Assessment of Soil Health Through Metagenomic Analysis of Bacterial Diversity in Russian Black Soil
Microorganisms,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(4), P. 854 - 854
Published: April 9, 2025
Soil
health
is
a
critical
determinant
of
agricultural
productivity
and
environmental
sustainability.
Traditional
assessment
methods
often
fail
to
provide
comprehensive
understanding
soil
microbial
communities
their
functions.
This
study
addresses
this
challenge
by
employing
metagenomic
techniques
assess
the
functionality
microbiomes
in
Russian
black
soil,
renowned
for
its
high
fertility.
We
utilized
shotgun
sequencing
analyze
samples
from
Western
Siberia
subjected
different
degrees
agro-soil
disturbance.
identified
functional
genes
involved
carbon
(accA,
argG,
acsA,
mphE,
miaB),
phosphorus
(phoB,
ppa,
pstB,
pnp,
phnJ),
nitrogen
(queC,
amiF,
pyrG,
guaA,
guaB,
napA)
metabolic
pathways
associated
with
changes
diversity,
general,
higher
representation
certain
bacterial
species—Bradyrhizobium
spp.
The
results
demonstrated
significant
differences
composition
potential
between
tillage
treatments.
No-Till
technology
conventional
practices
promoted
beneficial
enhanced
compared
long-term
fallow
soil.
work
underscores
analysis
providing
health,
marking
advancement
field.
Language: Английский
Shotgun Metagenome Reveals Herbicidal Influence on Antimicrobial Resistance and Pollutant Degradation in Rice Field Soils
Laliteshwari Bhardwaj,
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Anand Kumar Pandey,
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Bhavana Pandey
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Water Air & Soil Pollution,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
236(6)
Published: April 17, 2025
Language: Английский
Sustainable Land Use Enhances Soil Microbial Respiration Responses to Experimental Heat Stress
Global Change Biology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
31(4)
Published: April 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Soil
microbial
communities
provide
numerous
ecosystem
functions,
such
as
nutrient
cycling,
decomposition,
and
carbon
storage.
However,
global
change,
including
land‐use
climate
changes,
affects
soil
activity.
As
extreme
weather
events
(e.g.,
heatwaves)
tend
to
increase
in
magnitude
frequency,
we
investigated
the
effects
of
heat
stress
on
activity
respiration)
that
had
experienced
four
different
long‐term
intensity
treatments
(ranging
from
extensive
grassland
intensive
organic
conventional
croplands)
two
conditions
(ambient
vs.
predicted
future
climate).
We
hypothesized
both
land
use
would
reduce
respiration
(H1)
experimental
(H2).
this
be
less
pronounced
soils
with
a
history
high‐intensity
(H3),
higher
fungal‐to‐bacterial
ratio
show
more
moderate
response
warming
(H4).
Our
study
showed
was
reduced
under
high
(i.e.,
−43%
between
cropland)
(−12%
comparison
ambient
Moreover,
increased
overall
(+17%
per
1°C
increase),
while
increasing
strength
(−25%
slope
reduction).
In
addition,
biomass
low‐intensity
grassland)
enhanced
stress.
These
findings
change
may
compromise
well
their
heatwaves.
particular,
are
able
respond
additional
stress,
heatwaves,
potentially
threatening
critical
functions
driven
by
microbes
highlighting
benefits
sustainable
agricultural
practices.
Language: Английский