Deciphering the archaeal communities in tree rhizosphere of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau represents one of the most important component of the terrestrial ecosystem and a particularly vulnerable region, which harbouring complex and diverse microbiota. The knowledge about their underground microorganisms have largely been studied, but the characteristics of rhizosphere microbiota, particularly archaeal communities remains unclear.

Results

High-throughput Illumina sequencing was used to investigate the rhizosphere archaeal communities of two native alpine trees (Picea crassifolia and Populus szechuanica) living on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The archaeal community structure in rhizospheres significantly differed from that in bulk soil. Thaumarchaeota was the dominant archaeal phylum in all soils tested (92.46-98.01%), while

SUBMITTER: Zhang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7395985 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature