Acidophilic denitrifiers dominate the N2O production in a 100-year-old tea orchard soil

Aerobic denitrification is the main process for high N2O production in acid tea field soil. However, the biological mechanisms for the high emission are not fully understood. In this study, we examined N2O emission and denitrifier communities in 100-year-old tea soils with four pH levels (3.71, 5.11, 6.19, and 7.41) and four nitrate concentration (0, 50, 200, and 1000 mg kg(-1) of NO3 (-)-N) addition. Results showed the highest N2O emission (10.1 mg kg(-1) over 21 days) from the soil at pH 3.71 with 1000 mg kg(-1) NO3 (-) addition. The N2O reduction and denitrification enzyme activity in the acid soils (pH <7.0) were significantly higher than that of soils at pH 7.41. Moreover, TRF 78 of nirS and TRF 187 of nosZ dominated in soils of pH 3.71, suggesting an important role of acidophilic denitrifiers in N2O production and reduction. CCA analysis also showed a negative correlation between the dominant denitrifier ecotypes (nirS TRF 78, nosZ TRF 187) and soil pH. The representative sequences were identical to those of cultivated denitrifiers from acidic soils via phylogenetic tree analysis. Our results showed that the acidophilic denitrifier adaptation to the acid environment results in high N2O emission in this highly acidic tea soil.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Environmental science and pollution research international - 22(2015), 6 vom: 02. März, Seite 4173-82

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Long, Xi-En [VerfasserIn]
Chapman, Stephen J [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Huaiying [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
K50XQU1029
Nitrates
Nitrous Oxide
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Soil

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Date Completed 06.07.2015

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11356-014-3653-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM242391168