Influence of Thorny Bamboo Plantations on Soil Microbial Biomass and Community Structure in Subtropical Badland Soils
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Site Description
2.2. Soil Sampling
2.3. Biochemical Assay
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Microbial Community Structure
3.2. Redundancy Analysis
3.3. Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Site | Location | Vegetation | Total PLFA | Bacteria | Fungi | Actinobacteria | G+ | G− | G+/G− | Fungi/Bacteria |
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1 | Zuojhen | Bare land | 1.74 c | 0.198 c | 0.226 b | 0.037 c | 0.137 c | 0.039 c | 3.50 a | 1.33 a |
Bamboo | 8.60 b | 2.90 b | 0.323 b | 0.876 b | 2.24 b | 0.524 b | 3.89 a | 0.102 a | ||
2 | Longci | Bare land | 1.50 c | 0.168 c | 0.257 b | 0.068 c | 0.236 c | 0.037 c | 4.38 a | 1.49 a |
Bamboo | 23.7 a | 9.87 a | 1.79 a | 2.56 a | 7.47 a | 2.03 a | 3.69 a | 0.179 a | ||
3 | Tianliao | Bare land | 1.79 c | 0.129 c | 0.464 b | 0.049 c | 0.103 c | 0.027 c | 3.72 a | 3.50 a |
Bamboo | 10.3 b | 3.85 b | 0.337 b | 1.15 b | 2.95 b | 0.706 b | 4.27 a | 0.087 a |
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Chang, E.-H.; Tian, G.; Shiau, Y.-J.; Chen, T.-H.; Chiu, C.-Y. Influence of Thorny Bamboo Plantations on Soil Microbial Biomass and Community Structure in Subtropical Badland Soils. Forests 2019, 10, 854. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100854
Chang E-H, Tian G, Shiau Y-J, Chen T-H, Chiu C-Y. Influence of Thorny Bamboo Plantations on Soil Microbial Biomass and Community Structure in Subtropical Badland Soils. Forests. 2019; 10(10):854. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100854
Chicago/Turabian StyleChang, Ed-Haun, Guanglong Tian, Yo-Jin Shiau, Tsai-Huei Chen, and Chih-Yu Chiu. 2019. "Influence of Thorny Bamboo Plantations on Soil Microbial Biomass and Community Structure in Subtropical Badland Soils" Forests 10, no. 10: 854. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100854