Differences in bacterial community structure and potential functions among Eucalyptus plantations with different ages and species of trees

Bacteria are the most abundant microbes in soil and play an important role in the carbon and nitrogen cycles. Currently, China has become the country with the second largest Eucalyptus planting area. However, the dynamic changes in the soil bacterial community in different Eucalyptus plantations has...

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Published in:Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment ecosystems & environment, 2020-05, Vol.149, p.103515, Article 103515
Main Authors: Qu, Zhaolei, Liu, Bing, Ma, Yang, Sun, Hui
Format: Article
Language:English
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Community structure
Eucalyptus plantation age
Illumina MiSeq
Potential function
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Summary:Bacteria are the most abundant microbes in soil and play an important role in the carbon and nitrogen cycles. Currently, China has become the country with the second largest Eucalyptus planting area. However, the dynamic changes in the soil bacterial community in different Eucalyptus plantations has been poorly studied. In the present study, the bacterial community structure and potential function associated with Eucalyptus plantations of different ages (1- and 5+-year) and species (E. urophylla × E. grandis, E. camaldulens and E. pellita) in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China were characterized using Illumina MiSeq. technology coupled with Functional Annotation of Prokaryotic Taxa (FAPROTAX) analysis. The results showed that the bacterial diversity increased with increasing plantation age, with different ages and species of trees forming distinct bacterial community and functional structures, respectively (P 
ISSN:0929-1393
1873-0272
DOI:10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103515