Data from: Stronger dispersal potential of alkaline phosphatase-encoding bacteria ensures higher organic phosphorus mineralization rate
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Data_used_in_this_study.xlsx
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Abstract
Scientific theory largely neglects linkage between organic phosphorus (Po) mineralization rate and dispersal potential of alkaline phosphatase-encoding bacteria (PEB) containing the phoD gene. Different densities of substrates (i.e., compacted soils, culture media, and soil aggregates) were prepared and molecular tools were used to unveil relationship between dispersal potential of PEB and Po mineralization rate. According to morphological observations and ecological studies, we found that the stronger dispersal potential of PEB ensured a higher Po mineralization rate. Higher Po mineralization rates were found in soil microaggregates than in macroaggregates and silt + clay, and soil Po mineralization rate was related closely to P fractions distributed heterogeneously in aggregates. The phoD gene abundance was notably correlated with Po mineralization rate, and rare PEB mediated Po mineralization. The Bradyrhizobium as identified genus dominated in dramatically heterogeneous PEB community, and stochasticity (70.5–89.5%) affected more on community assemblages of PEB. The PEB showed a stronger dispersal potential in microaggregates than the other aggregates, as indicated by weaker community stability, stronger species replacement, higher migration rate, lower environmental constraint, and broader niche breadth. Overall, our results emphasize that a stronger dispersal potential of PEB ensure a higher Po mineralization rate, and these findings broaden our understanding of how PEB maintain landscape and function in soils.
README: Stronger dispersal potential of alkaline phosphatase-encoding bacteria ensures higher organic phosphorus mineralization rate
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.gqnk98sz2
Description of the data and file structure
The attached file contains all the data used in the paper "Stronger dispersal potential of alkaline phosphatase-encoding bacteria ensures higher organic phosphorus mineralization rate"
by Wan et al. 2024 - Functional Ecology
Files and variables
File: Data_used_in_this_study.xlsx
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Variables of data
There are three sheets in the attached Excel file.
Sheet 1. Data for compacted soils. We put data of organic phosphorus mineralization rate of experimental soils here.
Sheet 2. Data for culture media. We store data of halo diameter/incubation time and halo diameter/colony diameter
Sheet 3. Data for soil aggregates. We deposite data of soil physicochemcial properties, alkaline phosphatase activity, organic phosphorus mineralization rate, and phoD gene abundance
Abbreviations in sheet 3. TC, total carbon; SOC, soil organic carbon; TN, total nitrogen; TP, total phosphorus; Pi, inorganic phosphorus; Po, organic phosphorus; NAIP, non-apatite inorganic phosphorus; AP, total apatite inorganic phosphorus; TK, total potassium; AK, available potassium; Pmin rate, organic phosphorus mineralization rate.
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