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Description of Microbial Community in the Rhizosphere of Sugarcane

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Author(s):
Diogo Paes da Costa
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Master's Dissertation
Press: Piracicaba.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC)
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Examining board members:
Fernando Dini Andreote; Rodrigo Mendes; Tsai Siu Mui
Advisor: Fernando Dini Andreote
Abstract

The sugarcane is an important crop in Brazilian agrarian context, especially in respect to maintenance and sustainability of agroecosystems and soil biodiversity. The microbial communities associated to sugarcane are involved biogeochemical cycles processes and it may have their structure and diversity changed due to crop management and climatic conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the microbial diversity associated to the rhizosphere of different sugarcane\'s genotypes and employ the Stable Isotope Probing tecnique (DNASIP) to evaluate the structure of the groups that are responding to this environment attributes. Therefore, some sugarcane varieties were selected and the total DNA in bulksoil and rhizosphere for analysis by PCR-DGGE of 16S rDNA gene regions of bacteria was extracted, selecting representative samples for sequencing the 16S rDNA gene of V6 region by Ion Torrent (TM) platform. The results showed differences between the diversity of microbial communities in the rhizosphere and bulk soil, with the predominance of Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria and Acidobateria groups. To study the structure of the responsive rhizosphere groups, the genotype RB86-7515 were grown under two CO2 concentrations (350 and 700 ppm), performing the 13CO2 enrichment. Afterwards, was performed the extraction of DNA for application of the SIP-rhizosphere DNA technique. The efficiency of this technique was assessed by PCR-DGGE over the regions of bacteria 16S rDNA and fungi ITS, which of these showed that occurs after 48 hours the incorporation of 13C by microbial communities, and it elucidate differences between the groups that incorporate the 13C. These differences were also observed for those different CO2 concentrations, indicating that the DNA-SIP is a powerful tool for studies of the ecology of microbial communities in the rhizosphere of sugarcane. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/04857-8 - Description of microbial community rhizosphere of sugar cane through the technical SIP (stable isotope probing)
Grantee:Diogo Paes da Costa
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master