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The diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the subtropical forest of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), East-Central China

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The world heritage of Huangshan is located in the east-central China. In order to obtain a better overview of biodiversity in Huangshan, we investigated the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the soil of Huangshan. Forty-two rhizosphere soil samples were collected and 989 arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore samples were obtained using the wet-sieving method. Twenty-five species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were identified from the collections. The species were of the genera Acaulospora (6 species), Entrophospora (1 species), Glomus (16 species) and Scutellospora (2 species). Acaulospora and Glomus were dominant at the study site. The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spore density ranged from 45 to 3,250 per 100 g soil (average 839), and the species richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ranged from 1 to 9 (average 4.2) per soil sample. Shannon–Wiener index and Simpson’s index were calculated to evaluate the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity. The diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in the subtropical forest of Huangshan may be the result of mutual selection between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the ecological environment.

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Acknowledgments

This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40971083) and the Foundation for Young Talents in College of Anhui Province (2010SQRL028). The authors thank the anonymous referee for constructive comments and suggestions that improved the manuscript. We are so grateful to Charles and Hilary Duncan, Dr. Yang Rong for their advice on writing this paper. Thanks to Prof. Zhou Shoubiao and Dr. Li Xiaohong for their help with identification of plant specimens.

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Yang, A.N., Lu, L. & Zhang, N. The diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the subtropical forest of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), East-Central China. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 27, 2351–2358 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-011-0702-x

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