Torsvik V, Øvreås L. Microbial diversity and function in soil: from genes to ecosystems.
Bai, Y., Liang, J., Liu, R., Hu, C. & Qu, J. Metagenomic analysis reveals microbial diversity and function in the rhizosphere soil of a constructed wetland.
Nitrogen (N) availability is a driver of soil microbial diversity and function, and is affected by prescribed burning (N removal through volatilization) and fertilization (N addition).
Initially, culture-independent technologies and more recently the application of –omics in wastewater microbiology, have drawn a new view of microbial diversity and function of wastewater treatment systems.
Protozoan grazing alters microbial diversity and function in the rhizosphere and also strongly affects root architecture and root foraging abilities of plants.
The expansion of such sequence databases to incorporate gene annotation resources and pathway databases has empowered microbiologists to more fully explore microbial diversity and function.
One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine the effects of the introduction and cultivation of L. kaempferi on the soil microbial diversity and function.
Introduction of exotic plant species not only influenced plant community structure but also led to the changes of soil microbial diversity and function and the soil physicochemical properties (Kourtev et al. 2003; Mummey and Rillig 2006).
Chen et al. (2011) reported that the introduction and cultivation of Pinus elliottii significantly reduced the soil microbial diversity and function compared to those in the native Pinus massoniana forest in the same region.
However, the detailed mechanism of introduction of L. kaempferi on soil microbial diversity and function is worthwhile for further research, such as how the litter affects specifically the composition of microbial community and soil physicochemical properties and the response of composition and structure of microbial community to the litter of exotic species.
