Soil is a complex environment comprising the basis for several ecosystem services, with many of them being connected to agricultural production. This complexity is reflected on the composition and functions of the hosted microbial life mainly responsible for the acquired services. Aim of the described studies was to explore microbial community responses to ecosystem services related human intervention in agricultural soils. Total prokaryotic diversity was studied in soils of common origin, which diverged in properties during the late 6-7 centuries due to different land use and management. For achieving this, related DNA markers were screened with high throughput sequencing. Cultivated environments had increased diversity compared to more natural soils. Factors potentially affecting the microbial community structure were: soil disturbance events; available nutrients; and microbial dormancy. In a second approach, ammonia oxidizing prokaryotes were used as biomarkers for studying stress effects caused by humidity and increased zinc concentrations and also the presence of organic pesticides in soil and litter respectively. In both referred cases the studied microbial guilds responded to the applied stresses showing strain or taxon level functional redundancy potentials, and tolerance variability. Overall, results show that human intervention is determining for the prokaryotic structure and functions in agricultural soils.
Il suolo è un ambiente complesso che è alla base di molteplici servizi ecosistemici per la produzione agricola. Questa complessità è riflessa nella composizione e nelle funzioni degli organismi microbici coinvolti. Lo scopo di questa tesi è stato quello di esplorare le risposte della comunità microbica all’intervento dell’uomo in suoli agricoli. Lo studio ha coinvolto suoli di comune origine, modificatisi negli ultimi 6-700 anni a causa di differente uso e gestione agronomica del suolo. Per ottenere questo risultato, il DNA del suolo è stato analizzato con tecniche di sequenziamento avanzato. I risultati indicano che i suoli disturbati sono più diversi rispetto ai suoli naturali. I fattori che influenzano la comunità microbica sono il disturbo, la disponibilità di nutrienti e la dormienza microbica. In un altro esperimento, a carico di batteri ammonio ossidanti, si sono studiati gli effetti di diversi stress come l’umidità e la concentrazione di zinco nel suolo o la presenza di pesticidi nella lettiera. In tutte queste situazioni i batteri hanno mostrato una ridondanza e una variabilità che permettono di rispondere agli stress. In conclusione i risultati di questa tesi dimostrano che l’intervento umano è responsabile nel determinare la struttura e le funzioni della comunità procariotica dei suoli.
VASILEIADIS, SOTIRIOS, REFLECTIONS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON AGRICULTURAL-SOIL PHYLOGENETIC AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF PROKARYOTES Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based approaches in prokaryotic ecology, TREVISAN, MARCO, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Piacenza:Ciclo XXIV [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/285497]
REFLECTIONS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON AGRICULTURAL-SOIL PHYLOGENETIC AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF PROKARYOTES Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based approaches in prokaryotic ecology
Vasileiadis, Sotirios
2012
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Soil is a complex environment comprising the basis for several ecosystem services, with many of them being connected to agricultural production. This complexity is reflected on the composition and functions of the hosted microbial life mainly responsible for the acquired services. Aim of the described studies was to explore microbial community responses to ecosystem services related human intervention in agricultural soils. Total prokaryotic diversity was studied in soils of common origin, which diverged in properties during the late 6-7 centuries due to different land use and management. For achieving this, related DNA markers were screened with high throughput sequencing. Cultivated environments had increased diversity compared to more natural soils. Factors potentially affecting the microbial community structure were: soil disturbance events; available nutrients; and microbial dormancy. In a second approach, ammonia oxidizing prokaryotes were used as biomarkers for studying stress effects caused by humidity and increased zinc concentrations and also the presence of organic pesticides in soil and litter respectively. In both referred cases the studied microbial guilds responded to the applied stresses showing strain or taxon level functional redundancy potentials, and tolerance variability. Overall, results show that human intervention is determining for the prokaryotic structure and functions in agricultural soils.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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