A Comparative Study of Fungal Community Structure, Diversity and Richness between the Soil and the Phyllosphere of Native Grass Species in a Copper Tailings Dam in Shanxi Province, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Site Description
2.2. Research Methods
2.2.1. Sample Collection
2.2.2. Soil Physical and Chemical Properties
2.2.3. DNA Extraction and High-Throughput Sequencing of Soil and Phyllosphere Samples
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Soil Physicochemical Properties
3.2. Community Composition of the Soil and Phyllosphere
3.2.1. Soil Fungal Communities
3.2.2. Phyllosphere Fungal Community Diversity and Richness
3.3. Properties of Soil Fungi and the Phyllosphere Fungal Communities in Native Grass Species
3.4. Analysis of Phyllosphere Fungal Communities Using Network Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | ACE | Chao1 | Shannon | Simpson | Coverage % |
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Bothriochloa ischaemum | 110.85 | 108.57 | 1.50 | 0.40 | 99.96% |
Imperata cylindrica | 104.59 | 107.00 | 1.66 | 0.30 | 99.95% |
Elymus dahuricus | 70.50 | 67.27 | 1.10 | 0.58 | 99.98% |
Calamagrostis epigejos | 117.25 | 115.05 | 0.95 | 0.66 | 99.94% |
Type | Nodes | Edges | Average Degree | Network Diameter | Network Density | Modularity | Average Clustering Coefficient | Average Path Length | Co-Presence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Index | 116 | 587 | 10.121 | 14 | 0.088 | 0.605 | 0.788 | 4.016 | 99.83% |
Erythrobasidiales sp. | Rachicladosporium luculiae | Bjerkandera adusta | Stemphylium herbarum | Coprinopsis calospora | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phylum | Ascomycota | Ascomycota | Basidiomycota | Ascomycota | Ascomycota |
Betweenness Centrality | 697.43 | 672.50 | 585.50 | 387.89 | 323.50 |
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Jia, T.; Wang, R.; Fan, X.; Chai, B. A Comparative Study of Fungal Community Structure, Diversity and Richness between the Soil and the Phyllosphere of Native Grass Species in a Copper Tailings Dam in Shanxi Province, China. Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081297
Jia T, Wang R, Fan X, Chai B. A Comparative Study of Fungal Community Structure, Diversity and Richness between the Soil and the Phyllosphere of Native Grass Species in a Copper Tailings Dam in Shanxi Province, China. Applied Sciences. 2018; 8(8):1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081297
Chicago/Turabian StyleJia, Tong, Ruihong Wang, Xiaohui Fan, and Baofeng Chai. 2018. "A Comparative Study of Fungal Community Structure, Diversity and Richness between the Soil and the Phyllosphere of Native Grass Species in a Copper Tailings Dam in Shanxi Province, China" Applied Sciences 8, no. 8: 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081297