Microbial community composition affects soil fungistasis

W. De Boer; P. Verheggen; P.J.A. Klein Gunnewiek; G.A. Kowalchuk; J.A. Van Veen

doi:10.1128/AEM.69.2.835-844.2003

Microbial community composition affects soil fungistasis

W. De Boer, P. Verheggen, P.J.A. Klein Gunnewiek, G.A. Kowalchuk, J.A. Van Veen

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Most soils inhibit fungal germination and growth to a certain extent, a phenomenon known as soil fungistasis. Previous observations have implicated microorganisms as the causal agents of fungistasis, with their action mediated either by available carbon limitation (nutrient deprivation hypothesis) or production of antifungal compounds (antibiosis hypothesis). To obtain evidence for either of these hypotheses, we measured soil respiration and microbial numbers (as indicators of nutrient stress) and bacterial community composition (as an indicator of potential differences in the composition of antifungal components) during the development of fungistasis. This was done for two fungistatic dune soils in which fungistasis was initially fully or partly relieved by partial sterilization treatment or nutrient addition. Fungistasis development was measured as restriction of the ability of the fungi Chaetomium globosum, Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium oxysporum, and Trichoderma harzianum to colonize soils. Fungistasis did not always reappear after soil treatments despite intense competition for carbon, suggesting that microbial community composition is important in the development of fungistasis. Both microbial community analysis and in vitro antagonism tests indicated that the presence of pseudomonads might be essential for the development of fungistasis. Overall, the results lend support to the antibiosis hypothesis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	835-844
Journal	Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume	69
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.69.2.835-844.2003
Publication status	Published - 2003

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De Boer, W., Verheggen, P., Klein Gunnewiek, P. J. A., Kowalchuk, G. A., & Van Veen, J. A. (2003). Microbial community composition affects soil fungistasis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69(2), 835-844. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.69.2.835-844.2003

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