| Literature DB >> 29230378 |
He Zhao1, Xuanzhen Li1, Zhiming Zhang1, Yong Zhao1, Jiantao Yang1, Yiwei Zhu1.
Abstract
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play an essential role in complex ecosystems. However, the species diversity and composition of AMF communities remain unclear in semi-arid mountains. Further, it is not well understood if the characteristics of AMF community assemblies differ for different habitat types, e.g., agricultural arable land, artificial forest land, natural grassland, and bush/wood land. Here, using the high-throughput technology by Illumina sequencing on the MiSeq platform, we explored the species diversity and composition of soil AMF communities among different habitat types in a semi-arid mountain (Taihang Mountain, Mid-western region of China). Then, we analyzed the effect of nutrient composition and soil texture on AMF community assembly. Our results showed that members of the Glomus genera were predominated in all soil types. The distance-based redundancy analysis indicated that the content of water, available phosphorus, and available potassium were the most crucial geochemical factors that significantly affected AMF communities (p < 0.05). The analysis of the soil texture confirmed that AMF diversity was negatively correlated with soil clay content. The comparison of AMF diversity among the various habitat types revealed that the artificial forest land had the lowest AMF diversity in comparison with other land types. Our findings suggest that there were differences in species diversity and composition of soil AMF communities among different habitat types. These findings shed new light on the characteristics of community structure and drivers of community assembly in AMF in semi-arid mountains, and point to the potential importance of different habitat types on AMF communities.Entities:
Keywords: AMF communities; Illumina sequencing; Semi-arid field; Soil properties
Year: 2017 PMID: 29230378 PMCID: PMC5724403 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4155
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PeerJ ISSN: 2167-8359 Impact factor: 2.984
Geochemical characteristics of the soil samples and other information of the site of the present study.
| Sample sample | Soil type | Coordinates | pH | Water content (%) | Available nitrogen (mg kg−1) | Available phosphorus (mg kg−1) | Available potassium (mg kg−1) | Clay (%) | Silt (%) | Sand (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W1-1 | Forest land | 35°1′56″N 112°29′1″E | 7.32 | 19.81 | 155.3 | 7.8 | 169.5 | 47.1 | 41.5 | 11.4 |
| W1-2 | 35°2′16″N 112°28′20″E | 7.41 | 20.24 | 145.3 | 6.9 | 143.4 | 46.2 | 44.5 | 9.3 | |
| W1-3 | 35°2′45″N 112°28′52″E | 7.34 | 18.29 | 182.3 | 7.2 | 162.4 | 41.2 | 48.9 | 9.9 | |
| Average | 7.36 A | 19.44 B | 161.0 A | 7.3 B | 158.4 B | 44.9 AB | 45.0 A | 10.2 C | ||
| BW-1 | Bush/ wood | 35°1′49″N 112°29′14″E | 7.53 | 20.33 | 141.5 | 4.7 | 177.4 | 37.3 | 32.1 | 30.6 |
| BW-2 | 35°2′3″N 112°29′29″E | 7.41 | 21.14 | 133.2 | 4.8 | 186.4 | 41.2 | 31.5 | 27.3 | |
| BW-3 | 35°2′55″N 112°29′1″E | 7.36 | 23.00 | 187.3 | 6.5 | 160.1 | 28.3 | 42.9 | 28.8 | |
| Average | 7.43 A | 21.49 B | 154 A | 5.3 B | 174.6 B | 35.6 BC | 35.5 B | 28.9 A | ||
| WL-1 | Grass land | 35°1′41″N 112°29′39″E | 7.21 | 16.71 | 167.4 | 4.3 | 129.1 | 33.2 | 52.6 | 14.2 |
| WL-2 | 35°2′55″N 112°29′12″E | 7.34 | 15.90 | 144.3 | 5.1 | 135.4 | 26.4 | 49.6 | 24 | |
| WL-3 | 35°1′38″N 112°28′58″E | 7.42 | 18.05 | 132.2 | 2.4 | 122.0 | 37.5 | 48.9 | 13.6 | |
| Average | 7.32 A | 16.88 C | 148.0 A | 3.93 B | 128.8 C | 32.37 C | 50.4 A | 17.3 B | ||
| F-1 | Arable land | 35°2′31″N 112°29′55″E | 7.27 | 26.71 | 177.5 | 18.7 | 287.4 | 55.2 | 39.5 | 5.3 |
| F-2 | 35°2′12″N 112°29′38″E | 7.45 | 23.71 | 183.5 | 22.5 | 254.3 | 50.1 | 43.6 | 6.3 | |
| F-3 | 35°2′43″N 112°29′19″E | 7.33 | 23.95 | 182.3 | 30.2 | 299.1 | 47.8 | 47.5 | 4.7 | |
| Average | 7.35 A | 24.79 A | 181.1 A | 23.8 A | 280.3 A | 51.0 A | 43.53 AB | 5.4 C |
Notes.
Values (eg. A, B, C) followed by the same letters in the same column was not significantly different (p < 0.05).
The results of sequence data in the present study.
| Soil type | Number of total sequence | Number of AMF OTUs | Coverage (%) | Chao’s index | Shannon’s index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W1-1 | Forest land | 26,866 | 62 | 99 | 67 | 2.93 |
| W1-2 | 27,298 | 71 | 99 | 73 | 3.15 | |
| W1-3 | 28,493 | 60 | 99 | 60 | 2.53 | |
| Average | 67 A | 2.87 B | ||||
| BW-1 | Bush/ wood | 31,391 | 73 | 99 | 74 | 3.46 |
| BW-2 | 35,206 | 69 | 99 | 70 | 3.38 | |
| BW-3 | 32,153 | 67 | 99 | 68 | 3.42 | |
| Average | 70 A | 3.42 A | ||||
| WL-1 | Grass land | 29,593 | 74 | 99 | 76 | 3.52 |
| WL-2 | 28,148 | 83 | 99 | 87 | 3.49 | |
| WL-3 | 28,621 | 76 | 99 | 79 | 3.51 | |
| Average | 81 A | 3.51 A | ||||
| F-1 | Arable land | 18,900 | 52 | 99 | 67 | 3.46 |
| F-2 | 19,135 | 62 | 99 | 88 | 3.38 | |
| F-3 | 15,095 | 54 | 99 | 55 | 3.45 | |
| Average | 70 A | 3.43 A |
Notes.
The OTUs were defined at the cutoff 3% difference in sequence. Using the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to evaluate statistical significance and results, followed by Tukey’s HSD test. Capital direction symbols (eg. A, B, C) indicate full (5%) significance.
Figure 1Abundance percentages of AMF genera for all soil samples.
Figure 2Clustering analysis of AMF communities based on OTU abundance for each soil.
Figure 3Heat map of top 50 OTUs in all samples.
The color intensity (log scale) in each panel shows the percentage of a genus in a sample, referring to color key at the bottom.
Figure 4Distance-based redundancy (db-RDA) tests used to interpret the correlations between the AMF communities and environmental properties.
Monte Carlo permutation tests were used to detect the relationship between community composition and soil variables.
| RDA1 | RDA2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | −0.2607 | −0.4144 | 0.2053 | 0.353 |
| Water content | −0.5188 | 0.3150 | 0.7332 | 0.004 |
| Available nitrogen | 0.1659 | 0.3414 | 0.3096 | 0.186 |
| Available phosphorus | −0.2218 | 0.7446 | 0.7576 | 0.004 |
| Available potassium | −0.3262 | 0.6153 | 0.7973 | 0.004 |
| Clay | −0.0622 | 0.3178 | 0.3611 | 0.156 |
| Silt | 0.5950 | 0.4549 | 0.6461 | 0.015 |
| Sand | −0.3564 | −0.6083 | 0.6293 | 0.013 |
Notes.
Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.
P-values based on 999 permutations.