Oligotrophic microbes are recruited to resist multiple global change factors in agricultural subsoils

Autor: Jiai Liu, Ziheng Peng, Hairong Tu, Yu Qiu, Yu Liu, Xiaomeng Li, Hang Gao, Haibo Pan, Beibei Chen, Chunling Liang, Shi Chen, Jiejun Qi, Yihe Wang, Gehong Wei, Shuo Jiao
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Environment International, Vol 183, Iss , Pp 108429- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0160-4120
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108429
Popis: An increasing number of anthropogenic pressures can have negative effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. However, our understanding of how soil microbial communities and functions in response to multiple global change factors (GCFs) is still incomplete, particularly in less frequently disturbed subsoils. In this study, we examined the impact of different levels of GCFs (0–9) on soil functions and bacterial communities in both topsoils (0–20 cm) and subsoils (20–40 cm) of an agricultural ecosystem, and characterized the intrinsic factors influencing community resistance based on microbial life history strategy. Our experimental results showed a decline in soil multifunctionality, bacterial diversity, and community resistance as the number of GCFs increased, with a more drastic reduction in community resistance of subsoils. Specifically, we observed a significantly positive relationship between the oligotroph/copiotroph ratio and community resistance in subsoils, which was also verified by the negative correlation between 16S rRNA operon (rrn) copy number and community resistance. Structural equation modeling further revealed the direct effects of community resistance in promoting the ecosystem functioning, regardless of top- and subsoils. Therefore, these results suggested that subsoils may recruit more oligotrophic microbes to enhance their originally weaker community resistance under multiple GCFs, which was essential for maintaining sustainable agroecological functions and services. Overall, our study represents a significant advance in linking microbial life history strategy to the resistance of belowground microbial community and functionality.
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