不同相伴阴离子对镉污染红壤微生物区系及群落功能多样性的影响

通过外加醋酸镉和氯化镉的室内培养试验研究了不同相伴阴离子对镉污染红壤中微生物区系及群落功能多样性的影响 .结果表明 :在相同镉浓度下相伴OAc-对镉污染红壤的细菌、放线菌和真菌数量及微生物群落功能多样性的抑制作用大于相伴Cl-.统计分析显示 ,在供试红壤中OAc-与Cl-对其微生物区系及微生物群落代谢剖面 (AWCD值 )、Shannon指数的影响均达到显著差异 (P <0 0 5 ) ,且在红砂土上表现更为明显 .外加醋酸钾和氯化钾的培养试验结果表明 ,阳离子为钾时 ,相伴OAc-与Cl-对红壤微生物区系结构及群落功能多样性没有产生明显抑制作用 ,相伴OAc-甚至存在一定的刺激作用 .可见 ,相伴OAc-对镉污染红壤微生物的毒害作用大于相伴Cl-,其原因并非是阴离子本身的毒性效应 ,而镉的生物有效性变化可能是不同相伴阴离子镉盐导致毒性差异的原因之一 .     

Soil resource availability impacts microbial response to organic carbon and inorganic nitrogen inputs

Impacts of newly added organic carbon （C） and inorganic nitrogen （N） on the microbial utilization of soil organic matter are important in determining the future C balance of terrestrial ecosystems. We examined microbial responses to cellulose and ammonium nitrate additions in three soils with very different C and N availability. These soils included an organic soil（ 14.2% total organic C, with extremely high extractable N and low labile C）, a forest soi1（4.7% total organic C, with high labile C and extremely low extractable N）, and a grassland soil（1.6% total organic C, with low extractable N and labile C）. While cellulose addition alone significantly enhanced microbial respiration and biomass C and N in the organic and grassland soils, it accelerated only the microbial respiration in the highly-N limited forest soil. These results indicated that when N was not limited, C addition enhanced soil respiration by stimulating both microbial growth and their metabolic activity, New C inputs lead to elevated C release in all three soils, and the magnitude of the enhancement was higher in the organic and grassland soils than the forest soil. The addition of cellulose plus N to the forest and grassland soils initially increased the microbial biomass and respiration rates, but decreased the rates as time progressed. Compared to cellulose addition alone, cellulose plus N additions increased the total C-released in the grassland soil, but not in the forest soil. The enhancement of total C- released induced by C and N addition was less than 50% of the added-C in the forest soil after 96 d of incubation, in contrast to 87.5% and 89.0% in the organic and grassland soils. These results indicate that indigenous soil C and N availability substantially impacts the allocation of organic C for microbial biomass growth and/or respiration, potentially regulating the turnover rates of the new organic C inputs.     

Effect of acetate on lead toxicity to microbial biomass in a red soil

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长期施肥对水稻土耕层微生物生物量氮和有机氮组分的影响

以亚热带2个国家级稻田土壤肥力变化长期定位监测点的土样为对象,研究了长期施肥对土壤微生物生物量氮(B_N)和有机氮组分的影响.采用氯仿熏蒸-K₂SO₄提取法和酸水解-蒸馏法分别对耕层土壤微生物生物量氮和有机氮组分进行了测定.结果表明,经过17a的有机无机肥配合施用,土壤氮含量水平较低的宁乡点,土壤全氮平均每年增加约40 　mg·kg^－1,而土壤氮含量水平较高的南县点,平均每年增加约55 　mg·kg^－1.有机无机肥长期配合施用也提高了土壤微生物生物量氮和微生物生物量氮占全氮的比例;同时也显著增加酸解性氮及氨基酸态氮、酸解未知氮的含量.此外,土壤酸解性氮及其组分均与微生物生物量氮存在极显著的正相关关系,其中氨基酸态氮和酸解未知氮对微生物生物量氮的影响最大.研究表明,有机无机肥配施是使稻田土壤氮素含量提高的重要措施,有机无机肥配施促进了土壤氮库的积累,即易矿化和较难矿化2部分氮库同时增加.     

生物质炭对双季稻水稻土微生物生物量碳、氮及可溶性有机碳氮的影响

生物质炭可影响土壤微生物量,但生物质炭对双季稻田土壤微生物生物量碳、氮(MBC、MBN)及可溶性有机碳、氮(DOC、DON)的影响还不清楚.基于此,本研究选取亚热带2种典型双季稻田土壤(花岗岩母质发育的水稻土S1和第四纪红壤发育的水稻土S2)作为研究对象,开展室内培养试验来研究不施氮肥条件下生物质炭添加对土壤微生物生物量碳、氮及可溶性有机碳、氮的影响.每种土壤设置3个小麦秸秆生物质炭添加量,即土重的0%、1%和2%,分别用CK、LB和HB表示.培养70 d后,2种水稻土的MBC均值:S1为877. 03、832. 11和849. 30 mg·kg~(-1),S2为902. 94、874. 19和883. 22mg·kg~(-1). S1+LB、S1+HB和S2+LB均显著降低了土壤MBC均值(P 0. 05),这可能是由生物质炭吸附土壤有机碳及其他有机物,阻碍了微生物的生长而造成的. S1土壤中低生物质炭添加量较对照显著降低了土壤MBN均值(P 0. 05),降幅达9. 45%.生物质炭对S1土壤MBC/MBN均值影响不明显,但LB降低了S2土壤MBC/MBN均值(P 0. 05).由于生物质炭本身含有部分可溶性有机碳及其高p H值,添加到2种水稻土中均增加了土壤DOC均值,增幅分别达4. 42%～22. 20%和10. 57%～35. 47%.但生物质炭(除S2+HB处理)显著降低了土壤DON均值,这可能归因于生物质炭对土壤有机氮的吸附作用及生物质炭本身有机碳分解过程中对N的消耗作用.生物质炭显著增加了2种水稻土的DOC/DON均值,且随着生物质炭添加量的增加而增加.综上所述,在双季稻田土壤中单施生物质炭虽然可增加土壤可溶性有机碳,但对土壤微生物量有一定的降低作用,且会加重土壤氮亏缺状况.因此,在亚热带双季稻田中生物质炭应与化肥等配合施用.     

邻苯二甲酸酯复合污染对土壤微生态的影响

在实验室模拟条件下,通过测定土壤呼吸,w(PAEs)和微生物RAPD条带数,研究了邻苯二甲酸二甲酯(DMP)、邻苯二甲酸二乙酯(DEP)和邻苯二甲酸二辛酯(DOP)3种PAEs复合污染对农田土壤基础呼吸、微生物多样性的影响. 结果表明,PAEs污染初期的土壤基础呼吸被激活,但这种激活作用随着培养时间的延长而减弱,400 mg/kg组土壤基础呼吸最高;3种PAEs含量均有一定程度的下降,其中w(DEP)显著降低;试验终止时各组多样性条带的比例较预培养后有所增加(平均增加13%);不同处理组土壤微生物群落DNA序列Shannon-Weaver指数顺序为0 mg/kg>50 mg/kg>100 mg/kg>200 mg/kg>400 mg/kg. 可见,PAEs复合污染提高了土壤基础呼吸,但降低了土壤微生物多样性.      

3,5-二甲基吡唑对尿素氮转化及NO-3-Ｎ淋溶的影响

采用室内培养和田间试验相结合的方法,探讨了新型硝化抑制剂3,5-二甲基吡唑（DMP）对尿素氮转化及玉米田硝酸盐淋溶损失的影响.结果表明,DMP对尿素水解仅起短暂的抑制作用,但可在较长时间内显著抑制土壤铵的氧化,且随DMP用量的增加,抑制效应显著增强.培养第10 d时,DMP各处理 （0.002?5、0.01 及 0.025 g/kg）的土壤NH₊₄-Ｎ累积量分别比CK提高了5.17、9.36和11.04倍,而NO^-₃-Ｎ累积量于培养第14 d时差异最大,与CK相比分别降低了33.30%、61.19%和73.72%（p<0.01）.土壤NO^-_2-Ｎ只在尿素施用前期有少量累积,但第3 d DMP各处理土壤NO^-_2-Ｎ含量降低幅度达95.77%～96.13%;土壤矿质氮总量于10 d以后,随DMP用量的增加,显著降低,而DMP1处理的土壤微生物量N在培养14～56 d期间显著提高.连续2 a的玉米田间试验原位取土测定结果表明,2004和2005年,DMP的施用使作物根系密集层以下（40～100 cm）土层的NO^-₃-Ｎ累积总量分别比CK降低了28.77%和44.70%.因此,硝化抑制剂DMP与尿素配合施用是调控氮素转化、缓解氮肥污染的有效措施.     

Changes in enzymes activity, substrate utilization pattern and diversity of soil microbial communities under cadmium pollution

Heavy metal pollution has received increasing attention in recent years mainly because of the public awareness of environmental issues. In this study we have evaluated the effect of cadmium （Cd） on enzymes activity, substrate utilization pattern and diversity of microbial communities in soil spiked with 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 mg/kg Cd, during 60 d of incubation at 25℃. Enzyme activities determined at 0, 15, 30, 45, and 60 d after heavy metal application（DAA） showed marked declines for various Cd treatments, and up to 60 DAA, 100 mg/kg Cd resulted in 50.1%, 47.4%, and 39.8% decreases in soil urease, acid phosphatase and dehydrogenase activities, respectively to control. At 60 DAA, substrate utilization pattern of soil microbial communities determined by inoculating Biolog ECO plates indicated that Cd addition had markedly inhibited the functional activity of soil microbial communities and multivariate analysis of sole carbon source utilization showed significantly different utilization patterns for 80 and 100 mg/kg Cd treatments. The structural diversity of soil microbial communities assessed by PCR-DGGE method at 60 DAA, illustrated that DGGE patterns in soil simplified with increasing Cd concentration, and clustering of DGGE profiles for various Cd treatments revealed that they had more than 50% difference with that of control.     

土壤-青菜系统中铅污染对土壤微生物活性及多样性的影响

采用盆栽方法研究了青菜种植条件下2种不同类型的人为铅污染土(黄松田土和黄红壤)中不同处理对土壤微生物生物量、生理生态参数以及群落结构的影响.结果表明,2种土壤在外源铅含量为100和300 mg·kg-1时,土壤微生物生物量有微小增加,而高浓度铅污染使土壤微生物生物量显著降低.在高浓度铅污染土壤中,微生物生理生态参数发生明显变化,微生物生物量碳/土壤有机质碳(Cmic/Corg)逐渐下降,代谢熵(qco2)明显上升,表明土壤微生物群落处于胁迫状态.结果还显示,铅污染对土壤微生物的影响与不同的管理方式(青菜种植情况)以及土壤中有机质、粘粒含量等有关,在种植青菜、有机质和粘粒含量高的土壤中,土壤微生物各项参数变化要小.对21种磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)的图谱进行分析,结果表明,受铅污染土壤的微生物群落结构组成伴随着功能参数的变化而发生了改变;随着铅污染程度的增强,指示真菌和放线菌类的脂肪酸增加,而革兰氏阳性菌与革兰氏阴性菌脂肪酸比值下降.     

Effects of heavy metal pollution on soil microbial biomass

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有机物料对紫色土微生物量碳、氮及氮素供应的影响

以猪粪沼渣(PM)、牛粪沼渣(CM)、污泥堆肥(SC)、农村生活垃圾堆肥(RWC1)、农村生活垃圾与污泥的堆肥产物(污泥比例20%,RWC2)为材料,采用培养试验和盆栽试验研究了有机物料对酸性紫色土和石灰性紫色土中微生物量碳(MBC)、氮(MBN)含量及玉米幼苗氮吸收的影响.结果表明,有机物料使酸性和石灰性紫色土MBC含量分别提高了53. 63%～102. 91%和12. 14%～137. 00%,有机物料分解愈慢、碳氮比(C/N)愈高,土壤MBC愈大;而MBN含量分别提高了23. 37%～150. 08%和35. 02%～160. 02%,受物料的有机氮形态影响.两种土壤MBC/MBN随物料C/N的升高总体降低,高C/N物料有利于MBN的长期维持.除牛粪沼渣外,有机物料均可提高两种紫色土中玉米幼苗的生物量及氮吸收量,提高幅度为SC PM RWC2 RWC1,但其对氮素吸收的促进效果不及化肥.牛粪沼渣对玉米幼苗氮吸收的抑制作用与其较高的C/N有关,而其余物料的促进作用随MBC/MBN降低而增高.因此,有机物料对氮素吸收利用的影响不仅与其性质有关,也与其对土壤MBC/MBN的作用有关.     

Aging effect on the mobility and bioavailability of copper in soil

Aging effect on the mobility and bioavailability of copper (Cu) was investigated using a spiked soil with different incubation periods from 3 to 56 d. Wheat was planted and earthworm was cultured separately in the incubated soils. The mobility of Cu in soil was evaluated by a chemical fractionation scheme and the toxicity and bioavailability were assessed by measuring the biomass and Cu concentration in tissues. Results showed that aging had a significant effect on Cu fraction distribution, of which Cu tended to incorporate from the exchangeable into more stable fractions such as the reducible and oxidisable fractions. However, aging had little effect on Cu bioavailability to wheat and earthworms. Comparing the soil being incubated for 3 d and 56 d, Cu concentration in wheat roots decreased from 14.5 to 12.8 mg/kg, and no significant changes in Cu concentration were observed in both wheat shoots and earthworms. The Cu concentration was around 2.0 and 50 mg/kg for wheat shoots and earthworms, respectively, irrespective of soil incubation time. The CaCl2-extractable Cu had a linear relationship with Cu concentration in wheat roots (R2 = 0.65, P < 0.05), but no linear relationship can be found for wheat shoots and earthworms. Biological control may be more crucial for Cu accumulation in organism than the changes in soil Cu fraction caused by aging.     

不同种类食细菌线虫对石油污染土壤微生物的影响

通过在石油污染土壤中接种不同种类食细菌线虫,探究土壤微生物活性和多样性的变化.本试验设置5个处理：杀灭线虫土壤（NFS）、石油污染土壤（SP）、在石油污染土壤中分别接种不同线虫,即秀丽隐杆线虫（Caenorhabditis elegans,SPN1）、头叶属线虫（Cephalobus persegnis,SPN2）和小杆属线虫（Rhabditis marina,SPN3）.结果表明,经过168d试验,和NFS相比,SP的土壤基础呼吸和脲酶活性增大,而微生物量碳含量和蔗糖酶活性减小.和SP相比,SPN1、SPN2、SPN3的基础呼吸增大,微生物量碳减少了34.59%~72.48%,蔗糖酶活性增加了15.66%~22.89%.SP、SPN1、SPN2和SPN3的微生物的丰富度（S）分别下降了5.00,7.25,2.50和9.75,Shannon-Wiener指数（H'）分别显著下降了0.18,0.15,0.15和0.23.不同种类的食细菌线虫可通过捕食作用对石油污染土壤微生物活性及多样性产生影响并有种间差异,有利于提高石油污染土壤微生物活性,促进石油降解.     

鄱阳湖湿地土壤酶及微生物生物量的剖面分布特征

为探明淡水沼泽湿地土壤微生物功能活性随土壤剖面深度的变化,以鄱阳湖区内典型的苔草湿地土壤为研究对象,选择剖面深度为1 m共5层(0~20、>20~40、>40~60、>60~80、>80~100 cm)的土壤,对土壤酶[Bglu(β-葡萄糖苷酶)、NAG(乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶)、Bxyl(β-木糖苷酶)、Phos(酸性磷酸酶)、Phox(酚氧化酶)、Pero(过氧化物酶)]活性、w(MBC)(微生物生物量碳含量)和w(MBN)(微生物生物量氮含量)及土壤理化性质进行研究.结果表明,代表微生物功能活性的土壤酶和w(MBC)、w(MBN)均随着剖面深度的增加而逐渐降低,表层(0~20 cm)土壤中的酶活性和w(MBC)、w(MBN)均显著高于深层土壤.值得注意的是,不同土壤酶活性随着剖面深度的变化规律不一,但总体酶活性在土壤深度为>40~60 cm时达到稳定,并且仍都具有较高活性;表层土壤中w(MBC)为65.58~161.90 mg/kg,w(MBN)为7.39~16.28 mg/kg,二者占所研究剖面土壤总微生物碳氮含量的51%~69%.进一步的相关性分析发现,土壤微生物功能特性与有机质AFDM(去灰分干重)、w(TOC)、w(TN)、含水量及pH存在显著的相关性,其中土壤w(TOC)、w(TN)是影响鄱阳湖湿地土壤微生物数量和活性的最主要因素.研究显示,土壤深度对湿地土壤微生物功能特性及土壤性质具有显著影响,表层土壤中微生物功能活性最高,但湿地深层土壤中仍存在大量的微生物,由微生物参与的代谢活动仍然活跃,深层土壤微生物功能特性不容忽视.      

Effect of heavy metals on soil microbial activity and diversity in a reclaimed mining wasteland of red soil area

The microbial biomass, basal respiration and substrate utilization pattern in copper mining wasteland of red soil area, southern China, were investigated. The results indicated that soil microflora were obviously different compared with that of the non-mine soil. Microbial biomass and basal respiration were negatively affected by the elevated heavy metal levels. Two important microbial ecophysiological parameters, namely, the ratio of microbial biomass C（ Cmic ）/organic C（ Corg ） and metabolic quotient（qCO2 ） were closely correlated to heavy metal stress. There was a significant decrease in the Cmic/Corg ratio and an increase in the metabolic quotient with increasing metal concentration. Multivariate analysis of Biolog data for sole carbon source utilization pattern demonstrated that heavy metal pollution had a significant impact on microbial community structure and functional diversity. All the results showed that soil microbiological parameters had great potential to become the early sensitive, effective and liable indicators of the stresses or perturbations in soils of mining ecosystems.     

Topsoil organic carbon mineralization and CO2 evolution of three paddy soils from South China and the temperature dependence

Carbon mineralization and its response to climatic warming have been receiving global attention for the last decade. Although the virtual influence of temperature effect is still in great debate, little is known on the mineralization of organic carbon （SOC） of paddy soils of China under warming. SOC mineralization of three major types of China＇s paddy soils is studied through laboratory incubation for 114 d under soil moisture regime of 70% water holding capacity at 20℃ and 25℃ respectively. The carbon that mineralized as CO2 evolved was measured every day in the first 32 d and every two days in the following days. Carbon mineralized during the 114 d incubation ranged from 3.51 to 9.22 mg CO2-C/gC at 20℃ and from 4.24 to 11.35 mg CO2-C/gC at 25℃ respectively; and a mineralizable C pool in the range of 0.24 to 0.59 gC/kg, varying with different soils. The whole course of C mineralization in the 114 d incubation could be divided into three stages of varying rates, representing the three subpools of the total mineralizable C： very actively mineralized C at 1-23 d, actively tnineralized C at 24--74 d and a slowly mineralized pool with low and more or less stabilized C mineralization rate at 75-114 d. The calculated Q10 values ranged from 1.0 to 2.4, varying with the soil types and N status. Neither the total SOC pool nor the labile C pool could account for the total mineralization potential of the soils studied, despite a well correlation of labile C with the shortly and actively mineralized C, which were shown in sensitive response to soil warming. However, the portion of microbial C pool and the soil C/N ratio controlled the C mineralization and the temperature dependence. Therefore, C sequestration may not result in an increase of C mineralization proportionally. The relative control of C bioavailability and microbial metabolic activity on C mineralization with respect to stabilization of sequestered C in the paddy soils of China is to be further studied.     

外加营养源作用下微生物黏结剂对土壤团聚体的影响

通过室内培养实验研究了外加营养源条件下微生物黏结剂(真菌菌丝和微生物胞外多糖)对土壤稳定性的影响以及微生物在不同粒径团聚体中的分布.所加营养源分别为葡萄糖(以C计)和硝酸铵(以N计),实验周期为30 d.实验设计包括对照(0.5 mg.g-1)、CN5(0.5 mg.g-1,0.1 mg.g-1,C/N=5)、CN10(0.5 mg.g-1,0.05 mg.g-1,C/N=10)3个水平.结果表明,3个处理的土壤呼吸速率十分接近,最大值都在3.10 mg.(h.kg)-1左右,说明无机氮肥的施加短期内对葡萄糖的矿化作用不明显.除培养第5 d CK的大团聚体形成量(15.67%)显著低于CN5(25.32%)和CN10(24.63%)外,其余培养期间3个处理的团聚体含量总体无显著性差异,表明本实验中葡萄糖对微生物的影响较大,覆盖了施加无机氮的影响,从而导致团聚体含量之间差异不显著.     

不同温度下的土壤微生物呼吸及其与水溶性有机碳和转化酶的关系

为研究不同温度下的土壤微生物呼吸及其与水溶性有机碳(DOC)和转化酶的关系,设置了室内培养实验.采集南京市周边老山、紫金山、宝华山的土壤,研究不同土壤的微生物呼吸对温度升高的响应规律,并分析土壤DOC含量及转化酶活性.结果表明,不同土壤的累积微生物呼吸与土壤温度之间的关系均可用指数方程描述,其P值均达到极显著水平(P0.001),不同地点土壤的微生物呼吸温度敏感系数(Q10值)在1.762~1.895之间变异.累积土壤微生物呼吸的Q10值随着土壤温度升高表现出降低的趋势.培养后27 d土壤微生物呼吸的Q10值与培养后1 d的Q10值无显著差异(P0.05),这表明难分解有机质的温度敏感性与易分解有机质的温度敏感性一致.对于所有土壤而言,累积土壤微生物呼吸与DOC含量之间存在极显著(P=0.003)的线性回归关系,DOC可以解释累积土壤微生物呼吸31.6%的变异性.无论是单独分析不同土壤还是综合所有土壤的测定结果,累积微生物呼吸与土壤转化酶活性均存在极显著(P0.01)的一元线性回归关系,由此说明转化酶活性是衡量土壤微生物呼吸大小的一个较好的指标.     

水溶性有机物对草萘胺在土壤中吸附与迁移的影响

采用批次吸附试验和土柱淋洗试验,研究了绿肥和污泥中水溶性有机物(DOM)对除草剂草萘胺在黄棕壤和石灰性潮土上吸附和迁移影响.结果表明,供试DOM均能明显降低草萘胺在2种土壤上的吸附,促进草萘胺的迁移,在黄棕壤上效果更明显.在所研究的草萘胺和DOM浓度范围内,绿肥DOM(GM)都比污泥DOM(SS)作用显著.草萘胺的吸附等温线可用Freundlich方程定量描述.绿肥DOM和污泥DOM可分别使黄棕壤中草萘胺吸附量比对照处理(不加DOM)减少22.9%和11.3%,使迁移出土体的草萘胺总量提高了73.42%和26.87%,而使潮土中草萘胺的吸附量减少了9.5%和6.5%,迁移出土体的草萘胺总量增加了43.54%和28.29%.因此,农业土壤中溶解性有机物对农药环境行为有一定影响.     

Effect of copper on phospholipid fatty acid composition of microbial communities in two red soils

The phospholipid fatty acid （PLFA） composition was analyzed in two red soils experimentally contaminated with copper at different concentrations. The total amounts ofphospholipid fatty acids （PLFAs） in both red soils were significantly correlated with soil microbial biomass C and N, which decreased consistently with increasing levels of copper. The relative quantities of the PLFAs 17：0 （10 Me）, i16：0, il 5：0 and 16：1w5c, decreased with increasing heavy metal concentration, while those of cyl7：0, which is an indicator of gram-negative bacteria, increased. The Shannon index calculated from the PLFA data indicated that Cu addition in the red soils decreased the population diversity of soil microbial communities. Multivariate analysis of PLFA data demonstrated that high levels of Cu application had a significant impact on microbial community structure and there is a threshold metal concentration for PLFA composition. Comparatively higher toxic effect on microbial biomass and community structure were found in the red sandy soil than those in the red clayey soil. The differential effect of Cu addition on microbial communities in the two soils may be due to differences in soil texture and cation exchange capacity.