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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2021, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3): 887-894.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202103.039

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Changes of soil bacterial community structure at the secondary successional stages in the Pinus yunnanensis forest

XU Fan-di, LI Shuai-feng, SU Jian-rong*   

  1. Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry/Pu’er Forest Ecosystem Research Station, State Forestry Bureau, Kunming 650224, China
  • Received:2020-08-26 Accepted:2020-12-16 Online:2021-03-15 Published:2021-09-15
  • Contact: * E-mail: jianrongsu@vip.sina.com
  • Supported by:
    Fundamental Research Funds of Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAFYBB2020ZA002) and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Yunnan Province (2019FB058)

Abstract: Soil bacterial diversity is a key factor for the maintanence of forest ecosystem function. Soil bacterial community would change along forest succession. We analyzed the variations of soil bacterial diversity and community composition at different successional stages in the Pinus yunnanensis forest, which would help understand the mechanism underlying forest restoration. We investigated soil bacterial diversity, community composition, and effect factors at different successional stages (including coniferous forest, mixed coniferous and broadleaf forest, and evergreen broadleaf forest) using Illumina Hiseq platform. The results showed that OTUs, Chao1 index, Ace index, and Shannon index of soil bacterial community decreased with the process of secondary succession. The highest soil bacterial total OTUs, richness, and complexity appeared at early successional stage. Soil bacterial community composition varied across different stages, with the mixed coniferous and broadleaf forest showing largest variation. Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria were common dominant phyla at secondary successional stages. Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Patescibacteria were dominant phyla at the early successional stage, the abundance of which decreased with successional process in the P. yunnanensis forest. Proteobacteria and WPS-2 increased with the succession. Soil pH and tree species richness were key factors in driving soil bacterial community structure. The soil bacterial diversity decreased with forest succession, while the variations of soil bacterial community composition became larger.

Key words: bacterial diversity, community composition, high-throughput sequencing, plant diversity, soil nutrient