Vegetation drives the structure of active microbial communities on an acidogenic mine tailings deposit.

ABSTRACT: Plant-microbe associations are increasingly recognized as an inextricable part of plant biology and biogeochemistry. Microbes play an essential role in the survival and development of plants, allowing them to thrive in diverse environments. The composition of the rhizosphere soil microbial communities is largely influenced by edaphic conditions and plant species. In order to decipher how environmental conditions on a mine site can influence the dynamics of microbial communities, we characterized the rhizosphere soil microbial communities associated with paper birch, speckled alder, and spruce that had naturally colonized an acidogenic mine tailings deposit containing heavy metals. The study site, which had been largely undisturbed for five decades, had highly variable vegetation density; w

SUBMITTER: Gagnon V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7585372 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature