Diversity and driving factors of rhizosphere bacteria in rubber trees based on metagenomic technology
[Objective]The present study aimed to analyze the diversity and composition of microbial communities in the rhizosphere of rubber trees and the environmental driving factors,so as to provide a scientific basis for optimizing the planting and management mode of rubber plantation.[Method]Metagenomic sequencing technology was used to analyze the community structure and diversity of rhizosphere bacteria and environmental factors from the perspectives of different ecological niches.[Result]In terms of species composition,a total of 150 phyla,240 classes,414 orders,809 families,3284 genera and 26 710 species of bacteria were detected,and the dominant phyla of rubber trees rhizosphere bacteria were Proteobacteria(39.05%),Actinobacteria(29.91%)and Acidobacteria(16.18%).The distribution of the community was visualized by principal coordinate analysis,and it was found that the distribution of rhizosphere and soil samples was signifi-cantly different,and the distribution of root surface bacteria and soil and rhizosphere bacteria was significantly different,which was also veri-fied by permutation multivariate analysis of variance(PERMANOVA).In terms of diversity,the diversity of bacterial communities in differ-ent parts of the rhizosphere of rubber tree was as follows in the soil>rhizosphere>root surface,and the Shannon index of α diversity was significantly different in soil and root surface(P<0.01),and the difference between rhizosphere and root surface was extremely significant(P<0.001).However,there was no significant difference between soil and rhizosphere(P>0.05).The α diversity of root surface bacteria was significantly different from that of the other two niche compartments.In terms of driving factors,linear regression analysis showed that bacterial α diversity was negatively correlated with pH and available potassium(AK)(pH:R2=0.53,P<0.001;AK:R2=0.20,P=0.005),which was positively correlated with temperature,precipitation and nitrate nitrogen(NN),and pH was the most important environ-mental factor affecting the diversity of bacterial α.RD A analysis showed that pH and season had the greatest impact on the diversity of bacte-rial β,and were the most important environmental factors affecting the diversity of bacterial β,and season,pH,total potassium,total phos-phorus,soil organic matter,ammonium nitrogen,nitrate nitrogen and available potassium were significantly correlated with soil bacterial communities in rubber plantations(P<0.05).[Conclusion]There were significant niche differences in the diversity and composition of bac-terial communities in the rhizosphere of rubber trees,and pH and season were the most important environmental factors affecting the diversity of microbial communities.