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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Microbiology

Background:

  • Climate change factors like rising atmospheric CO2 and warming are known to alter ecosystem properties.
  • The response of soil microbial communities, crucial for ecosystem processes, to these changes remains unpredictable.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the direct and interactive effects of climate change factors on soil fungal and bacterial communities.
  • To assess how atmospheric CO2 concentration, temperature, and precipitation influence microbial abundance and composition.

Main Methods:

  • A multifactor climate change experiment was conducted on a constructed old-field ecosystem.
  • Treatments included varying atmospheric CO2 levels, temperature increases (+3°C), and precipitation regimes (wet and dry).
  • Soil fungal and bacterial abundance and community composition were analyzed using 16S rRNA and 28S rRNA gene sequencing.

Main Results:

  • Fungal abundance increased under warming, while bacterial abundance showed complex responses to warming and elevated CO2.
  • Precipitation changes significantly altered the relative abundance of bacterial phyla (Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria) and fungal community composition.
  • Specific lineages, such as soil clone group I, were particularly affected by precipitation changes.

Conclusions:

  • Climate change drivers and their interactions can alter soil microbial abundance.
  • Precipitation changes exerted a more substantial influence on microbial community composition than on overall abundance.
  • Terrestrial ecosystems may experience complex microbial community shifts under multifaceted climate change scenarios.