The soil samples were taken from different treatments including CK, P, NP, NPK, MP(manure + P), MNP(manure + NP), and MNPK(manure + NPK) in a Mollisol long-term fertilizer experimental site. Basic soil properties, phospholipid fatty acid(PLFA), acid(alkaline) phosphatase activities and soil microbial biomass C or N(SMB-C or N) were measured. The results showed that 26 years of the combined application of manure and chemical fertilizers had significantly increased the amounts of organic matter(OM), total nitrogen(TN), available phosphorus(AP), alkali-hydrolysable nitrogen(AN), and readily available potassium(RAK). Furthermore, the SMB-C, SMB-C/organic matter(OM) ratio, acid(alkaline) phosphatase activities and PLFA content of different microbial communities in manure treatments were higher than those of CK or chemical fertilizer treatments. Long-term application of NPK treatment obviously inhibited microbial activity, while single P or NP treatment had little effect on this arable Mollisol microbial community. Monounsaturated fatty acids-to-normal saturated fatty acids(MONO/NSAT) ratios in manure treatments were significantly higher than those of chemical fertilizer treatments or CK, while terminally branched saturated fatty acids-to-monounsaturated fatty acids(TBSAT/MONO) ratios exhibited extremely significant negative correlation with MONO/NSAT ratios and changed in a totally opposite way. Principal components analysis of PLFA showed that manure and chemical fertilizers affected microbial communities’ structure in a very different way. The loading values for the individual PLFA showed that fungal 18:261559;6,9 was significantly affected by chemical fertilizer treatments, while G+ i15:0, i17:0, i16:0 were liable to be affected by manure amendment.
BAI Zhen
,
ZHANG Ming
,
LIU Ning
,
ZHANG Xu-dong
. Effect of long-term fertilization on microbial community in a Chinese arable Mollisol
[J]. Journal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008
, 25(4)
: 479
-486
.
DOI: 10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2008.4.008