Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycling in Cropland and Grassland Ecosystems

Klumpp, Katja

doi:10.3390/agronomy11081453

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“…The rmultinom and, respectively, functions in the R package were used to calculate gene and functional abundance values. The same method was used to calculate the number of unique classification groups ( Klumpp, 2021 ).…”

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Metagenomics study of soil microorganisms involved in the carbon cycle in a saline–alkaline meadow steppe in the Songnen Plain in Northeast China

Xiao,

Wei,

Sun

et al. 2024

Front. Microbiol.

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Soil microorganisms play an important role in regulating and contributing to carbon cycling processes in grassland ecosystems. Soil salinization is one of the major problems causing soil degradation, and its effects on carbon cycle immobilization-related functional genes in soil microorganisms remain unknown. Therefore, we took Songnen salinization grassland as the research object, selected grasslands with different salinization levels, and explored the diversity of soil microorganisms and functional genes related to carbon cycling in Songnen grassland with different salinization levels through metagenomic technology. The results showed that with the increase of salinity, the relative abundance of Ascomycetes increased, while the relative abundance of Proteus and Firmicutes decreased. In addition, the relative abundance of functional genes related to carbon cycling fixation has also decreased. As the degree of soil salinization increases, the relative abundance of glycoside hydrolases (GH)130 family significantly increases, while the relative abundance of soil carbohydrate enzymes belonging to GH3 and GH55 families significantly decreases. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), it was found that soil pH and conductivity (EC) have a significant impact on soil microbial diversity and functional genes related to carbon cycling fixation. The increase in soil pH directly reduces the Shannon diversity of soil microbial diversity and functional genes related to carbon cycling fixation. Therefore, it can be concluded that the intensification of grassland salinization reduces the diversity of bacteria and fungi, and affects the diversity of functional genes related to carbon cycling fixation by reducing the total diversity of bacteria. The increase in salinity has a negative feedback effect on grassland soil carbon cycling. This study provides a theoretical framework for grassland soil carbon sequestration and degradation restoration.

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