TY - JOUR T1 - Linking soil bacterial biodiversity and soil carbon stability. JF - The ISME journal Y1 - 2015 A1 - Mau,Rebecca L A1 - Liu,Cindy M A1 - Aziz,Maliha A1 - Egbert Schwartz A1 - P Dijkstra A1 - Jane C Marks A1 - Lance B Price A1 - Keim,Paul A1 - Hungate,Bruce A KW - Bacteria KW - biodiversity KW - Biomass KW - Carbon KW - Ecosystem KW - Glucose KW - Isotopes KW - Oxygen KW - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S KW - Soil KW - Soil Microbiology AB -

Native soil carbon (C) can be lost in response to fresh C inputs, a phenomenon observed for decades yet still not understood. Using dual-stable isotope probing, we show that changes in the diversity and composition of two functional bacterial groups occur with this 'priming' effect. A single-substrate pulse suppressed native soil C loss and reduced bacterial diversity, whereas repeated substrate pulses stimulated native soil C loss and increased diversity. Increased diversity after repeated C amendments contrasts with resource competition theory, and may be explained by increased predation as evidenced by a decrease in bacterial 16S rRNA gene copies. Our results suggest that biodiversity and composition of the soil microbial community change in concert with its functioning, with consequences for native soil C stability.

VL - 9 SN - 1751-7362 UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&DbFrom=pubmed&Cmd=Link&LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&LinkReadableName=Related%20Articles&IdsFromResult=25350158&ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSumhttp://www.ncbi. IS - 6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Plant-soil microorganism interactions: heritable relationship between plant genotype and associated soil microorganisms. JF - Ecology Y1 - 2008 A1 - Jennifer A Schweitzer A1 - JK Bailey A1 - Fischer,Dylan G A1 - LeRoy,Carri J A1 - Lonsdorf,Eric V A1 - Whitham,Thomas G A1 - Stephen C Hart KW - Biomass KW - Crosses, Genetic KW - Ecosystem KW - Fatty Acids KW - Genetic Variation KW - Genotype KW - Host-Pathogen Interactions KW - Phospholipids KW - Plants KW - Soil Microbiology KW - Species Specificity AB -

Although soil microbial communities are known to play crucial roles in the cycling of nutrients in forest ecosystems and can vary by plant species, how microorganisms respond to the subtle gradients of plant genetic variation is just beginning to be appreciated. Using a model Populus system in a common garden with replicated clones of known genotypes, we evaluated microbial biomass and community composition as quantitative traits. Two main patterns emerged. (1) Plant genotype influenced microbial biomass nitrogen in soils under replicated genotypes of Populus angustifolia, F1, and backcross hybrids, but not P. fremontii. Genotype explained up to 78% of the variation in microbial biomass as indicated by broad-sense heritability estimates (i.e., clonal repeatability). A second estimate of microbial biomass (total phospholipid fatty acid) was more conservative and showed significant genotype effects in P. angustifolia and backcross hybrids. (2) Plant genotype significantly influenced microbial community composition, explaining up to 70% of the variation in community composition within P. angustifolia genotypes alone. These findings suggest that variation in above- and belowground traits of individual plant genotypes can alter soil microbial dynamics, and suggests that further investigations of the evolutionary implications of genetic feedbacks are warranted.

VL - 89 SN - 0012-9658 UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&DbFrom=pubmed&Cmd=Link&LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&LinkReadableName=Related%20Articles&IdsFromResult=18459340&ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSumhttp://www.ncbi. IS - 3 ER -