植物生态学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (5): 687-698.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2022.0124

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

叶际微生物对马尾松凋落针叶分解的影响

郑炀1,2, 孙学广1,2,*(), 熊洋阳2, 袁贵云1,2, 丁贵杰1,2   

  1. 1.贵州大学贵州省森林资源与环境研究中心/贵州省高原山地林木培育重点实验室, 贵阳 550025
    2.贵州大学林学院, 贵阳 550025
  • 收稿日期:2022-04-08 接受日期:2022-06-09 出版日期:2023-05-20 发布日期:2022-07-15
  • 通讯作者: * 孙学广: ORCID:0000-0002-7895-6702(xgsun@gzu.edu.cn)
  • 基金资助:
    贵州省科技计划项目([2018]5261);国家自然科学基金(31971572);国家自然科学基金(31500090)

Effects of phyllospheric microorganisms on litter decomposition of Pinus massoniana

ZHENG Yang1,2, SUN Xue-Guang1,2,*(), XIONG Yang-Yang2, YUAN Gui-Yun1,2, DING Gui-Jie1,2   

  1. 1. Guizhou Provincial Forest Resources and Environment Research Center/Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Plateau Mountain Forest Cultivation, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    2. College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
  • Received:2022-04-08 Accepted:2022-06-09 Online:2023-05-20 Published:2022-07-15
  • Supported by:
    Science and Technology Project of Guizhou Province([2018]5261);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971572);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31500090)

摘要:

叶际微生物作为最先定殖在凋落叶上的微生物类群, 可能直接参与凋落叶的分解。为验证此猜想, 该研究通过扩增子高通量测序技术和室内分解实验, 探究了马尾松(Pinus massoniana)叶际微生物多样性及叶际微生物对马尾松凋落物的分解影响。结果表明: (1)马尾松的叶际存在着丰富而多样的微生物群体, 针叶在凋亡后, 叶际微生物群落发生变化。成熟针叶、凋落针叶、分解层针叶共有大量可操作分类单元(OTUs)。(2)马尾松针叶分解过程可分为两个阶段: 快速分解期(前8个月)和缓慢分解期(8个月以后)。衰亡针叶(刚凋落但未接触土壤)叶际微生物可直接参与马尾松凋落针叶分解, 且分解速率表现为叶际微生物+土壤微生物处理>叶际微生物处理>土壤微生物处理。在马尾松针叶分解过程中叶际微生物与土壤微生物存在协同作用。(3)凋落针叶分解速率与木质素和纤维素分解速率呈极显著正相关关系, 但与木质素和纤维素分解酶活性无显著相关关系。木质素分解酶——多酚氧化酶与过氧化物酶活性极显著负相关, 纤维素分解酶——β葡萄糖苷酶活性与纤维二糖苷酶活性则呈极显著正相关关系。综上, 该研究结果表明叶际微生物可直接参与凋落针叶的分解, 且其对马尾松凋落针叶分解速率的影响高于土壤微生物, 这为进一步阐明马尾松凋落针叶的分解机理和后续分解过程中发挥主要作用的核心微生物组的发掘提供了理论依据。

关键词: 马尾松, 凋落物, 叶际微生物, 土壤微生物, 分解

Abstract:

Aims As the first colonizer of leaf litters, the phyllospheric microbes may directly participate in the decomposition of litters.
Methods To test this hypothesis, the diversity of phyllospheric microbes and their effects in needle litter decomposition of Pinus massoniana were investigated by employing high-throughput amplicon sequencing techniques and indoor decomposition experiments.
Important findings (1) There are abundant and diverse microbial communities in the phyllospheric microbes of P. massoniana, and the microbial communities changed rapidly along with needle senescence. A large number of shared operational taxonomic units were detected among samples of mature needles, litter needles, and decomposing needles. (2) The decomposition process of P. massoniana needles can be divided into two stages: the rapid decomposition period (the first 8 months) and the slow decomposition period (after 8 months). Phyllospheric microbes of the senesced needles (fallen but not in contact with the soil) could decompose needle litters, and the decomposition rates exhibited the trend of phyllospheric microbes + soil microbes treatment > phyllospheric microbes treatment > soil microorganism treatment. There are synergistic effects between phyllospheric microbes and soil microbes during the decomposition of P. massoniana needles. (3) The decomposition rate of needle litters was significantly positively correlated with those of lignin and cellulose, while not correlated with the activity of lignin or cellulose decomposing enzymes. For ligninolytic enzymes, the activity of polyphenol oxidase had a significantly negative correlation with peroxidase activity. Meanwhile, activity of ligninolytic enzyme β-glucosidase had a significantly positive correlation with cellobiohydrolase activity. In conclusion, the present results indicate that the phyllospheric microbes can directly participate in the decomposition of needle litters, and its effect on the decomposition rate of needle litters of P. massoniana is superior to that of the soil microbes. These results have advanced the litter decomposition theory and provided theoretical foundation for further investigation into the core microbiome participating in litter decomposition.

Key words: Pinus massoniana, litters, phyllospheric microbes, soil microbes, decomposition