Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2024916 | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Impacts of divergent arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, Glomus intraradices and Gigaspora margarita, on denitrifying and diazotrophic bacterial communities of Plantago lanceolata in nutrient-limited dune soil were assessed. We hypothesized AM species-related modifications that were confirmed in respective bacterial nirK and nifH sequence polymorphism -based community clustering and community variance allocation. The denitrifying community appeared more responsive to AM fungi than the nitrogen-fixing community. Nevertheless, the main explanatory variable, in both cases, was plant age. We conclude that AM fungi can modify N-cycling microbial rhizosphere communities and future work should aim to verify the functional significance and mechanistic basis.
► Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) alter Plantago rhizosphere bacterial communities. ► The denitrifying community is more responsive to AMF than the diazotroph community. ► Plant age also shapes nirK and nifH community structure.