Bacterial succession on decomposing leaf litter exhibits a specific occurrence pattern of cellulolytic taxa and potential decomposers of fungal mycelia
Jazyk angličtina Země Velká Británie, Anglie Médium print-electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
PubMed
27543318
DOI
10.1093/femsec/fiw177
PII: fiw177
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- bacteria, cellulose, decomposition, fungal mycelia, leaf litter, succession,
- MeSH
- Bacteria klasifikace genetika izolace a purifikace metabolismus MeSH
- biomasa MeSH
- celulosa metabolismus MeSH
- dub (rod) metabolismus mikrobiologie MeSH
- houby klasifikace metabolismus MeSH
- koloběh uhlíku fyziologie MeSH
- lesy MeSH
- listy rostlin metabolismus mikrobiologie MeSH
- mikrobiota genetika MeSH
- mycelium metabolismus MeSH
- půdní mikrobiologie MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Názvy látek
- celulosa MeSH
The decomposition of dead plant biomass contributes to the carbon cycle and is one of the key processes in temperate forests. While fungi in litter decomposition drive the chemical changes occurring in litter, the bacterial community appears to be important as well, especially later in the decomposition process when its abundance increases. In this paper, we describe the bacterial community composition in live Quercus petraea leaves and during the subsequent two years of litter decomposition. Members of the classes Alpha-, Beta- and Gammaproteobacteria and the phyla Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Acidobacteria were dominant throughout the experiment. Bacteria present in the oak phyllosphere were rapidly replaced by other taxa after leaf senescence. There were dynamic successive changes in community composition, in which the early-stage (months 2-4), mid-stage (months 6-8) and late-stage (months 10-24) decomposer communities could be distinguished, and the diversity increased with time. Bacteria associated with dead fungal mycelium were important during initial decomposition, with sequence relative abundances of up to 40% of the total bacterial community in months 2 and 4 when the highest fungal biomass was observed. Cellulose-decomposing bacteria were less frequent, with abundance ranging from 4% to 15%. The bacterial community dynamics reflects changes in the availability of possible resources either of the plant or microbial origin.
Citace poskytuje Crossref.org
Forest Soil Bacteria: Diversity, Involvement in Ecosystem Processes, and Response to Global Change