Chitosan degradation and associated changes in bacterial community structures in two contrasting soils
Chitosan degradation and associated changes in bacterial community structures in two contrasting soils
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两种对比土壤中壳聚糖的降解和细菌群落结构的相关变化
DOI:
10.1080/00380768.2014.1003965
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发表时间:
2015
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2
通讯作者:
Akihiro Saito
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作者:
Ami Sawaguchi;Shouta Ono;Masaru Oomura;Kaori Inami;Yuta Kumeta;Kazuma Honda;Reiko Sameshima-Saito;Kazunori Sakamoto;Akikazu Ando;Akihiro Saito
Chitosan, a polymer of glucosamine, is one of the natural polysaccharides which are used as soil-amendment materials. We report here chitosan degradation and the corresponding effects on microbes in two distinctive types of soil. Having established a method to measure amounts of chitosan which was added to soil, the degradation of powdered chitosan in a sandy or a silty soil was investigated. In the chitosan-added sandy soil, chitosan amount and total carbon (C) content did not significantly change even after 30 d. In contrast, chitosan added to the silty soil decreased to less than half of the initial amount (50 mg g−1soil) after 10 d incubation at 25°C and seemed to be completely consumed after 30 d. Total carbon and nitrogen (N) contents also declined according to the chitosan decrement, whereas the C/N ratio did not alter. Ammonium nitrogen was increasing over 0.7 mg N g−1soil, during the 11 d after the addition of chitosan. 16S rRNA gene-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-denaturant gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis revealed that addition of chitosan caused drastic alteration of bacterial community structure in the silty soil, in contrast to fewer changes in the sandy soil. Nucleotide sequence analysis following DGGE revealed that actinobacteria belonging to generaStreptomycesandKitasatosporastrongly increased within 4 d after the addition of chitosan to the silty soil. Seven out of eight chitosan-degrading bacteria, isolated from the silty soil 10 d after the addition of chitosan, were identified to beStreptomycetes, based on the nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene. Among them, two strains, AMI7 and AMI10, exhibited identical nucleotide sequences with those detected in the PCR-DGGE analysis. The data strongly implied that those atcinobacterial genera,Streptomycesand probablyKitasatospora, are involved in the initial degradation process of chitosan in the silty soil. The presence and quantity of these genera may influence the chitosan degradation rate in soil.