Heterogeneity of soil bacterial and bacteriophage communities in three rice agroecosystems and potential impacts of bacteriophage on nutrient cycling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As genetic entities infecting and replicating only in bacteria, bacteriophages can regulate the community structure and functions of their host bacteria. The ecological roles of bacteriophages in aquatic and forest environments have been widely explored, but those in agroecosystems remains limited. Here, we used metagenomic sequencing to analyze the diversity and interactions of bacteriophages and their host bacteria in soils from three typical rice agroecosystems in China: double cropping in Guangzhou, southern China, rice-wheat rotation cropping in Nanjing, eastern China and early maturing single cropping in Jiamusi, northeastern China. Enterobacter phage-NJ was isolated and its functions on soil nitrogen cycling and effect on soil bacterial community structure were ve

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8985318 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature