Francesca Mapelli
The stage of soil development modulates rhizosphere effect along a High Arctic desert chronosequence
Mapelli, Francesca; Marasco, Ramona; Fusi, Marco; Scaglia, Barbara; Tsiamis, George; Rolli, Eleonora; Fodelianakis, Stilianos; Bourtzis, Kostas; Ventura, Stefano; Tambone, Fulvia; Adani, Fabrizio; Borin, Sara; Daffonchio, Daniele
Authors
Ramona Marasco
Marco Fusi
Barbara Scaglia
George Tsiamis
Eleonora Rolli
Stilianos Fodelianakis
Kostas Bourtzis
Stefano Ventura
Fulvia Tambone
Fabrizio Adani
Sara Borin
Daniele Daffonchio
Abstract
In mature soils, plant species and soil type determine the selection of root microbiota. Which of these two factors drives rhizosphere selection in barren substrates of developing desert soils has, however, not yet been established. Chronosequences of glacier forelands provide ideal natural environments to identify primary rhizosphere selection factors along the changing edaphic conditions of a developing soil. Here, we analyze changes in bacterial diversity in bulk soils and rhizospheres of a pioneer plant across a High Arctic glacier chronosequence. We show that the developmental stage of soil strongly modulates rhizosphere community assembly, even though plant-induced selection buffers the effect of changing edaphic factors. Bulk and rhizosphere soils host distinct bacterial communities that differentially vary along the chronosequence. Cation exchange capacity, exchangeable potassium, and metabolite concentration in the soil account for the rhizosphere bacterial diversity. Although the soil fraction (bulk soil and rhizosphere) explains up to 17.2% of the variation in bacterial microbiota, the soil developmental stage explains up to 47.7% of this variation. In addition, the operational taxonomic unit (OTU) co-occurrence network of the rhizosphere, whose complexity increases along the chronosequence, is loosely structured in barren compared with mature soils, corroborating our hypothesis that soil development tunes the rhizosphere effect.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 15, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 15, 2018 |
Publication Date | 2018-05 |
Deposit Date | Jul 19, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 19, 2019 |
Journal | The ISME Journal |
Print ISSN | 1751-7362 |
Electronic ISSN | 1751-7370 |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 1188-1198 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-017-0026-4 |
Keywords | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Microbiology |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1825331 |
Contract Date | Jul 19, 2019 |
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