Variations in Soil Functional Fungal Community Structure Associated With Pure and Mixed Plantations in Typical Temperate Forests of China
Forest plants are in constant contact with the soil fungal community, which plays an important role in the circulation of nutrients through forest ecosystems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the fungal diversity in soil and elucidate the ecological role of functional fungal communities i...
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| description | Forest plants are in constant contact with the soil fungal community, which plays an important role in the circulation of nutrients through forest ecosystems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the fungal diversity in soil and elucidate the ecological role of functional fungal communities in forest ecosystems using soil samples from seven different plantations in northeastern China. Our results showed that the fungal communities were dominated by the phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Mortierellomycota, and the mixed plantation of Fraxinus mandshurica and Pinus koraiensis had a soil fungal population clearly divergent from those in the other plantations. Additionally, the mixed plantation of F. mandshurica and P. koraiensis, which was low in soil nutrients, contained a highly diverse and abundant population of ectomycorrhizal fungi, whereas saprophytic fungi were more abundant in plantations with high soil nutrients. Redundancy analysis demonstrated a strong correlation between saprophytic fungi and the level of soil nutrients, whereas ectomycorrhizal fungi were mainly distributed in soils with low nutrient. Our findings provide insights into the importance of functional fungi and the mediation of soil nutrients in mixed plantations and reveal the effect of biodiversity on temperate forests. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-587db9a08aee48bab9aff99450930efa2022-12-22T00:30:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2019-07-011010.3389/fmicb.2019.01636450473Variations in Soil Functional Fungal Community Structure Associated With Pure and Mixed Plantations in Typical Temperate Forests of ChinaDi Wu0Mengmeng Zhang1Mu Peng2Xin Sui3Wei Li4Guangyu Sun5College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, ChinaCollege of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, ChinaCollege of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, ChinaHeilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration and Resource Utilization for Cold Region, School of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, ChinaCollege of Resources and Environmental Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, ChinaCollege of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, ChinaForest plants are in constant contact with the soil fungal community, which plays an important role in the circulation of nutrients through forest ecosystems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the fungal diversity in soil and elucidate the ecological role of functional fungal communities in forest ecosystems using soil samples from seven different plantations in northeastern China. Our results showed that the fungal communities were dominated by the phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Mortierellomycota, and the mixed plantation of Fraxinus mandshurica and Pinus koraiensis had a soil fungal population clearly divergent from those in the other plantations. Additionally, the mixed plantation of F. mandshurica and P. koraiensis, which was low in soil nutrients, contained a highly diverse and abundant population of ectomycorrhizal fungi, whereas saprophytic fungi were more abundant in plantations with high soil nutrients. Redundancy analysis demonstrated a strong correlation between saprophytic fungi and the level of soil nutrients, whereas ectomycorrhizal fungi were mainly distributed in soils with low nutrient. Our findings provide insights into the importance of functional fungi and the mediation of soil nutrients in mixed plantations and reveal the effect of biodiversity on temperate forests.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01636/fullforest ecosystemspure and mixed plantationsectomycorrhizal fungisaprotrophic fungihigh-throughput sequencing |
| spellingShingle | Di Wu Mengmeng Zhang Mu Peng Xin Sui Wei Li Guangyu Sun Variations in Soil Functional Fungal Community Structure Associated With Pure and Mixed Plantations in Typical Temperate Forests of China Frontiers in Microbiology forest ecosystems pure and mixed plantations ectomycorrhizal fungi saprotrophic fungi high-throughput sequencing |
| title | Variations in Soil Functional Fungal Community Structure Associated With Pure and Mixed Plantations in Typical Temperate Forests of China |
| title_full | Variations in Soil Functional Fungal Community Structure Associated With Pure and Mixed Plantations in Typical Temperate Forests of China |
| title_fullStr | Variations in Soil Functional Fungal Community Structure Associated With Pure and Mixed Plantations in Typical Temperate Forests of China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Variations in Soil Functional Fungal Community Structure Associated With Pure and Mixed Plantations in Typical Temperate Forests of China |
| title_short | Variations in Soil Functional Fungal Community Structure Associated With Pure and Mixed Plantations in Typical Temperate Forests of China |
| title_sort | variations in soil functional fungal community structure associated with pure and mixed plantations in typical temperate forests of china |
| topic | forest ecosystems pure and mixed plantations ectomycorrhizal fungi saprotrophic fungi high-throughput sequencing |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01636/full |
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