Bacterial community diversity in the rhizosphere of nickel hyperaccumulator plant species from Borneo Island (Malaysia)

Séverine Lopez and Antony Van der Ent and Sukaibin Sumail and John B. Sugau and Matsain Mohd Buang and Zarina Amin and Guillaume Echevarria and Jean-Louis Morel and Emile Benizri (2020) Bacterial community diversity in the rhizosphere of nickel hyperaccumulator plant species from Borneo Island (Malaysia). Environmental Microbiology, 22 (4).

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Abstract

The Island of Borneo is a major biodiversity hotspot, and in the Malaysian state of Sabah, ultramafic soils are extensive and home to more than 31 endemic nickel hyperaccumulator plants. The aim of this study was to characterize the structure and the diversity of the rhizosphere bacterial communities of several of these nickel hyperaccumulator plants and factors that affect these bacterial communities in Sabah. The most abundant phyla were Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria and Actinobacteria. At family level, Burkholderiaceae and Xanthobacteraceae (Proteobacteria phylum) were the most abundant families in the hyperaccumulator rhizospheres. Redundancy analysis based on soil chemical analyses and relative abundances of the major bacterial phyla showed that abiotic factors of the studied sites drove the bacterial diversity. For all R. aff. Bengalensis rhizosphere soil samples, irrespective of studied site, the bacterial diversity was similar. Moreover, the Saprospiraceae family showed a high representativeness in the R. aff. Bengalensis rhizosphere soils and was linked with the nickel availability in soils. The ability of R. aff. Bengalensis to concentrate nickel in its rhizosphere appears to be the major factor driving the rhizobacterial community diversity unlike for other hyperaccumulator species. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science > QK Botany
Q Science > QL Zoology
Department: INSTITUTE > Biotechnology Research Institute (BRI)
Depositing User: NORAINI LABUK -
Date Deposited: 23 Jul 2020 09:47
Last Modified: 23 Jul 2020 09:47
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25672

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