Response of activity and community composition of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria to partial substitution of chemical fertilizer by organic fertilizer
- 8 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
- Vol. 28 (23), 29332-29343
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-12038-7
Abstract
Nitrite oxidation as the second step of nitrification can become the determining step in disturbed soil systems. As a beneficial fertilization practice to maintain high crop yield and soil fertility, partial substitution of chemical fertilizer (CF) by organic fertilizer (OF) may exert a notable disturbance to soil systems. However, how nitrite oxidation responds to different proportions of CF to OF is still unclear. We sampled soils from a 4-year field experiment subject to a gradient of increasing proportions of OF to CF application. Activity, size, and structure of Nitrospira-like and Nitrobacter-like nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) community were measured. The results revealed that with increasing proportion of OF to CF application, potential nitrite oxidation activity (PNO) showed a marked decreasing trend. PNO was significantly correlated with the abundance of Nitrobacter-like but not Nitrospira-like NOB. The abundance of Nitrobacter-like was significantly influenced by soil organic matter, organic nitrogen (N), and available N. In addition, PNO was also affected by the structure of Nitrobacter-like NOB. The relative abundance of Nitrobacter hamburgensis, alkalicus, winogradskyi, and vulgaris responded differently to the proportions of OF to CF application. Organic N, organic matter, and available N were the main factor shaping their community structure. Overall, Nitrobacter-like NOB is more sensitive and plays a more important role than Nitrospira-like NOB in responding to different proportions of OF to CF application.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFD0300908-02, 2017YFD0301307-05, 2016YFD0300205-03)
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