articleThe ISME JournalAug 28, 2008BRONZE OA

Plant host habitat and root exudates shape soil bacterial community structure

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Abstract

The rhizosphere is active and dynamic in which newly generated carbon, derived from root exudates, and ancient carbon, in soil organic matter (SOM), are available for microbial growth. Stable isotope probing (SIP) was used to determine bacterial communities assimilating each carbon source in the rhizosphere of four plant species. Wheat, maize, rape and barrel clover (Medicago truncatula) were grown separately in the same soil under (13)CO(2) (99% of atom (13)C) and DNA extracted from rhizosphere soil was fractionated by isopycnic centrifugation. Bacteria-assimilating root exudates were characterized by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of (13)C-DNA and root DNA, whereas those assimilating…

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