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The interaction between plants and microbes dominates plant growth and fitness in specific environments. The study of the relationship between plant genotypes and rhizobacterial community structure would provide a deep insight into the recruitment strategies of plants toward soil bacteria. In this study, three genotypes of 18-year-old mature poplar (H1, H2, and H3) derived from four different parents were selected from a germplasm nursery of Populus deltoides. Rhizosphere soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus properties as well as the 16S rDNA sequences of rhizobacterial communities were analyzed to determine the relationship between poplar genotypes and rhizobacterial communities assembly. The results showed there were significant differences in the diversity (Chao1, ACE index, and Shannon index) of rhizobacterial communities between H1 and H2, as well as between H2 and H3, but no difference between H1 and H3. Principal component analysis also revealed a similar structure of rhizobacterial communities between H1 and H3, whereas the rhizobacterial communities of H2 demonstrated significant differences from H1 and H3. Linear discriminant effect size analysis indicated that there were 11 and 14 different biomarkers in the H1 and H3 genotype, respectively, but 42 in the H2 genotype. Co-occurrence network analysis indicated that the rhizobacterial communities of H2 had a distinct network structure compared to those of the other two genotypes, whereas H1 and H3 had a similar pattern of co-occurrence network. Threshold indicator taxa analysis revealed that 63 genera responded significantly to NO3 --N content and 58 genera to NH4 +-N/NO3 --N ratio. Moreover, the stochastic assembly process was found to be decreased with increasing NO3 --N content and fluctuated with increasing NH4 +-N/NO3 --N ratio. All results indicated that the structure of poplar rhizobacterial communities were influenced by host genotypes, and available nitrogen might play a dominant role in the assembly of rhizobacterial communities. This study would promote the future selection and utilization of rhizobacteria in poplar breeding.
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The archaeal community structure in the rhizosphere soils might change with root growth, which is of great importance for understanding the interaction between roots and microbes. According to root colors, three groups of rhizosphere soils from first-order fine roots of poplar trees (Populus × euramericana) were sampled, including rhizosphere soils surrounding newly born roots (white color, WR), mature roots (yellow color, YR) and aged roots (brown color, BR). Total microbial DNA was extracted from the soils associated with poplar fine roots. The specific primers were used to amplify the 16S rDNA V4-V5 region of soil archaea, and the Illumina MiSeq platform was used for high-throughput sequencing analysis. The results showed that the observed OTU (operational taxonomic unit) abundance of archaeal community in WR and BR rhizosphere soils were similar, while the OTU abundance in YR rhizosphere soil were lower. The WR and BR shared 134 OTUs of archea, the YR and BR shared 87 OTUs, and the WR and BR shared 90 OTUs. The Chao1 index and the ACE index of archaeal community in YR rhizosphere soil were significantly lower than those of WR and BR, while the Simpson index and the Shannon index of BR were significantly lower than WR to YR. Results from the PERMANOVA analysis showed that archaeal community compositions in WR and BR rhizosphere soils were significantly different. Species annotation showed that there were 12 genera of archea in three rhizosphere soils, five genera in WR, 10 genera in YR, and six genera in BR, respectively. The similarity of the archaeal community composition in poplar rhizosphere soils gradually decreased from WR to BR, with large differences among different growth stages of fine roots. The dominant genus was Candidatus_Nitrososphaera, with a relative abundance of more than 70%, indicating this archaea group might be closely related to poplar fine roots development.
