Soil yeast abundance and diversity assessment in a hot climatic region, semi-arid ecosystem
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Yeasts are an important portion of microbial communities of soil due to their bioactivity for ecosystem safety. Soil yeast abundance and diversity are likely to be affected under harsh environmental and climatic conditions. In Iraq, human activity and climatic changes especially high temperature which may alter microbial communities in soil. Very little is known about yeast abundance and diversity in a hot climatic region.
Materials and Methods: By PCR technique, soil yeast abundance and diversity were investigated under extreme environmental and climatic conditions , as well as the effects of soil properties and vegetation cover in semi-arid lands.
Results: In all, 126 yeast strains were isolated and identified as belonging to 13 genera and 26 known species. The maximum quantity of yeast was 0.8 X 102 CFU g-1 of soil, with significantly varied in abundance and diversity depending on soil properties and presence of vegetation.
Conclusion: The results show that soil yeast abundance in these regions was significantly decreased. However, semi-arid lands are still rich in yeast diversity, and many species have adapted to survive in such conditions.
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3.Yurkov AM (2018). Yeasts of the soil–obscure but precious. Yeast, 35(5), 369-378.
4. Yurkov AM, Chernov IY, Tiunov AV (2008). Influence of Lumbricus terrestris earthworms on the structure of the yeast community of forest litter. Microbiology, 77(1), 107-111.
5. Abdullah SK, Al-Bader SM (1990). On the thermophilic and thermotolerant mycoflora of Iraqi soils. Sydowia, 42, 1-7.
6. Salman SA, Shahid S, Ismail T, Chung ES, Al-Abadi AM (2017). Long-term trends in daily temperature extremes in Iraq. Atmospheric research, 198, 97-107.
7. Hameed M, Ahmadalipour A, Moradkhani H (2018). Apprehensive drought characteristics over Iraq: results of a multidecadal spatiotemporal assessment. Geosciences, 8(2), 58.
8. Jabbar MT, Zhou JX (2013). Environmental degradation assessment in arid areas: a case study from Basra Province, southern Iraq. Environmental earth sciences, 70(5), 2203-2214.
9. FAO (2012). Iraq Agriculture sector note. pp. 17-42.
10. Kirchman DL, Morán XAG, Ducklow H (2009). Microbial growth in the polar oceans—role of temperature and potential impact of climate change. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 7(6), 451.
11. Karhu K, Auffret MD, Dungait JA, Hopkins DW, Prosser JI, Singh BK, Gouriveau F (2014). Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration rates enhanced by microbial community response. Nature, 513(7516), 81.
12. Chen J, Luo Y, Xia J, Jiang L, Zhou X, Lu M, Liang J, Shi Z, Shelton S, Cao J (2015). Stronger warming effects on microbial abundances in colder regions. Scientific reports, 5, 18032.
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36. Islam MM, Iqbal MS, Leemans R, Hofstra N (2018). Modelling the impact of future socio-economic and climate change scenarios on river microbial water quality. International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 221(2), 283-292.
37. Brady NC, Weil RR, Weil RR (2008). The nature and properties of soils (Vol. 13). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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46. Libkind D, Moliné M, Sampaio JP, Van Broock M (2009). Yeasts from high-altitude lakes: influence of UV radiation. FEMS microbiology ecology, 69(3), 353-362.
47. Fonseca A, Inácio J (2006). Phylloplane yeasts. In Biodiversity and ecophysiology of yeasts (pp. 263-301). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
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Al-atrash M, Khadur Z, Khadim A. Soil yeast abundance and diversity assessment in a hot climatic region, semi-arid ecosystem. Iran J Microbiol. 2021;13(3):418-424.
