Soil pH correlates with the co-occurrence and assemblage process of diazotrophic communities in rhizosphere and bulk soils of wheat fields

K Fan, P Weisenhorn, JA Gilbert, Y Shi, Y Bai… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biological nitrogen fixation contributes to the pool of plant-available N in both bulk soil and
the rhizosphere. Here we investigated the co-association and assemblage process of …

Long-term fertilization influences community assembly processes of soil diazotrophs

M Feng, JM Adams, K Fan, Y Shi, R Sun… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Unraveling the drivers of microbial community variation in response to different
environmental conditions is a major goal in ecology. Although diazotrophs play a dominant …

Temporal variation of diazotrophic community abundance and structure in surface and subsoil under four fertilization regimes during a wheat growing season

J Wang, D Zhang, L Zhang, J Li, W Raza… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is an initial process of the nitrogen cycle (Cleveland et al.,
1999) by the specialized microorganisms known as diazotroph. However, little information is …

Impact of 25 years of inorganic fertilization on diazotrophic abundance and community structure in an acidic soil in southern China

C Wang, M Zheng, W Song, S Wen, B Wang… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Although diazotrophs are important in the nitrogen (N)-cycle and contribute to the pool of
plant available N, the population response to long-term inorganic fertilization is largely …

Impact of fertilization regimes on diazotroph community compositions and N2-fixation activity in paddy soil

Y Tang, M Zhang, A Chen, W Zhang, W Wei… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nutrient status in soil is crucial for the growth and activity of resident microorganisms, which
in turn regulate nitrogen transformation in the terrestrial biosphere. Biological nitrogen …

Multiple factors drive the abundance and diversity of the diazotrophic community in typical farmland soils of China

LL Han, Q Wang, JP Shen, HJ Di… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Biological nitrogen fixation plays an important role in nitrogen cycling by transferring
atmospheric N2 to plant-available N in the soil. However, the diazotrophic activity and …

Seasonal variations in the diversity and abundance of diazotrophic communities across soils

MC Pereira e Silva, AV Semenov… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The nitrogen (N)-fixing community is a key functional community in soil, as it replenishes the
pool of biologically available N that is lost to the atmosphere via anaerobic ammonium …

Soil pH is a major driver of soil diazotrophic community assembly in Qinghai-Tibet alpine meadows

Y Wang, C Li, Y Kou, J Wang, B Tu, H Li, X Li… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The biological nitrogen input is essential for nutrient enrichment in natural grassland
ecosystems. This process is carried out by diazotrophic microbes. However, the patterns and …

Evidence for the functional significance of diazotroph community structure in soil

SF Hsu, DH Buckley - The ISME journal, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Microbial ecologists continue to seek a greater understanding of the factors that govern the
ecological significance of microbial community structure. Changes in community structure …

Autotrophic and symbiotic diazotrophs dominate nitrogen-fixing communities in Tibetan grassland soils

R Che, Y Deng, F Wang, W Wang, Z Xu, Y Hao… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biological nitrogen fixation, conducted by soil diazotrophs, is the primary nitrogen source for
natural grasslands. However, the diazotrophs in grassland soils are still far from fully …