Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2022, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (4): 457-467.DOI: 10.11983/CBB22040

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Characteristics and Function Analysis of Rhizosphere Bacterial Community of Endangered Plant Pinus dabeshanensis

Shi Shuiqin1, Qin Huaguang1, Zhang Jingjing1, Han Yu1, Yu Hao1, Peng Yining2, Yang Shao1, Wang Jiayi1, He Guangyu1, Qi Zehua1, Wu Wenjie2, Zhu Xingyu1, Rao Yuchun2,*(), Mu Dan1,*()   

  1. 1The Province Key Laboratory of the Biodiversity Study and Ecology Conservation in Southwest Anhui, School of Life Sciences, Anqing Normal University, Anqing 246133, China
    2School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
  • Received:2022-03-07 Revised:2022-05-30 Online:2022-07-01 Published:2022-07-14
  • Contact: Rao Yuchun,Mu Dan
  • About author:First author contact: These authors contributed equally to this paper

Abstract: Plant rhizosphere microbial community markedly impact on the healthy growth of plants, and each plant rhizosphere has its own specific microbial community. Pinus dabeshanensis was listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and it is very important for scientific research. In order to explore the characteristics and functions of rhizosphere bacterial community of this endangered species, high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics analysis on bacterial 16S rRNA were used. The results showed that the major species of rhizosphere microorganisms of P. dabeshanensis were Proteobacteria, Actinobacteriota, Acidobacteriota and Verrucomicrobiota. Network analysis showed that there were significant correlations among rhizosphere bacterial groups of P. dabeshanensis, Bryobacter, Bradyrhizobium and an unidentified genus TK10 were important nodes in the network. PICRUSt1 function prediction indicated that the microbiome functions mainly involved with amino acid transport and metabolism, cell wall/membrane/membrane biogenesis, energy production and conversion. The functional prediction of FAPROTAX showed that the dominant flora in the rhizosphere of P. dabeshanensis had functions enriched in such processes as chemical heterotrophic, cellulose hydrolysis, aerobic chemical heterotrophic and nitrogen fixation, which plays an important role in plant growth and development. The results of this study provide a research basis for cultivating healthy rhizosphere microbial flora for P. dabeshanensis, and for the development and utilization of microbial resources for a better growth of plants.

Key words: endangered species, Pinus dabeshanensis, rhizosphere bacteria, high throughput sequencing, flora characteristics