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Changes in Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea and Bacterial Communities and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics in Response to Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization

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  • Aixia Xu

    (State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China)

  • Lingling Li

    (State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China)

  • Junhong Xie

    (State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China)

  • Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan

    (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad 502324, Telangana, India)

  • Renzhi Zhang

    (State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    College of Resource and Environment, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China)

  • Zhuzhu Luo

    (State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    College of Resource and Environment, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China)

  • Liqun Cai

    (State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    College of Resource and Environment, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China)

  • Chang Liu

    (State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China)

  • Linlin Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China)

  • Sumera Anwar

    (Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan)

  • Yuji Jiang

    (State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China)

Abstract

Ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) mediate a crucial step in nitrogen (N) metabolism. The effect of N fertilizer rates on AOA and AOB communities is less studied in the wheat-fallow system from semi-arid areas. Based on a 17-year wheat field experiment, we explored the effect of five N fertilizer rates (0, 52.5, 105, 157.5, and 210 kg ha −1 yr −1 ) on the AOA and AOB community composition. This study showed that the grain yield of wheat reached the maximum at 105 kg N ha −1 (49% higher than control), and no further significant increase was observed at higher N rates. With the increase of N, AOA abundance decreased in a regular trend from 4.88 × 10 7 to 1.05 × 10 7 copies g −1 dry soil, while AOB abundance increased from 3.63 × 10 7 up to a maximum of 8.24 × 10 7 copies g −1 dry soil with the N105 treatment (105 kg N ha −1 yr −1 ). Application rates of N fertilizer had a more significant impact on the AOB diversity than on AOA diversity, and the highest AOB diversity was found under the N105 treatment in this weak alkaline soil. The predominant phyla of AOA and AOB were Thaumarchaeota and Proteobacteria , respectively, and higher N treatment (N210) resulted in a significant decrease in the relative abundance of genus Nitrosospira . In addition, AOA and AOB communities were significantly associated with grain yield of wheat, soil potential nitrification activity (PNA), and some soil physicochemical parameters such as pH, NH 4 -N, and NO 3 -N. Among them, soil moisture was the most influential edaphic factor for structuring the AOA community and NH 4 -N for the AOB community. Overall, 105 kg N ha −1 yr −1 was optimum for the AOB community and wheat yield in the semi-arid area.

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  • Aixia Xu & Lingling Li & Junhong Xie & Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan & Renzhi Zhang & Zhuzhu Luo & Liqun Cai & Chang Liu & Linlin Wang & Sumera Anwar & Yuji Jiang, 2022. "Changes in Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea and Bacterial Communities and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics in Response to Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-18, February.
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