Influence of vegetation in the spatial variation of microbial abundance in Monte desert, San Juan, Argentina
Keywords:
functional groups, enzymatic activities, vegetation patches, interspacesAbstract
Due to the lack of water, vegetation in desertic ecosystems is distributed in patches. Microorganisms associated to patches are important in plant growth because favor nutrients uptake, nitrogen fixation and organic matter decomposition; also release fundamental enzymes in nutrients cycle. The objectives of this work were to evaluate the abundance of microbial groups (bacteria, yeasts and filamentous fungi) and to detect and quantify bacteria with enzymatic activities in soils and leaves of Bulnesia retama, Larrea divaricata, and interspaces with bare soil areas; to establish relations between plant distribution and the functional groups of microorganisms involved in litter plant decomposition. No significant differences were detected in the abundance of bacteria and yeasts among all different microsites, although filamentous fungi abundance was higher in soil of patches associated to L. divaricata respect to bare soil areas. The percentage of isolated bacteria colonies that showed enzymatic activities (xylanolitic and amylolitic) was higher in patches of L. divaricata and B. retama than in interspaces. Isolated bacteria from leaves of L. divaricata showed xylanolitic, amylolitic and cellulolitic activities. It was found that abundance of bacteria in patches was higher than in leaves of canopies of the studied plants; it was also found higher percentage of bacteria colonies that showed at least one of the enzymatic activities involved in organic matter decomposition. The results suggest that there could be a relationship between abundance of some bacteria functional groups and the vegetation distribution.
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MAMILOV, ASH & OM DILLY. 2002. Soil microbial eco-physiology as affected by short-term variations in environmental conditions. Soil Biol. & Biochem., 34:1283-1290.
MARTÍNEZ CARRETERO, E. 1993. Regional development and desertification control through ecologicalk farming: three examples in Argentina. Desertification Bull., 23:35-38.
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NAKAS, JP & DA KLEIN. 1980. Mineralization capacity of bacteria and fungi from the rhizosphere-rhizoplane of a semiarid grassland. App. Environm. Microbiol., 39:113-117.
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PAVEL, R; J DOYLE & Y STEINBERGER. 2004. Seasonal patterns of cellulase concentration in desert soil. Soil Biol. & Biochem., 36:549-554.
PUCHETA, E; M LLANOS; C MEGLIOLI; M GAVIORNO; M RUIZ; ET AL. 2006. Litter decomposition in a sandy Monte desert of western Argentina: Influences of vegetation patches and summer rainfall. Austral Ecol., 31:808-816.
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SCHLESINGER, WH & AM PILMANIS. 1998. Plant-soil interactions in deserts. Biogeochem., 42:169-187.
SCHLOTER, M; O DILLY & JC MUNCH. 2003. Indicators for evaluating soil quality. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environ., 98:255-262.
SMITH, JL; JJ HALVORSON & H BOLTON. 1994. Spatial relationships of soil microbial biomass and C and N mineralization in a semi-arid shrub-steppe ecosystem. Soil Biol. & Biochem., 26:1151-1159.
SPENCER, DM; JFT SPENCER; E FENGLER & LI DE FIGUEROA. 1995. Yeasts associated with algarrobo trees (Prosopis spp.) in northwest Argentina: a preliminary report. J. Ind.Microbiol., 14:472-474.
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SPONSELLER, RA & SG FISHER. 2008. The influence of drainage networks on patterns of soil respiration in a desert catchment. Ecol., 89:1089-1100.
STEGE, PW; RC DAVICINO; AE VEGA; YA CASALIB; S CORREACI; ET AL. 2005. Antimicrobial activity of aqueous extracts of Larrea divaricata Cav (jarilla) against Helicobacter pylori. Phytomedicine, 13:724-727.
STRAHLER, AN. 1992. Geología Física. Editorial Omega. Pp. 510.
STRAUSS, MLA; NP JOLLY; MG LAMBRECHTS & P VAN RENSBURG. 2001. Screening for the production of extracellular hydrolytic enzymes by non- Sacchraromyces wine yeasts. J. Appl. Microbiol., 91:182-190.
TORRES, PA & A ABRIL. 2005. Microbial succession in litter decomposition in the semi-arid Chaco woodland. Soil Biol. & Biochem., 37:49-54.
TORO, ME; NP ORO; AD VEGA; MC NALLY; YP MATURANO; ET AL. 2005. Diversidad de levaduras en canopias y suelos asociados a Bulnesia retama y Larrea divaricata. Revista Argentina de Microbiología, 37:209-213.
TORSVIK, V; FL DAAE; RA SANDAA & L OVREAS. 1998. Review article: Novel techniques for analyzing microbial diversity in natural and perturbed environments. J. Biotechnol., 64:53-62.
VÁZQUEZ, F; MD VALLEJO HERRERA; LIC DE FIGUEROA & ME TORO. 2004. Extracellular hydrolytic enzymes produced by yeasts. Pp. 283-298 en: Spencer, JFT & ALR de Spencer (eds.). Environmental Microbiology. Methods and Protocols. Vol. 16, chapter 30. Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey. E-ISBN 1-58829-116-2.
VILELA, A; ML BOLKOVIC; P CARMANCHAHI; M CONY; D DE LAMO; ET AL. 2009. Past, present and potential uses of native flora and wildlife of the Monte Desert. J. Arid Environ., 73:238-243.
VISHNEVESTKY, S & Y STEINBERGERT. 1997. Bacterial and fungal dynamics and their contribution to microbial biomass in desert soil. J. Arid Environ., 37:83-90.
WEAVER, RW; JS ANGLE & PS BOTTOMLEY. 1994. Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 2. Microbiological & Biochemical Properties. N°. 5. Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Madison. USA.
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