High-throughput sequencing reveals soil bacterial community structure and their interactions with environmental factors of the grassland fairy ring.

ABSTRACT: Fairy rings (FRs) are common ecological grassland landscapes that have been studied for a long time. However, little is known about their interactions with soil physicochemical properties and bacterial communities. This study performed high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA V3-V4 variable regions of soil bacteria in the three concentric zones of chosen FR, namely, the ON zone, on the ring; IN zone, inside the ring; and OUT zone, outside the ring. Also, the change in physicochemical properties and enzyme activities of the soil were determined. This study found that the nutrients and enzyme activities on the ring were higher than inside and outside of the ring. The activities of microorganisms were frequent and the plant grew splendidly. The bacterial species diversity was the lowest on

SUBMITTER: Wang JX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9542373 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature