Effect of stand age on rhizosphere microbial community assembly of dominant shrubs during sandy desert vegetation restoration.

ABSTRACT: The rhizosphere microbial community helps govern biogeochemical cycling and facilitates complex plant-soil feedback. Understanding the evolutionary dynamics of microbial community structure and functional genes during vegetation succession is crucial for quantifying and understanding ecosystem processes and functions in restored sandy deserts. In this study, the rhizosphere microbial community structure of 11-66-year-old dominant shrubs in a desert revegetation area was examined using shotgun metagenomic sequencing. The interactions between the microbial community structure, functional gene abundances, soil properties, and plant characteristics of different stand ages were comprehensively investigated. The abundance of unique species first increased before subsequently decreasing with stan

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11578715 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature