Paddy soil fertility shifts microbial metabolic quotient by regulating the selective enrichment of specific bacterial groups

The heterogeneous distribution of specific microbial taxa with diverse physiological traits, caused by changes of soil fertility level, controls community-level functions. However, how specific microbial taxa mediate community-level carbon (C) metabolic efficiency across various fertility conditions...

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Main Authors: Yali Kong, Jie Wang, Chunquan Zhu, Wenhao Tian, Lianfeng Zhu, Xiaochuang Cao, Yupei Chen, Xiaoxia Liu, Haimin Kong, Yijun Yu, Gengmiao Zhang, Junhua Zhang
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author Yali Kong
Jie Wang
Chunquan Zhu
Wenhao Tian
Lianfeng Zhu
Xiaochuang Cao
Yupei Chen
Xiaoxia Liu
Haimin Kong
Yijun Yu
Gengmiao Zhang
Junhua Zhang
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Jie Wang
Chunquan Zhu
Wenhao Tian
Lianfeng Zhu
Xiaochuang Cao
Yupei Chen
Xiaoxia Liu
Haimin Kong
Yijun Yu
Gengmiao Zhang
Junhua Zhang
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description The heterogeneous distribution of specific microbial taxa with diverse physiological traits, caused by changes of soil fertility level, controls community-level functions. However, how specific microbial taxa mediate community-level carbon (C) metabolic efficiency across various fertility conditions in paddy soils is limited. Herein we surveyed 114 paddy soils with distinct fertility conditions to assess the potential roles of specific bacterial taxa in regulating the soil microbial metabolic quotient (MMQ). Lower MMQ values were observed in high-fertility soils compared to low-fertility soils, indicating higher metabolic efficiency in high-fertility conditions. Our study further advanced that MMQ can be significantly predicted by the abundance of 30 specific bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs) using random forest mechine learning model. Compared to low-fertility conditions, high-fertility conditions exhibited an enrichment in the abundance of predictive OTUs classified into C-conserving groups, while depleting the abundance of OTUs classified into C-consuming groups. Furthermore, higher soil stoichiometric ratios (C:N, C:P, and N:P ratio), soil organic C (SOC) content, soil water content and lower pH, bulk density favored the enrichment of C-conserving bacterial groups under high-fertility conditions. Additionally, SOC content and cation exchange capacity significantly correlate with the abundance of C-consuming groups in low fertility. Taken together, this study reveals significant correlations between specific bacterial taxa and soil MMQ, highlighting how these taxa may influence C cycling processes under different fertility conditions, also suggesting their potential utility as bioindicators for precision paddy soil management strategies.
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spelling doaj-art-b0bc2afddd7448c48db12774590c39232025-08-20T02:19:48ZengElsevierGeoderma1872-62592025-05-0145711730310.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117303Paddy soil fertility shifts microbial metabolic quotient by regulating the selective enrichment of specific bacterial groupsYali Kong0Jie Wang1Chunquan Zhu2Wenhao Tian3Lianfeng Zhu4Xiaochuang Cao5Yupei Chen6Xiaoxia Liu7Haimin Kong8Yijun Yu9Gengmiao Zhang10Junhua Zhang11Chinese State Key Laboratory of Rice Biological Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China; Corresponding authors.Chinese State Key Laboratory of Rice Biological Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, ChinaChinese State Key Laboratory of Rice Biological Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, ChinaChinese State Key Laboratory of Rice Biological Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, ChinaChinese State Key Laboratory of Rice Biological Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, ChinaChinese State Key Laboratory of Rice Biological Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, ChinaZhejiang Cultivated Land Quality and Fertilizer Administration Station, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310020, ChinaZhejiang Cultivated Land Quality and Fertilizer Administration Station, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310020, ChinaZhejiang Cultivated Land Quality and Fertilizer Administration Station, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310020, ChinaZhejiang Cultivated Land Quality and Fertilizer Administration Station, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310020, ChinaAgricultural Technology Extension Center of Zhuji, Zhuji, Zhejiang 311800, ChinaChinese State Key Laboratory of Rice Biological Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China; Corresponding authors.The heterogeneous distribution of specific microbial taxa with diverse physiological traits, caused by changes of soil fertility level, controls community-level functions. However, how specific microbial taxa mediate community-level carbon (C) metabolic efficiency across various fertility conditions in paddy soils is limited. Herein we surveyed 114 paddy soils with distinct fertility conditions to assess the potential roles of specific bacterial taxa in regulating the soil microbial metabolic quotient (MMQ). Lower MMQ values were observed in high-fertility soils compared to low-fertility soils, indicating higher metabolic efficiency in high-fertility conditions. Our study further advanced that MMQ can be significantly predicted by the abundance of 30 specific bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs) using random forest mechine learning model. Compared to low-fertility conditions, high-fertility conditions exhibited an enrichment in the abundance of predictive OTUs classified into C-conserving groups, while depleting the abundance of OTUs classified into C-consuming groups. Furthermore, higher soil stoichiometric ratios (C:N, C:P, and N:P ratio), soil organic C (SOC) content, soil water content and lower pH, bulk density favored the enrichment of C-conserving bacterial groups under high-fertility conditions. Additionally, SOC content and cation exchange capacity significantly correlate with the abundance of C-consuming groups in low fertility. Taken together, this study reveals significant correlations between specific bacterial taxa and soil MMQ, highlighting how these taxa may influence C cycling processes under different fertility conditions, also suggesting their potential utility as bioindicators for precision paddy soil management strategies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706125001417Paddy soilFertility conditionMicrobial metabolic quotientSpecific bacterial group
spellingShingle Yali Kong
Jie Wang
Chunquan Zhu
Wenhao Tian
Lianfeng Zhu
Xiaochuang Cao
Yupei Chen
Xiaoxia Liu
Haimin Kong
Yijun Yu
Gengmiao Zhang
Junhua Zhang
Paddy soil fertility shifts microbial metabolic quotient by regulating the selective enrichment of specific bacterial groups
Geoderma
Paddy soil
Fertility condition
Microbial metabolic quotient
Specific bacterial group
title Paddy soil fertility shifts microbial metabolic quotient by regulating the selective enrichment of specific bacterial groups
title_full Paddy soil fertility shifts microbial metabolic quotient by regulating the selective enrichment of specific bacterial groups
title_fullStr Paddy soil fertility shifts microbial metabolic quotient by regulating the selective enrichment of specific bacterial groups
title_full_unstemmed Paddy soil fertility shifts microbial metabolic quotient by regulating the selective enrichment of specific bacterial groups
title_short Paddy soil fertility shifts microbial metabolic quotient by regulating the selective enrichment of specific bacterial groups
title_sort paddy soil fertility shifts microbial metabolic quotient by regulating the selective enrichment of specific bacterial groups
topic Paddy soil
Fertility condition
Microbial metabolic quotient
Specific bacterial group
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706125001417
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