title: Nitrogen addition shifts the microbial community in the rhizosphere of Pinus tabuliformis in Northwestern China.
abstract: Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition profoundly alters the soil microbial communities and will thus affect nutrient cycles. The effects of N availability on microbial community, however, are not clear. We used PLFA analysis to evaluate the effects of a gradient of N addition (0, 2.8, 5.6, 11.2, and 22.4 g N m-2 y-1) for three years on the rhizospheric microbial community of Pinus tabuliformis seedlings. The main factors influencing the community were quantified using structural equation modelling and redundancy analysis. At the microbial-community level, N addition increased the total phospholipid fatty acids content by increasing the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and root biomass. Increases in soil microbial biomass carbon and N, however, was attributed to the increased DOC, N content and decreased pH. At the microbial-groups level, Fungal, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF), gram-positive bacterial (GP) abundances and the GP:GN ratio first increased and then decreased with N addition. Nitrogen addition increased the abundances of bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes mainly by increasing the DOC content and decreasing root biomass. Additionally, the decrease of pH and ammonium N caused by N addition increased the fungal abundances and reduced actinomycete abundances, respectively. Nitrogen addition shifted the rhizospheric microbial community mainly by altering the DOC content and root biomass. The current rate of N deposition (2.5 g N m-2 y-1) benefits plant growth and increases the abundances of fungi, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, GP, actinomycetes and the GP:GN ratio.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Fenglian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.|Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Sha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Guoliang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D018533:Biomass; D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D028223:Pinus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D058441:Rhizosphere; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D009584:Nitrogen