Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry Universitygrid.410625.4, Nanjing, China.
Yangzhou Polytechnic College, Yangzhou, China.
Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Oct 26;10(5):e0079522. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00795-22. Epub 2022 Sep 8.
Forest succession is important for sustainable forest management in terrestrial ecosystems. However, knowledge about the response of soil microbes to forest disease-driven succession is limited. In this study, we investigated the soil fungal biomass, soil enzyme activity, and fungal community structure and function in forests suffering succession processes produced by pine wilt disease from conifer to broadleaved forests using Illumina Miseq sequencing coupled with FUNGuild analysis. The results showed that the broadleaved forest had the highest fungal biomass and soil enzyme activities in C, N, and S cycles, whereas the conifer forest had the highest enzyme activity in the P cycle. Along the succession, the fungal diversity and richness significantly increased (< 0.05). The fungal communities were dominated by Ascomycota (42.0%), Basidiomycota (38.0%), and Mortierellomycota (9.5%), among which the abundance of Ascomycota significantly increased (< 0.05), whereas that of Basidiomycota and Mortierellomycota decreased (< 0.05). The abundance of species Mortierella humilis, Lactarius salmonicolor, and Russula sanguinea decreased, whereas that of Mortierella minutissima increased (< 0.05). The forests in different succession stages formed distinct fungal communities and functional structures (< 0.05). Functionally, the saprotrophs, symbiotrophs, and pathotrophs were the dominant groups in the conifer, mixed, and broadleaved forests, respectively. Soil pH and soil organic carbon were the key factors influencing the fungal community and functional structures during the succession. These findings provide useful information for better understanding the plant-microbe interaction during forest succession caused by forest disease. The studies on soil fungal communities in disease-driven forest succession are rare. This study showed that during the disease-driven forest succession, the soil enzyme activity, soil fungal diversity, and biomass increased along succession. The disease-driven forest succession changed the soil fungal community structure and function, in which the symbiotrophs were the most dominant group along the succession. These findings provide useful information for better understanding the plant-microbe interaction during forest succession caused by forest disease.
森林演替对于陆地生态系统的可持续森林管理至关重要。然而,人们对森林病害驱动演替过程中土壤微生物的响应知之甚少。本研究采用 Illumina Miseq 测序结合 FUNGuild 分析,研究了松材线虫病引起的从针叶林到阔叶林演替过程中土壤真菌生物量、土壤酶活性以及真菌群落结构和功能。结果表明,阔叶林在 C、N 和 S 循环中具有最高的真菌生物量和土壤酶活性,而针叶林在 P 循环中具有最高的酶活性。随着演替的进行,真菌多样性和丰富度显著增加(<0.05)。真菌群落主要由子囊菌门(42.0%)、担子菌门(38.0%)和毛霉门(9.5%)组成,其中子囊菌门的丰度显著增加(<0.05),而担子菌门和毛霉门的丰度则减少(<0.05)。物种Mortierella humilis、Lactarius salmonicolor 和 Russula sanguinea 的丰度减少,而 Mortierella minutissima 的丰度增加(<0.05)。不同演替阶段的森林形成了不同的真菌群落和功能结构(<0.05)。功能上,分解者、共生菌和病原菌分别是针叶林、混合林和阔叶林的主要类群。土壤 pH 值和土壤有机碳是演替过程中影响真菌群落和功能结构的关键因素。这些发现为更好地理解森林病害引起的森林演替过程中的植物-微生物相互作用提供了有用的信息。在病害驱动的森林演替中,对土壤真菌群落的研究较少。本研究表明,在病害驱动的森林演替过程中,土壤酶活性、土壤真菌多样性和生物量随着演替而增加。病害驱动的森林演替改变了土壤真菌群落结构和功能,其中共生菌是演替过程中最主要的类群。这些发现为更好地理解森林病害引起的森林演替过程中的植物-微生物相互作用提供了有用的信息。