Long-Term Chemical-Only Fertilization Induces a Diversity Decline and Deep Selection on the Soil Bacteria

ABSTRACT Fertilization regimes are known to drive succession of the soil microbial community, whereas the assembly rules involved remain elusive. Moreover, the ecological roles of microbial “generalists” and “specialists” in soils with contrasting fertilization regimes have not been characterized. W...

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Main Authors: Qicheng Xu, Ning Ling, Huan Chen, Yinghua Duan, Shuang Wang, Qirong Shen, Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-08-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00337-20