NDLI: Biochemical characterization with detection and expression of bacterial β-glucosidase encoding genes of a Mediterranean soil under different long-term management practices

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Author	Cañizares, Rosa More, Beatriz Benitez, Emilio
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Mediterranean agroecosystems are particularly vulnerable to soil degradation, and alterations in ecosystem services need to be predicted using appropriate approaches. In the present work, we perform an integrated assessment of soils under different long-term management practices—tillage vs. covered soils—under semiarid conditions by using a complementary soil biochemical, genomic, and transcriptomic approach. Dehydrogenase, β-glucosidase, phosphatase, urease and arylsulphatase activities were determined, as well as both overall and metabolically active bacterial population number and community structure. In addition, this is the first report linking β-glucosidase activity with genes encoding bacterial β-glucosidases in soil, a key enzyme involved in soil–carbon cycle. In our work, data on bacterial biomass or β-glucosidase gene copy number has provided no additional information regarding the effect of management or profile depth on soil bacteria behaviour other than those derived from traditional biochemical methods measuring overall microbial activity potential. Nevertheless, a different trend resulted when gene transcripts were considered pointing to the relevance of using RNA-related properties as sensitive indicators of bacterial physiological state in semiarid soils. The results evidenced the influence of management and soil depth on the expression of bacterial β-glucosidase genes, which was by no means related to available C-nutrients. The results also pointed out overexpression of ribosomal RNA genes in tillage soils. This fact was not an indication of higher bacterial biomass but probably the response of the bacterial community to stressed conditions. Consequence of this would be the positive effect of spontaneous cover crops on soil biological stability, where bacterial metabolic expense was much lower.
Starting Page	651
Ending Page	663
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01782762
Journal	Biology and Fertility of Soils
Volume Number	48
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	14320789
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-01-20
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Agroecosystem functioning Genomics Semiarid climate Soil enzymes Transcriptomics Vulnerable ecosystems Agriculture Soil Science & Conservation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Agronomy and Crop Science Soil Science Microbiology

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