黄河源区斑块化退化高寒草甸土壤细菌群落多样性变化

为研究海拔变化和退化过程中高寒草甸土壤细菌群落多样性的变化规律，利用MiSeq高通量测序技术，分析不同海拔活动斑块、非活动斑块、恢复斑块和高寒草甸土壤细菌群落多样性，利用冗余分析对细菌多样性和环境因子进行分析.结果发现，3种类型斑块中主要的土壤细菌门均是变形菌门（Proteobacteria）、放线菌门（Actinobacteriota）和酸杆菌门（Acidobacteriota）.细菌优势属为RB 41 、鞘脂单胞菌属（Sphingomonas）和慢生根瘤菌属（Bradyrhizobium）.RB 41 和慢生根瘤菌属相对丰度随海拔升高而下降，随斑块演替而增加，但3种类型退化斑块相对丰度均显著低于高寒草甸（P<0.05）.退化斑块土壤碳固定功能的细菌丰度，大于健康高寒草甸.不同斑块的细菌Chao1指数和物种数显著高于高寒草甸（P<0.05）.冗余分析发现，生物结皮盖度和全氮是海拔4013 m处细菌优势门的主要影响因子；生物量、全氮和pH对高海拔4224 m细菌优势门影响较大.生物量和全钾显著影响海拔4013 m的细菌属分布，海拔4224 m地区莎草科盖度和速效氮为细菌优势属的主要影响因子.生物结皮和pH对细菌多样性影响较大.不同海拔地区细菌的影响因子发生着较大变化，在研究细菌多样性变化的过程中，不仅要关注高寒草地退化的影响，还应考虑海拔高度的作用.

Changes in Soil Bacterial Community Diversity in Degraded Patches of Alpine Meadow in the Source Area of the Yellow River

MiSeq sequencing technology was used to investigate the bacterial compositions and diversities of active patch, non-active patch, recovered patch, and healthy alpine meadows so as to understand the changes in soil bacterial community diversity during altitude change and alpine meadow degradation. The relationship between bacterial diversity and environmental factors was analyzed using redundancy analysis (RDA). The results showed that the dominant bacterial phyla in the soil included Proteobacteria, Actinobacteriota, and Acidobacteriota in the study areas. The dominant bacterial genera that were identified via the MiSeq were RB41, Sphingomonas, and Bradyrhizobium. The relative abundance of these genera decreased with altitude increase and increased with the restoration progress of degraded patches but was significantly lower than that in the alpine meadow (P<0.05). The abundance of functional bacteria related to carbon fixation in degraded patches was higher than that in the healthy alpine meadow. The bacterial Chao1 index and species number in different types of degraded patches were significantly higher than those in the alpine meadow (P<0.05). The results of the RDA suggest that biological soil crust coverage and total nitrogen were the main influencing factors on dominant bacterial phyla at the altitude of 4013 m. Biomass, total nitrogen, and pH had a great influence on the dominant bacterial phyla at the altitude of 4224 m. Biomass and total potassium significantly affected the distribution of bacterial genera at the altitude of 4013 m. Sedge coverage and available nitrogen were the main influencing factors on bacterial dominant genera at the altitude of 4224 m. Biological soil crusts and pH had a great influence on bacterial diversities. The bacterial influence factors varied greatly at different altitude areas. Therefore, we should not only pay attention to the effect of alpine meadow degradation but also consider the effect of altitude in the study of bacterial diversity changes.