4.DIVERSITY OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION IN AWNING AND FORAGE SOILS OF NORTH GUJARAT BY RATNA TRIVEDI1 AND S.A. BHATT

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  • RATNA TRIVEDI AND S.A. BHATT

Abstract

Soil microbial communities are closely associated with plant communities, with potential
relationship. Plants can affect available soil carbon, temperature, and water content. Abiotic factors
have the potential effect on microbial community composition and function, thus plants can
control on microbial community composition may be overshadowed by annual climatic patterns.
We examined microbial community composition, C cycling processes, and environmental data in
awning soils and in forage soil areas of North Gujarat. We also studied distinguish factors that
controlling microbial community composition and function seasonally which are in association
with the two plant communities. Every 3 months for up to 2 years, we monitored microbial
community composition, microbial biomass, C:N ratio, microbial enzyme activities, and the
activity of microbial groups. In this semi-arid environment, plant had control on microbial
community composition and was primarily due to effects on soil water content, whereas the
change in available soil carbon was not a significant control on microbial community composition.
Microbial community composition was strongly related to intra-annual variability in soil enzyme
activities and C:N ratio, but microbial biomass was not. In this semi-arid region, soil microclimate
appeared to be the master variable controlling microbial community composition and function.
Community composition seasonally appeared to be due, in large part, to soil temperature.
KEY WORD: Seasonal dynamics, microbial community composition, microbial enzyme
activities, microbial biomass, awning soils, forage soils.

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RATNA TRIVEDI AND S.A. BHATT

DIVERSITY OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION
AND FUNCTION IN AWNING AND FORAGE SOILS OF
NORTH GUJARAT
RATNA TRIVEDI1 AND S.A. BHATT 2
1DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, SHREE RAMKRISHNA INSTITUTE OF
APPLIED SCIENCE, M.T.B.COLLEGE CAMPUS, A.THWALINES, SURAT-395 001
(GUJARAT, INDIA).
2DEPARTMENT OF LIFE-SCIENCES, HEMCHANDRACHARYA NORTH GUJARAT
UNIVERSITY, PATAN-384 265(GUJARAT, INDIA).
drratnatrivedi@gmail.com, shreyas_bhatt@yahoo.co.in

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2012-02-01

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AND S.A. BHATT, R. T. (2012). 4.DIVERSITY OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION IN AWNING AND FORAGE SOILS OF NORTH GUJARAT BY RATNA TRIVEDI1 AND S.A. BHATT. LIFE SCIENCES LEAFLETS, 24, 29 to 37. Retrieved from https://petsd.org/ojs/index.php/lifesciencesleaflets/article/view/261

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Vol. 24 (2012): FEBRUARY, 2012.....ISSN 0976 - 1098(ON LINE) ISSN 2277 - 4297(PRINT)

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