Specific impacts of beech and Norway spruce on the structure and diversity of the rhizosphere and soil microbial communities.

ABSTRACT: The impacts of plant species on the microbial communities and physico-chemical characteristics of soil are well documented for many herbs, grasses and legumes but much less so for tree species. Here, we investigate by rRNA and ITS amplicon sequencing the diversity of microorganisms from the three domains of life (Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryota:Fungi) in soil samples taken from the forest experimental site of Breuil-Chenue (France). We discovered significant differences in the abundance, composition and structure of the microbial communities associated with two phylogenetically distant tree species of the same age, deciduous European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and coniferous Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst), planted in the same soil. Our results suggest a significant effect of tree species o

SUBMITTER: Uroz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4908602 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature