Comparison of Crenarchaeal Consortia Inhabiting the Rhizosphere of Diverse Terrestrial Plants with Those in Bulk Soil in Native Environments

Authors

Marek K. Sliwinski, University of Northern IowaFollow
Robert M. GoodmanFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volume

70

Issue

3

First Page

1821

Last Page

1826

Abstract

To explore whether the crenarchaeal consortium found in the rhizosphere is distinct from the assemblage of crenarchaeotes inhabiting bulk soil, PCR-single-stranded-conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) profiles were generated for 76 plant samples collected from native environments. Divergent terrestrial plant groups including bryophytes (mosses), lycopods (club mosses), pteridophytes (ferns), gymnosperms (conifers), and angiosperms (seed plants) were collected for this study. Statistical analysis revealed significant differences between rhizosphere and bulk soil PCR-SSCP profiles (Hotelling paired T2 test, P < 0.0001), suggesting that a distinct crenarchaeal consortium is associated with plants. In general, phylotype richness increased in the rhizosphere compared to the corresponding bulk soil, although the range of this increase was variable. Examples of a major change in rhizosphere (versus bulk soil) PCR-SSCP profiles were detected for all plant groups, suggesting that crenarchaeotes form associations with phylogenetically diverse plants in native environments. In addition, examples of minor to no detectable difference were found for all terrestrial plant groups, suggesting that crenarchaeal associations with plants are mediated by environmental conditions.

Department

Department of Biology

Comments

First published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. v. 70 n. 3 (2004), pp. 1821-1826, published by American Society for Microbiology (ASM). DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1821-1826.2004

Original Publication Date

2004

DOI of published version

10.1128/AEM.70.3.1821-1826.2004

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, University of Northern Iowa, Rod Library

Date Digital

2004

Copyright

©2004 American Society for Microbiology (ASM). The copyright holder has granted permission for posting.

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Sliwinski, Marek K. and Goodman, Robert M., "Comparison of Crenarchaeal Consortia Inhabiting the Rhizosphere of Diverse Terrestrial Plants with Those in Bulk Soil in Native Environments" (2004). Faculty Publications. 13.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/bio_facpub/13