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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2018, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (12): 3969-3976.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201812.002

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Variation of soil bacterial diversity after the invasion of Phyllostachys edulis into Pinus massoniana forest

LI Wei-cheng1,2, SHENG Hai-yan3*, CHEN Wei-jie4, LIU Yao-yao2, ZHANG Rui2, WEN Xing1   

  1. 1China National Bamboo Research Center/Key Laboratory of High Efficient Processing of Bamboo of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310012, China;
    2College of Life Sciences, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China;
    3Hangzhou Environmental Protection Science Institute, Hangzhou 310014, China;
    4College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, China
  • Received:2018-06-27 Revised:2018-09-21 Online:2018-12-20 Published:2018-12-20
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the Cooperation Project of Zhejiang province and China Forestry Academy (2015SY06), and Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province (2016F50008)

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Abstract: To identify the variation in soil bacterial community diversity brought by the invasion of Phyllostachys edulis into Pinus massoniana forest, we collected mixed soil samples from three types of forests, including a pure Ph. edulis forest, a mixed Ph. edulis and conifers (P. massoniana) fore-st, and a mixed forest of evergreen broadleaves and conifers. Samples were analyzed by high-throughput sequencing for measuring the soil bacterial community diversity and structure. The results showed that the bacterial communities comprised of 511 genera, 160 families, 134 orders, 88 classes, and 39 phyla. The proportion of Acidobateria in the pure Ph. edulis forest was significantly lower and the proportions of Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, TM7, and Chlamydiae were significantly higher than that in other forests. Meanwhile, various genera showed significant differences in proportions in both the mixed forests when compared with their corresponding proportions in the pure Ph. edulis forest. There were 130 non-dominant genera presented alone in each of the two mixed forests, at proportions between 0.005% and 0.1%. The pure Ph. edulis forest had the lowest α diversity, while that of the mixed Ph. edulis and evergreen broadleaf forest was intermediate, and that of the mixed evergreen broadleaf and coniferous forest was the highest. The index of α diversity followed evergreen coniferous mixed forest > bamboo needle mixed forest > pure bamboo forest, and the diffe-rence between the mixed Ph. edulis and evergreen broadleaf forest and the mixed evergreen broadleaf and coniferous forest was insignificant. The PCoA results revealed that the invasion of Ph. edulis affected the population diversity and community structure of soil bacteria. There was a significant correlation between the percentage of non-dominant bacterial phyla in the soil (less than 0.1% of the proportion) and the soil environmental gradient such as water-soluble organic nitrogen and nitrate. Water-soluble organic nitrogen and nitrate had strong effects on the non-dominant bacterial population in the soil following the invasion of Ph. edulis into the P. massoniana forest. These findings would serve as important references for further related studies.