INTRODUCED EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA PLANTATIONS CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THE SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY IN SUBTROPICAL CHINA

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 400-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Wu ◽  
Z. F. Liu ◽  
Y. X. Sun ◽  
L. X. Zhou ◽  
Y. B. Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Soil Microbial Community ◽  
Eucalyptus Urophylla ◽  
Subtropical China ◽  
Soil Microbial

scholarly journals Effect of root exudates of Eucalyptus urophylla and Acacia mearnsii on soil microbes under simulated warming climate conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiahui Wu ◽  
Shixiao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Root Exudates ◽  
Soil Microbial Community ◽  
Soil Microbes ◽  
Plant Root ◽  
Eucalyptus Urophylla ◽  
Acacia Mearnsii ◽  
Soil Microbial Community Structure ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Bacteria And Fungi

Abstract Background Recent studies demonstrated that warming and elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) indirectly affect the soil microbial community structure via plant root exudates. However, there is no direct evidence for how the root exudates affect soil microbes and how the compositions of root exudates respond to climate change. Results The results showed that warming directly decreased biomass of soil-borne bacteria and fungi for Acacia mearnsii De Willd but it did not impact soil microbial community for Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake. In contrast, elevated CO2 had strong direct effect on increasing soil microbial biomass for both plant species. However, plant roots could significantly increase the secretion of antibacterial chemicals (most probable organic acids), which inhibited the growth of bacteria and fungi in elevated CO2 environment. This inhibitory effect neutralized the facilitation from increasing CO2 concentration on microbial growth. Conclusions We concluded that climate change can directly affect microorganisms, and indirectly affect the soil microbial community structure by changes in composition and content of plant root exudates.

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