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Titel |
Investigation of the degradation of 13C-labeled fungal biomass in soil - fate of carbon in a soil bioreactor system |
VerfasserIn |
Michael Schweigert, Thomas Fester, Anja Miltner, Matthias Kästner |
Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2014
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Medientyp |
Artikel
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Sprache |
Englisch
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Digitales Dokument |
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Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 16 (2014) |
Datensatznummer |
250095903
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Publikation (Nr.) |
EGU/EGU2014-11379.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
Nutrient balances and degradation processes in boreal forests are mainly influenced by
interactions of plant roots and ectomycorrhizal fungi. Plants benefit from nitrogen
compounds provided by their symbiotic interaction partner. In return ectomycorrhiza are
provided by large amounts of carbon from the plants which is used for the synthesis of hyphal
networks in soil and for metabolic activity for nutrient uptake.
Therefore ectomycorrhizal fungi play a major role in ecosystems of boreal forests
and are consequently an important sink for carbon by building large amounts of
mycelia.
Recently, it has been shown that microbial biomass residues contribute significantly to soil
organic matter formation. This suggests that also residues of ectomycorrhizal fungi may be an
important source for soil organic matter formation in forest soils where these fungi
are abundant. However, the fate of ectomycorrhizal biomass residues in soils is
unknown.
We therefore investigated the fate of ectomycorrhizal biomass in soil in a bioreactor system to
quantify the contribution of this material to soil organic matter formation. As a model
organism, we selected Laccaria bicolor, which was labelled by growing the fungus on 13C
glucose. The stable isotope-labeled biomass was then homogenized and incubated in a podzol
from a typical forest site in Central Germany. The fate of the labeled biomass was traced by
analyzing the amount of 13C mineralized and the amount remaining in the soil. The fungal
biomass carbon was mineralized rather rapidly during the first 25 days. Then the
mineralization rate slowed down, but mineralization continued until the end of the
experiment, when approximately 40% of the 13C was mineralized and 60% remained in
soil.
In addition, we analyzed biomolecules such as fatty acids to trace the incorporation of the L.
bicolor-derived biomass carbon into other microorganisms and to identify potential
primary consumers of fungal biomass. By these analyses, we found a significant
incorporation of L. bicolor-derived carbon into a wide variety of different bacterial taxa,
indicating the relevance of fungal biomass residues for soil bacteria as a carbon
source.
In a later phase of the experiment, we will also trace the fate of soil organic carbon into the
fungal biomass and the plant partner (Picea abies). These results will provide a
comprehensive view of the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi and their residues on soil carbon
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