Differential responses of soil bacteria, fungi, archaea and protists to plant species richness and plant functional group identity

• Published in: Molecular ecology Vol. 26; no. 15; pp. 4085 - 4098
• Main Authors: Dassen, Sigrid, Cortois, Roeland, Martens, Henk, Hollander, Mattias, Kowalchuk, George A., Putten, Wim H., De Deyn, Gerlinde B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2017
• Subjects: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Arbuscular mycorrhizas; Archaea; Archaea - classification; Bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Biodiversity; Community composition; Community structure; Composition effects; Ecosystem; Flowers & plants; Fungi; Fungi - classification; Germany; grasses; Herbivores; Herbs; Legumes; Microbial activity; microbial communities; Microbial diversity; Mycorrhizae - classification; mycorrhizal fungi; Plant communities; Plant community diversity; Plant species; Plants (botany); Plants - classification; protists; Rhizobia; roots; Soil analysis; Soil bacteria; Soil Microbiology; Soil microorganisms; Soil properties; Soils; species diversity; Species richness; α-diversity; β-diversity; Germany; plant community diversity; α-diversity; microbial diversity; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; rhizobia; β-diversity

Plants are known to influence belowground microbial community structure along their roots, but the impacts of plant species richness and plant functional group (FG) identity on microbial communities in the bulk soil are still not well understood. Here, we used 454‐pyrosequencing to analyse the soil...