Effects of Increasing the Nitrogen-Phosphorus Ratio on the Structure and Function of the Soil Microbial Community in the Yellow River Delta

Overview

Journal Microorganisms

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2025 Jan 8

PMID 39770622

Authors

Jinzhao Ma

Zehao Zhang

Jingkuan Sun

Tian Li

Zhanyong Fu

Rui Hu

Yao Zhang

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Abstract

Nitrogen (N) deposition from human activities leads to an imbalance in the N and phosphorus (P) ratios of natural ecosystems, which has a series of negative impacts on ecosystems. In this study, we used 16s rRNA sequencing technology to investigate the effect of the N-P supply ratio on the bulk soil (BS) and rhizosphere soil (RS) bacterial community of halophytes in coastal wetlands through manipulated field experiments. The response of soil bacterial communities to changing N and P ratios was influenced by plants. The N:P ratio increased the α-diversity of the RS bacterial community and changed the structure of the BS bacterial community. P addition may increase the threshold, causing decreased α-diversity of the bacterial community. The co-occurrence network of the RS community is more complex, but it is more fragile than that of BS. The co-occurrence network in BS has more modules and fewer network hubs. The increased N:P ratio can increase chemoheterotrophy and denitrification processes in the RS bacterial community, while the N:P ratio can decrease the N-fixing processes and increase the nitration processes. The response of the BS and the RS bacterial community to the N:P ratio differed, as influenced by soil organic carbon (SOC) content in terms of diversity, community composition, mutualistic networks, and functional composition. This study demonstrates that the effect of the N:P ratio on soil bacterial community is different for plant roots and emphasizes the role of plant roots in shaping soil bacterial community during environmental change.

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