- Eurasian Journal of Soil Science
- Vol: 8 Issue: 1
- Does anthropogenic phosphorus input reduce soil microbial resource allocation to acquire nitrogen re...
Does anthropogenic phosphorus input reduce soil microbial resource allocation to acquire nitrogen relative to carbon?
Authors : Taiki Mori, Ryota Aoyagi
Pages : 54-59
Doi:10.18393/ejss.498039
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Publication Date : 2019-01-01
Article Type : Research
Abstract :We aimed to test if anthropogenic P input into ecosystems reduces microbial resource allocation to acquire N (and alleviate N shortage if any) because microbes no longer produce N-rich phosphatase for P acquisition. Literatures reporting the effect of P fertilization on C-acquiring (β-1,4-glucosidase, BG) and N-acquiring (β-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminidase, NAG, which also acquires C) enzymes were collected and synthesized. We predicted that P addition elevates BG:NAG especially in P-poor ecosystems because P addition alleviates N shortage and reduces the microbial resource allocation to acquire N relative to C. The synthesized data demonstrated that P fertilization occasionally reduced BG:NAG, which is inconsistent with the prediction. However, this might not mean that the initial hypothesis was rejected. Stimulated microbial activity and turnover by P fertilization could have caused microbes depend the C sources more on chitin (and peptidoglycan) compared with on cellulose because chitin (and peptidoglycan) is a main component of microbial body and re-provided through microbial turnover. The changes in C resources accompanied by the altered P availability may have largely influenced BG:NAG, masking the role of BG:NAG for indicating microbial resource allocation to C and N acquisitions.Keywords : β-1, 4-glucosidase (BG), 4-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAG), ecoenzymatic stoichiometry, phosphatase, phosphorus fertilization