Elevational diversity and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing archaea community in meadow soils on the Tibetan Plateau | |
Zhao, K (Zhao, Kang)1,2; Kong, WD (Kong, Weidong)1,2; Khan, A (Khan, Ajmal)1,2; Liu, JB (Liu, Jinbo)1; Guo, GX (Guo, Guangxia)1; Muhanmmad, S (Muhanmmad, Said)1; Zhang, XZ (Zhang, Xianzhou)3; Dong, XB (Dong, Xiaobin)4; Kong, WD | |
Source Publication | APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY |
2017 | |
Volume | 101Issue:18Pages:7065-7074 |
DOI | 10.1007/s00253-017-8435-x |
Abstract | Unraveling elevational diversity patterns of plants and animals has long been attracting scientific interests. However, whether soil microorganisms exhibit similar elevational patterns remains largely less explored, especially for functional microbial communities, such as ammonia oxidizers. Here, we investigated the diversity and distribution pattern of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in meadow soils along an elevation gradient from 4400 m to the grassline at 5100 m on the Tibetan Plateau using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and sequencing methods by targeting amoA gene. Increasing elevations led to lower soil temperature and pH, but higher nutrients and water content. The results showed that AOA diversity and evenness monotonically increased with elevation, while richness was relatively stable. The increase of diversity and evenness was attributed to the growth inhibition of warm-adapted AOA phylotypes by lower temperature and the growth facilitation of cold-adapted AOA phylotypes by richer nutrients at higher elevations. Low temperature thus played an important role in the AOA growth and niche separation. The AOA community variation was explained by the combined effect of all soil properties (32.6%), and 8.1% of the total variation was individually explained by soil pH. The total AOA abundance decreased, whereas soil potential nitrification rate (PNR) increased with increasing elevations. Soil PNR positively correlated with the abundance of cold-adapted AOA phylotypes. Our findings suggest that low temperature plays an important role in AOA elevational diversity pattern and niche separation, rising the negative effects of warming on AOA diversity and soil nitrification process in the Tibetan region. |
Subject Area | 普通生物学 |
WOS ID | WOS:000408229200019 |
Language | 英语 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Keyword | Altitudinal Gradient Species Richness Niche Specialization Fungal Communities Alpine Grasslands Forest Soils Acidic Soils Bacteria Oxidation Patterns |
WOS Research Area | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
WOS Subject | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology ; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
Cooperation Status | 国际 |
Subtype | Article |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7997 |
Collection | 图书馆 |
Corresponding Author | Kong, WD |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Alpine Ecol & Biodivers, Bldg 3,Courtyard 16,Lincui Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. 4.Beijing Normal Univ, Coll Resources Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China. |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhao, K ,Kong, WD ,Khan, A ,et al. Elevational diversity and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing archaea community in meadow soils on the Tibetan Plateau[J]. APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY,2017,101(18):7065-7074. |
APA | Zhao, K .,Kong, WD .,Khan, A .,Liu, JB .,Guo, GX .,...&Kong, WD.(2017).Elevational diversity and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing archaea community in meadow soils on the Tibetan Plateau.APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY,101(18),7065-7074. |
MLA | Zhao, K ,et al."Elevational diversity and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing archaea community in meadow soils on the Tibetan Plateau".APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 101.18(2017):7065-7074. |
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