Combined Use of a Bacterial Consortium and Early-Colonizing Plants as a Treatment for Soil Recovery after Fire: A Model Based on Los Guájares (Granada, Spain) Wildfire
During 2022, intense heat waves, together with particularly extreme dry conditions, created a propitious scenario for wildfires, resulting in the area of vegetation consumed in Europe doubling. Mediterranean countries have been particularly affected, reaching 293,155 hectares in Spain, the worst dat...
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| author | Marla Niza Costa Tatiana Gil Raquel Teixeira Ana Sofía Rodrígues dos Santos Inês Rebelo Romão Cristina Sequero López Juan Ignacio Vílchez |
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| description | During 2022, intense heat waves, together with particularly extreme dry conditions, created a propitious scenario for wildfires, resulting in the area of vegetation consumed in Europe doubling. Mediterranean countries have been particularly affected, reaching 293,155 hectares in Spain, the worst data in the last 15 years. The effects on the vegetation and the soil are devastating, so knowing the recovery factors is essential for after-fire management. Resilient microorganisms play a fundamental role in rapid nutrient recycling, soil structure, and plant colonization in fire-affected soils. In this present work, we have studied emergent microbial communities in the case of the Los Guájares (Granada, Spain) fire, one of the most extensive of the year, to evaluate their role in the recovery of soil and vegetation cover. We aim to discern which are the main actors in order to formulate a new treatment that helps in the ecosystem recovery. Thus, we have found the relevant loss in phosphorous and potassium solubilizers, as well as siderophores or biofilm producers. Here, we decided to use the strains <i>Pseudomonas koreensis</i> AC, <i>Peribacillus frigoritolerans</i> CB, <i>Pseudomonas fluorescens</i> DC, <i>Paenibacillus lautus</i> C, <i>Bacillus toyonensis</i> CD, and <i>Paenarthrobacter nitroguajacolicus</i> AI as a consortium, as they showed most of the capacities required in a regenerative treatment. On the other hand, the microcosm test showed an enhanced pattern of germination of the emerging model plant, <i>Bituminaria bituminosa</i>, as well as a more aggregated structure for soil. This new approach can create a relevant approach in order to recover fire-affected soils in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6da4022a911540df8b51c64a3d35e2fb2023-12-01T01:38:50ZengMDPI AGBiology2079-77372023-08-01128109310.3390/biology12081093Combined Use of a Bacterial Consortium and Early-Colonizing Plants as a Treatment for Soil Recovery after Fire: A Model Based on Los Guájares (Granada, Spain) WildfireMarla Niza Costa0Tatiana Gil1Raquel Teixeira2Ana Sofía Rodrígues dos Santos3Inês Rebelo Romão4Cristina Sequero López5Juan Ignacio Vílchez6Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB)-NOVA, iPlantMicro Lab, 2780-157 Oeiras, PortugalInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB)-NOVA, iPlantMicro Lab, 2780-157 Oeiras, PortugalInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB)-NOVA, iPlantMicro Lab, 2780-157 Oeiras, PortugalInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB)-NOVA, iPlantMicro Lab, 2780-157 Oeiras, PortugalInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB)-NOVA, iPlantMicro Lab, 2780-157 Oeiras, PortugalGeoBioTec, Department of Earth Sciences, NOVA School of Sciences and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, PortugalInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB)-NOVA, iPlantMicro Lab, 2780-157 Oeiras, PortugalDuring 2022, intense heat waves, together with particularly extreme dry conditions, created a propitious scenario for wildfires, resulting in the area of vegetation consumed in Europe doubling. Mediterranean countries have been particularly affected, reaching 293,155 hectares in Spain, the worst data in the last 15 years. The effects on the vegetation and the soil are devastating, so knowing the recovery factors is essential for after-fire management. Resilient microorganisms play a fundamental role in rapid nutrient recycling, soil structure, and plant colonization in fire-affected soils. In this present work, we have studied emergent microbial communities in the case of the Los Guájares (Granada, Spain) fire, one of the most extensive of the year, to evaluate their role in the recovery of soil and vegetation cover. We aim to discern which are the main actors in order to formulate a new treatment that helps in the ecosystem recovery. Thus, we have found the relevant loss in phosphorous and potassium solubilizers, as well as siderophores or biofilm producers. Here, we decided to use the strains <i>Pseudomonas koreensis</i> AC, <i>Peribacillus frigoritolerans</i> CB, <i>Pseudomonas fluorescens</i> DC, <i>Paenibacillus lautus</i> C, <i>Bacillus toyonensis</i> CD, and <i>Paenarthrobacter nitroguajacolicus</i> AI as a consortium, as they showed most of the capacities required in a regenerative treatment. On the other hand, the microcosm test showed an enhanced pattern of germination of the emerging model plant, <i>Bituminaria bituminosa</i>, as well as a more aggregated structure for soil. This new approach can create a relevant approach in order to recover fire-affected soils in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/8/1093fired soilmicrobial communitiesemerging colonizersvegetable coverture symbiosismicrobial nutrient cycling |
| spellingShingle | Marla Niza Costa Tatiana Gil Raquel Teixeira Ana Sofía Rodrígues dos Santos Inês Rebelo Romão Cristina Sequero López Juan Ignacio Vílchez Combined Use of a Bacterial Consortium and Early-Colonizing Plants as a Treatment for Soil Recovery after Fire: A Model Based on Los Guájares (Granada, Spain) Wildfire Biology fired soil microbial communities emerging colonizers vegetable coverture symbiosis microbial nutrient cycling |
| title | Combined Use of a Bacterial Consortium and Early-Colonizing Plants as a Treatment for Soil Recovery after Fire: A Model Based on Los Guájares (Granada, Spain) Wildfire |
| title_full | Combined Use of a Bacterial Consortium and Early-Colonizing Plants as a Treatment for Soil Recovery after Fire: A Model Based on Los Guájares (Granada, Spain) Wildfire |
| title_fullStr | Combined Use of a Bacterial Consortium and Early-Colonizing Plants as a Treatment for Soil Recovery after Fire: A Model Based on Los Guájares (Granada, Spain) Wildfire |
| title_full_unstemmed | Combined Use of a Bacterial Consortium and Early-Colonizing Plants as a Treatment for Soil Recovery after Fire: A Model Based on Los Guájares (Granada, Spain) Wildfire |
| title_short | Combined Use of a Bacterial Consortium and Early-Colonizing Plants as a Treatment for Soil Recovery after Fire: A Model Based on Los Guájares (Granada, Spain) Wildfire |
| title_sort | combined use of a bacterial consortium and early colonizing plants as a treatment for soil recovery after fire a model based on los guajares granada spain wildfire |
| topic | fired soil microbial communities emerging colonizers vegetable coverture symbiosis microbial nutrient cycling |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/8/1093 |
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