Prolonged drought changes the bacterial growth response to rewetting》.pdf

Soil Biology Biochemistry 88 (2015) 314e322 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Soil Biology Biochemistry journal homepage: /locate/soilbio Prolonged drought changes the bacterial growth response to rewetting * Annelein Meisner , Johannes Rousk, Erland Bååth Microbial Ecology, Department of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Rewetting a dry soil can result in two response patterns of bacterial growth and respiration. In type 1, Received 10 April 2015 bacterial growth starts to increase linearly immediately upon rewetting and respiration rates are highest Received in revised form immediately upon rewetting. In type 2, bacterial growth starts to increase exponentially after a lag period 1 June 2015 with a secondary increase in respiration occurring at the start of the exponential increase in growth. We Accepted 2 June 2015 previously observed that the type 1 response occurred after rewetting 4-day dried soil and type 2 for 1- Available online 16 June 2015 year dried soil. Here we studied in detail how the duration of drought related to the two types of re- sponses of bacterial growth and respiration to rewetting. Soil was air dried for different time periods from Keywords: Bacterial growth 4 days up to 48 weeks.