wetland Ecology & Clone Ecology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, Zhejiang, China
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- Schoo of Business, Jinggangshan University, Qingyuan District, Ji'an City 343009, Jiangxi, China
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He C, Harindintwali JD, Cui H, Cui Y, Chen P, Mo C, Zhu Q, Zheng W, Alessi DS, Wang F, Jiang Z, Yang J. Deciphering the dual role of bacterial communities in stabilizing rhizosphere priming effect under intra-annual change of growing seasons. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 903:166777. [PMID: 37660826 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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The rhizosphere priming effect (RPE) is a widely observed phenomenon affecting carbon (C) turnover in plant-soil systems. While multiple cropping and seasonal changes can have significant impacts on RPE, the mechanisms driving these processes are complex and not yet fully understood. Here, we planted maize in paddy soil during two growing seasons having substantial temperature differences [May-August (warm season, 26.6 °C) and September-November (cool season, 23.1 °C)] within the same calendar year in southern China to examine how seasonal changes affect RPEs and soil C. We identified sources of C emissions by quantifying the natural abundance of 13C and determined microbial metabolic limitations or efficiency and functional genes related to C cycling using an enzyme-based biogeochemical equilibrium model and high-throughput quantitative PCR-based chip technology, respectively. Results showed that microbial metabolism was mainly limited by phosphorus in the warm season, but by C in the cool season, resulting in positive RPEs in both growing seasons, but no significant differences (9.02 vs. 6.27 mg C kg-1 soil day-1). The RPE intensity remained stable as temperature increased (warm season compared to a cool season), which can be largely explained by the simultaneous increase in the abundance of functional genes related to both C degradation and fixation. Our study highlights the simultaneous response and adaptation of microbial communities to seasonal changes and hence contributes to an understanding and prediction of microbially mediated soil C turnover under multiple cropping systems.
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- Chao He
- Institute of Environment Pollution Control and Treatment, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Environment Pollution Control and Treatment, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Environment Pollution Control and Treatment, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Environment Pollution Control and Treatment, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Environment Pollution Control and Treatment, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Environment Pollution Control and Treatment, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China.
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- Institute of Environment Pollution Control and Treatment, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China.
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Metze D, Schnecker J, Canarini A, Fuchslueger L, Koch BJ, Stone BW, Hungate BA, Hausmann B, Schmidt H, Schaumberger A, Bahn M, Kaiser C, Richter A. Microbial growth under drought is confined to distinct taxa and modified by potential future climate conditions. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5895. [PMID: 37736743 PMCID: PMC10516970 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41524-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of drought events, affecting soil functions including carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling, which are driven by growing microorganisms. Yet we know little about microbial responses to drought due to methodological limitations. Here, we estimate microbial growth rates in montane grassland soils exposed to ambient conditions, drought, and potential future climate conditions (i.e., soils exposed to 6 years of elevated temperatures and elevated CO2 levels). For this purpose, we combined 18O-water vapor equilibration with quantitative stable isotope probing (termed 'vapor-qSIP') to measure taxon-specific microbial growth in dry soils. In our experiments, drought caused >90% of bacterial and archaeal taxa to stop dividing and reduced the growth rates of persisting ones. Under drought, growing taxa accounted for only 4% of the total community as compared to 35% in the controls. Drought-tolerant communities were dominated by specialized members of the Actinobacteriota, particularly the genus Streptomyces. Six years of pre-exposure to future climate conditions (3 °C warming and + 300 ppm atmospheric CO2) alleviated drought effects on microbial growth, through more drought-tolerant taxa across major phyla, accounting for 9% of the total community. Our results provide insights into the response of active microbes to drought today and in a future climate, and highlight the importance of studying drought in combination with future climate conditions to capture interactive effects and improve predictions of future soil-climate feedbacks.
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- Dennis Metze
- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
- Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society and Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society and Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Joint Microbiome Facility of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Irdning, Austria
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Advancing Systems Analysis Program, Laxenburg, Austria.
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Fu F, Li J, Li Y, Chen W, Ding H, Xiao S. Simulating the effect of climate change on soil microbial community in an Abies georgei var. smithii forest. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1189859. [PMID: 37333631 PMCID: PMC10272780 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1189859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
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Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is considered a region vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Studying the effects of climate change on the structure and function of soil microbial communities will provide insight into the carbon cycle under climate change. However, to date, changes in the successional dynamics and stability of microbial communities under the combined effects of climate change (warming or cooling) remain unknown, which limits our ability to predict the consequences of future climate change. In this study, in situ soil columns of an Abies georgei var. smithii forest at 4,300 and 3,500 m elevation in the Sygera Mountains were incubated in pairs for 1 year using the PVC tube method to simulate climate warming and cooling, corresponding to a temperature change of ±4.7°C. Illumina HiSeq sequencing was applied to study alterations in soil bacterial and fungal communities of different soil layers. Results showed that warming did not significantly affect the fungal and bacterial diversity of the 0-10 cm soil layer, but the fungal and bacterial diversity of the 20-30 cm soil layer increased significantly after warming. Warming changed the structure of fungal and bacterial communities in all soil layers (0-10 cm, 10-20 cm, and 20-30 cm), and the effect increased with the increase of soil layers. Cooling had almost no significant effect on fungal and bacterial diversity in all soil layers. Cooling changed the structure of fungal communities in all soil layers, but it showed no significant effect on the structure of bacterial communities in all soil layers because fungi are more adapted than bacteria to environments with high soil water content (SWC) and low temperatures. Redundancy analysis (RDA) and hierarchical analysis showed that changes in soil bacterial community structure were primarily related to soil physical and chemical properties, whereas changes in soil fungal community structure primarily affected SWC and soil temperature (Soil Temp). The specialization ratio of fungi and bacteria increased with soil depth, and fungi were significantly higher than bacteria, indicating that climate change has a greater impact on microorganisms in deeper soil layers, and fungi are more sensitive to climate change. Furthermore, a warmer climate could create more ecological niches for microbial species to coexist and increase the strength of microbial interactions, whereas a cooler climate could have the opposite effect. However, we found differences in the intensity of microbial interactions in response to climate change in different soil layers. This study provides new insights to understand and predict future effects of climate change on soil microbes in alpine forest ecosystems.
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- Fangwei Fu
- Research Institute of Tibet Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- National Key Station of Field Scientific Observation and Experiment, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Alpine Vegetation Ecological Security in Tibet, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
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- Research Institute of Tibet Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- National Key Station of Field Scientific Observation and Experiment, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Alpine Vegetation Ecological Security in Tibet, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Research Institute of Tibet Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- National Key Station of Field Scientific Observation and Experiment, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Alpine Vegetation Ecological Security in Tibet, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
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- Research Institute of Tibet Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- National Key Station of Field Scientific Observation and Experiment, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Alpine Vegetation Ecological Security in Tibet, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
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- Research Institute of Tibet Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- National Key Station of Field Scientific Observation and Experiment, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Alpine Vegetation Ecological Security in Tibet, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
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- Research Institute of Tibet Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- National Key Station of Field Scientific Observation and Experiment, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
- Key Laboratory of Alpine Vegetation Ecological Security in Tibet, Nyingchi, Tibet, China
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Maxwell TL, Canarini A, Bogdanovic I, Böckle T, Martin V, Noll L, Prommer J, Séneca J, Simon E, Piepho HP, Herndl M, Pötsch EM, Kaiser C, Richter A, Bahn M, Wanek W. Contrasting drivers of belowground nitrogen cycling in a montane grassland exposed to a multifactorial global change experiment with elevated CO 2 , warming, and drought. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2022; 28:2425-2441. [PMID: 34908205 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5597021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Depolymerization of high-molecular weight organic nitrogen (N) represents the major bottleneck of soil N cycling and yet is poorly understood compared to the subsequent inorganic N processes. Given the importance of organic N cycling and the rise of global change, we investigated the responses of soil protein depolymerization and microbial amino acid consumption to increased temperature, elevated atmospheric CO2 , and drought. The study was conducted in a global change facility in a managed montane grassland in Austria, where elevated CO2 (eCO2 ) and elevated temperature (eT) were stimulated for 4 years, and were combined with a drought event. Gross protein depolymerization and microbial amino acid consumption rates (alongside with gross organic N mineralization and nitrification) were measured using 15 N isotope pool dilution techniques. Whereas eCO2 showed no individual effect, eT had distinct effects which were modulated by season, with a negative effect of eT on soil organic N process rates in spring, neutral effects in summer, and positive effects in fall. We attribute this to a combination of changes in substrate availability and seasonal temperature changes. Drought led to a doubling of organic N process rates, which returned to rates found under ambient conditions within 3 months after rewetting. Notably, we observed a shift in the control of soil protein depolymerization, from plant substrate controls under continuous environmental change drivers (eT and eCO2 ) to controls via microbial turnover and soil organic N availability under the pulse disturbance (drought). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study which analyzed the individual versus combined effects of multiple global change factors and of seasonality on soil organic N processes and thereby strongly contributes to our understanding of terrestrial N cycling in a future world.
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- Tania L Maxwell
- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
- INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, ISPA, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Irdning-Donnersbachtal, Austria
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- Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Irdning-Donnersbachtal, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria
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Maxwell TL, Canarini A, Bogdanovic I, Böckle T, Martin V, Noll L, Prommer J, Séneca J, Simon E, Piepho H, Herndl M, Pötsch EM, Kaiser C, Richter A, Bahn M, Wanek W. Contrasting drivers of belowground nitrogen cycling in a montane grassland exposed to a multifactorial global change experiment with elevated CO 2 , warming, and drought. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2022; 28:2425-2441. [PMID: 34908205 PMCID: PMC9306501 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Depolymerization of high-molecular weight organic nitrogen (N) represents the major bottleneck of soil N cycling and yet is poorly understood compared to the subsequent inorganic N processes. Given the importance of organic N cycling and the rise of global change, we investigated the responses of soil protein depolymerization and microbial amino acid consumption to increased temperature, elevated atmospheric CO2 , and drought. The study was conducted in a global change facility in a managed montane grassland in Austria, where elevated CO2 (eCO2 ) and elevated temperature (eT) were stimulated for 4 years, and were combined with a drought event. Gross protein depolymerization and microbial amino acid consumption rates (alongside with gross organic N mineralization and nitrification) were measured using 15 N isotope pool dilution techniques. Whereas eCO2 showed no individual effect, eT had distinct effects which were modulated by season, with a negative effect of eT on soil organic N process rates in spring, neutral effects in summer, and positive effects in fall. We attribute this to a combination of changes in substrate availability and seasonal temperature changes. Drought led to a doubling of organic N process rates, which returned to rates found under ambient conditions within 3 months after rewetting. Notably, we observed a shift in the control of soil protein depolymerization, from plant substrate controls under continuous environmental change drivers (eT and eCO2 ) to controls via microbial turnover and soil organic N availability under the pulse disturbance (drought). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study which analyzed the individual versus combined effects of multiple global change factors and of seasonality on soil organic N processes and thereby strongly contributes to our understanding of terrestrial N cycling in a future world.
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- Tania L. Maxwell
- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
- INRAEBordeaux Sciences AgroISPAVillenave d'OrnonFrance
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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- Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg‐GumpensteinIrdning‐DonnersbachtalAustria
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- Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg‐GumpensteinIrdning‐DonnersbachtalAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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- Department of EcologyUniversity of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem ResearchDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceViennaAustria
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Liu Y, Tian H, Li J, Wang H, Liu S, Liu X. Reduced precipitation neutralizes the positive impact of soil warming on soil microbial community in a temperate oak forest. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 806:150957. [PMID: 34656582 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Changes in soil microbial community play an irreplaceable role in regulating nutrient cycling that shapes forest ecosystem responses to climate change. However, if the effect of experimental warming on soil microorganisms depends upon soil water availability, which is closely related to soil depth is generally not well decumented. We conducted an in situ simulation experiment in an oak forest to determine the response pattern of soil microbial community to manipulated drought and warming at different soil depths. The responses of soil microbial communities to reduced precipitation and soil warming were highly dependent upon soil depth. Reduced precipitation remarkably elevated top-soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and nitrogen (MBN) in the unwarmed plots but no effects occured in the warmed plots. Soil warming showed positive effects on top-soil MBC and MBN under ambient precipitation, whereas negative ones were found under decreased precipitation. Neither reduced precipitation nor soil warming displayed effects on sub-soil MBC and MBN. Reduced precipitation notably increased soil total phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) as well as that of bacterial and gram-negative bacterial only at top-soil in the unwarmed plots. Soil warming showed positive effects on total PLFA, bacterial PLFA, and gram-negative bacterial PLFA at both top- and sub-soil under ambient precipitation. We found that the interactive effects of climate change on soil microorganisms varied with soil depth, indicating that multilayer soil models should be considered while assessing the relationship between soil and atmosphere carbon exchange. Further research is expected to explore the long-term response of soil microorganisms in soil vertical profiles to climate change.
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- Yanchun Liu
- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, International Joint Research Laboratory for Global Change Ecology, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, International Joint Research Laboratory for Global Change Ecology, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, International Joint Research Laboratory for Global Change Ecology, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, No. 2 Dongxiaofu, Haidian District, Beijing 100091, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, No. 2 Dongxiaofu, Haidian District, Beijing 100091, China.
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- Baotianman Natural Reserve Administration, Neixiang, Henan 474350, China
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