Environmental Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
54(12), P. 7450 - 7460
Published: May 28, 2020
Tread
particles
(TPs)
from
vehicle
tires
are
widely
distributed
in
soil
ecosystems;
therefore,
there
is
an
urgent
need
to
evaluate
their
effects
on
biota.
In
the
present
study,
worm
Enchytraeus
crypticus
was
incubated
for
21
days
microcosms
containing
increasing
concentrations
of
TPs
(0,
0.0048%,
0.024%,
0.12%,
0.6%,
and
3%
dry
weight).
High
zinc
(Zn,
9407.4
mg
kg–1)
polycyclic
aromatic
hydrocarbons
(PAHs,
46.8
were
detected
TPs,
which
resulted
increased
soils
amended
with
TPs.
We
demonstrated
that
had
adverse
effect
survival
(decreased
by
more
than
25%)
reproduction
50%)
worms.
Moreover,
TP
exposure
disturbed
microbiota
guts
surrounding
soil.
addition,
a
covariation
between
bacterial
fungal
communities
observed
after
Further
analysis
showed
caused
enrichment
microbial
genera
associated
opportunistic
pathogenesis
guts.
The
combined
results
this
study
indicate
might
threaten
terrestrial
ecosystem
affecting
fauna
gut
microbiota.
The ISME Journal,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
15(8), P. 2474 - 2489
Published: March 12, 2021
Abstract
While
soil
erosion
drives
land
degradation,
the
impact
of
on
microbial
communities
and
multiple
functions
remains
unclear.
This
hinders
our
ability
to
assess
true
ecosystem
services
restore
eroded
environments.
Here
we
examined
effect
at
two
sites
with
contrasting
texture
climates.
Eroded
plots
had
lower
network
complexity,
fewer
taxa,
associations
among
relative
non-eroded
plots.
Soil
also
shifted
community
composition,
decreased
abundances
dominant
phyla
such
as
Proteobacteria,
Bacteroidetes,
Gemmatimonadetes.
In
contrast,
led
an
increase
in
some
bacterial
families
involved
N
cycling,
Acetobacteraceae
Beijerinckiaceae.
Changes
microbiota
characteristics
were
strongly
related
erosion-induced
changes
multifunctionality.
Together,
these
results
demonstrate
that
has
a
significant
negative
diversity
functionality.
Environmental Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
23(4), P. 1907 - 1924
Published: Sept. 30, 2020
Plants
harbour
highly
diverse
mycobiomes
which
sustain
essential
functions
for
host
health
and
productivity.
However,
ecological
processes
that
govern
the
plant-mycobiome
assembly,
interactions
their
impact
on
ecosystem
remain
poorly
known.
Here
we
characterized
role
community
assembly
of
both
abundant
rare
fungal
taxa
along
soil-plant
continuums
(rhizosphere,
phyllosphere
endosphere)
in
maize-wheat/barley
rotation
system
under
different
fertilization
practices
at
two
contrasting
sites.
Our
results
indicate
mycobiome
is
shaped
predominantly
by
compartment
niche
species
rather
than
environmental
factors.
Moreover,
crop-associated
communities
are
dominated
few
mainly
belonging
to
Sordariomycetes
Dothideomycetes,
while
majority
diversity
within
represented
taxa.
For
plant
compartments,
sub-community
determined
stochastic
processes.
In
contrast,
more
sensitive
selection
governed
deterministic
Furthermore,
our
demonstrate
play
an
important
co-occurrence
network
functioning
like
crop
yield
soil
enzyme
activities.
These
significantly
advance
understanding
highlight
key
sustaining
stability
functions.
Environment International,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
140, P. 105766 - 105766
Published: May 3, 2020
Soil
microbial
communities
play
a
central
role
in
driving
multiple
ecosystem
functions
and
ecological
processes
that
are
key
to
maintaining
the
plant
productivity.
However,
we
lack
sound
evidence
for
linkage
between
soil
diversity
productivity,
which
hinders
our
ability
predict
consequences
of
loss
food
security
under
context
global
environmental
change.
Here,
used
dilution-to-extinction
approach
test
aboveground
biomass
glasshouse
experiment.
Compared
with
original
soils,
bacterial
alpha-diversity
(Observed
operational
taxonomic
units
Shannon
index)
significantly
decreased
treatments
serially
diluted
inoculum.
Principal
coordinates
analysis
showed
overall
community
compositions
(beta-diversity)
soils
were
clearly
separated
from
The
lettuce
harvested
was
higher
than
sterilized
regardless
inoculation.
ordinary
least
squares
regression
model
significant
linear
relationship
alpha-diversity,
indicating
reduction
could
result
decline
lettuce.
No
correlation
observed
including
basal
respiration
denitrification
rates.
Structural
equation
models
suggested
effects
on
maintained
even
when
simultaneously
accounting
other
drivers
(soil
properties
biological
processes).
Our
study
provides
experimental
is
important
maintenance
productivity
suggests
functional
redundancy
may
be
overestimated
especially
agroecological
system.
Molecular Ecology,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
30(10), P. 2390 - 2403
Published: March 14, 2021
Disentangling
the
biogeographic
patterns
of
rare
and
abundant
microbes
is
essential
in
order
to
understand
generation
maintenance
microbial
diversity
with
respect
functions
they
provide.
However,
little
known
about
ecological
assembly
processes
environmental
adaptation
across
large
spatial-scale
wetlands.
Using
Illumina
sequencing
multiple
statistical
analyses,
we
characterized
taxonomic
phylogenetic
bacteria
fungi
Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau
wetland
soils.
Abundant
taxa
exhibited
broader
thresholds
stronger
signals
for
traits
than
ones.
By
contrast,
showed
higher
sensitivity
changes
closer
clustering
The
null
model
analysis
revealed
that
dispersal
limitation
belonging
stochastic
process
dominated
community
assemblies
bacteria,
fungi,
while
variable
selection
deterministic
governed
bacteria.
Neutral
variation
partitioning
further
confirmed
were
less
environmentally
constrained.
Soil
ammonia
nitrogen
was
crucial
factor
mediating
balance
between
stochasticity
determinism
both
microbes.
may
have
better
potential
are
dispersed
by
Our
findings
extend
knowledge
ongoing
change
could
facilitate
prediction
biodiversity
loss
caused
probably
climate
human
activity
GCB Bioenergy,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(4), P. 481 - 495
Published: Feb. 3, 2022
Abstract
High
nitrogen
(N)
fertilizer
inputs
accelerate
soil
acidification
and
degradation
in
tea
plantations,
thus
posing
a
threat
to
microbial
diversity,
species
composition,
ecosystem
service
functions.
The
effects
of
organic
biochar
applications
on
improving
fertility
have
been
extensively
studied
cropland;
however,
little
is
known
about
their
effectiveness
promoting
multifunctionality
rapidly
expanding
acidic
soils
plantations.
In
this
study,
we
conducted
two‐year
field
experiment
subtropical
plantation
investigate
the
substitution
amendment
communities
multifunctionality.
results
showed
that
was
enhanced
plots
amended
with
biochar.
Soil
significantly
positively
correlated
alpha‐diversity
bacteria
but
not
fungi.
We
also
found
improved
by
altering
abundance
keystone
species.
classified
as
module
hubs
bacterial
co‐occurrence
network
contributed
contrast,
categorized
fungal
negatively
affected
pH
key
driver
community
indicating
increase
under
had
crucial
role
biological
processes.
These
suggest
are
beneficial
preventing
maintaining