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. 2024 Aug 10;10(8):565.
doi: 10.3390/jof10080565.

Differences in Metabolic Characteristics of Rhizosphere Fungal Community of Typical Arboreal, Shrubby and Herbaceous Species in Oasis of Arid Region

Yunxiang Tan  1 , Yunhang Lv  1 , Mengyu Xv  1 , Laiye Qu  2 , Wenjuan Wang  1
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Differences in Metabolic Characteristics of Rhizosphere Fungal Community of Typical Arboreal, Shrubby and Herbaceous Species in Oasis of Arid Region

Yunxiang Tan et al. J Fungi (Basel). .

Abstract

Populus euphratica, Tamarix ramosissima, and Sophora alopecuroides are, respectively, typical arboreal, shrubby, and herbaceous species in oases of arid regions. It is important to study the difference in metabolic characteristics of the rhizosphere fungal community of these plant species and their relationships with soil factors for the preservation of delicate arid oasis ecosystems with future environmental changes. In this study, we, respectively, collected 18 rhizosphere soil samples of P. euphratica, T. ramosissima, and S. alopecuroides to explore the difference in rhizosphere fungal metabolic characteristics of different plant life forms and their underlying driving factors. The results showed that (1) soil physicochemical properties (including soil water content, pH, etc.) were significantly different among different plant species (p < 0.05). (2) Rhizosphere fungal metabolic characteristics were significantly different between S. alopecuroides and T. ramosissima (ANOSIM, p < 0.05), which was mainly caused by the different utilization of carboxylic carbon. (3) The RDA showed that the main driving factors of the variations in rhizosphere fungal metabolic characteristics were different among different plant species. The main explanatory variables of the variations in the metabolic characteristics of the rhizosphere fungal community were carbon to nitrogen ratio (23%) and available potassium (17.4%) for P. euphratica, while soil organic carbon (23.1%), pH (8.6%), and total nitrogen (8.2%) for T. ramosissima, and soil clay content (36.6%) and soil organic carbon (12.6%) for S. alopecuroides. In conclusion, the variations in rhizosphere fungal metabolic characteristics in arid oases are dominantly affected by soil factors rather than plant life forms.

Keywords: arid oasis; life form; metabolic characteristics; rhizosphere fungal community; soil property.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The AWCD values of the different plant life forms during the Biolog-FF Microplate incubation.
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Figure 2
Differences in metabolic characteristics of rhizosphere fungal community among different plant life forms. Notes: * denotes p < 0.05.
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Figure 3
Utilization intensities of the six kinds of carbon sources by the rhizosphere fungal community of the different plant life forms. Note: different letters indicate significant differences at the 0.05 level.
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Figure 4
Redundancy analysis of carbon metabolic characteristics of rhizosphere fungal community of different plants.
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