The rhizospheric microbial community structure and diversity of deciduous and evergreen forests in Taihu Lake area, China.

ABSTRACT: Soil bacteria are important drivers of biogeochemical cycles and participate in many nutrient transformations in the soil. Meanwhile, bacterial diversity and community composition are related to soil physic-chemical properties and vegetation factors. However, how the soil and vegetation factors affect the diversity and community composition of bacteria is poorly understood, especially for bacteria associated with evergreen and deciduous trees in subtropical forest ecosystems. In the present paper, the microbial communities of rhizospheric soils associated with different types of trees were analyzed by Illumina MiSeq sequencing the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene. A total of 121,219 effective 16S rRNA gene sequences were obtained, which were classified into 29 bacterial phyla and 2 archae

SUBMITTER: Wei Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381875 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature