ArticleCommunications biology2024
The role of halophyte-induced saline fertile islands in soil microbial biogeochemical cycling across arid ecosystems.
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- Variation in Soil Bacterial and Fungal Diversity, Community Composition, and Co-Occurrence Patterns Across Nearshore Islands in the Northern South China Sea.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Halophyte-Specific Rhizosphere Effects Drive the Differentiation of Microbial Community Assembly in a Desert-Grassland Salt Marsh.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Comparative Analysis of Rhizosphere Bacteria ofPolish journal of microbiology · 2026Article
- Hydro- and Xerohalophyte Species Drive Compositional and Functional Divergence in Bacterial Leaf Endosphere.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
- The hidden potential of archaea in carbon and nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils: a review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Interaction ecology and functional stability: a mechanistic framework for managing plant microbiomes in drylands.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Synergistic Effects of Partial Substitution of Sludge with Cattle Manure and Straw on Soil Improvement andPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Halophytes as holobionts: disentangling the contribution of plant genotype and environmental factors to the associated microbiome of hydro- and xerohalophytes.Current research in microbial sciences · 2025Article
- Soil-specific enzyme activity provides novel insight into the soil microbial necromass accumulation during sand dune fixation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Halophyte shrubs, prevalent in arid regions globally, create saline fertile islands under their canopy. This study investigates the soil microbial communities and their energy utilization strategies associated with tamarisk shrubs in arid ecosystems. Shotgun sequencing revealed that high salinity in tamarisk islands reduces functional gene alpha-diversity and relative abundance compared to bare soils. However, organic matter accumulation within islands fosters key halophilic archaea taxa such as Halalkalicoccus, Halogeometricum, and Natronorubrum, linked to processes like organic carbon oxidation, nitrous oxide reduction, and sulfur oxidation, potentially strengthening the coupling of nutrient cycles. In contrast, bare soils harbor salt-tolerant microbes with genes for autotrophic energy acquisition, including carbon fixation, H
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