Metagenomic analysis of soil and freshwater from zoo agricultural area with organic fertilization.

ABSTRACT: Microbial communities drive biogeochemical cycles in agricultural areas by decomposing organic materials and converting essential nutrients. Organic amendments improve soil quality by increasing the load of essential nutrients and enhancing the productivity. Additionally, fresh water used for irrigation can affect soil quality of agricultural soils, mainly due to the presence of microbial contaminants and pathogens. In this study, we investigated how microbial communities in irrigation water might contribute to the microbial diversity and function of soil. Whole-metagenomic sequencing approaches were used to investigate the taxonomic and the functional profiles of microbial communities present in fresh water used for irrigation, and in soil from a vegetable crop, which received fertilizati

SUBMITTER: Meneghine AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5739480 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature