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Differential response of archaeal and bacterial communities to nitrogen inputs and pH changes in upland pasture rhizosphere soil

Nicol, Graeme W., Webster, Gordon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9530-7835, Glover, L. Anne and Prosser, James I. 2004. Differential response of archaeal and bacterial communities to nitrogen inputs and pH changes in upland pasture rhizosphere soil. Environmental Microbiology 6 (8) , pp. 861-867. 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00627.x

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Abstract

Grassland management regimens influence the structure of archaeal communities in upland pasture soils, which appear to be dominated by as yet uncultivated non-thermophilic Crenarchaeota. In an attempt to determine which grassland management factors select for particular crenarchaeal community structures, soil microcosm experiments were performed examining the effect of increased pH, application of inorganic fertilizer (ammonium nitrate) and sheep urine deposition on both archaeal and bacterial communities in unmanaged grassland soil. As grassland management typically increases pH, a further experiment examined the effect of a reduction in pH, to that typical of unimproved grassland soils, on archaeal and bacterial communities. The RT-PCR amplification of 16S rRNA followed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis demonstrated a distinct and reproducible effect on bacterial communities after incubation for 28 or 30 days. In contrast, none of the treatments had a significant effect on the structure of the crenarchaeal community, indicating that these factors are not major drivers of crenarchaeal community structures in grassland soils

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Earth and Environmental Sciences
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN: 1462-2912
Last Modified: 04 May 2023 11:35
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/7548

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