Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Rhizospheric Bacteria Diversity Along an Altitudinal Gradient in South American Puna Grassland
2008
Lugo, M. A. | Ferrero, M. | Menoyo, E. | Estévez, M. C. | Siñeriz, F. | Anton, A.
Rhizospheric soil samples were taken from Puna native grasses along an altitudinal gradient. Biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and associated bacteria was analyzed considering altitude and grasses photosynthetic pathways (metabolic type C₃, C₄). Cultivation-dependent approaches were applied to obtain further information about the phylogeny of the dominating cultivable aerobic–heterotrophic bacteria communities present in rhizospheric soil samples. In average, the bacterial count ranged between 1.30 × 10² and 8.66 × 10⁴ CFU g⁻¹ of dry weight of soil. Individual bacterial colonies of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria grown on R2A medium were morphologically grouped and identified as typical soil bacteria belonging to the genera Bacillus, Pseudomonas, and Arthrobacter. Ten AMF taxa were found: Acaulospora sp., A. laevis, A. spinosa, Gigaspora sp., Gi. ramisporophora, Glomus sp., Gl. aggregatum, Gl. ambisporum, Gl. sinuosum, and Scutellospora biornata. AMF diversity decreased with altitude.
Show more [+] Less [-]AGROVOC Keywords
Bibliographic information
This bibliographic record has been provided by National Agricultural Library