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Fig. 7 | Environmental Microbiome

Fig. 7

From: Heterogeneity of soil bacterial and bacteriophage communities in three rice agroecosystems and potential impacts of bacteriophage on nutrient cycling

Fig. 7

Addition of Enterobacter bacteriophage-NJ to soil reduced nitrogen-fixation capacity of Enterobacter species and inhibited rice growth. A (top row) Representative phenotypes of rice grown in sterile field soil amended with N-fixing Enterobacter (S + NF), virus isolated from Nanjing soil and N-fixing Enterobacter (S + NF + virus), Enterobacter bacteriophage and N-fixing Enterobacter (S + NF + phage), or in sterile field soil (SCK) and B effects of the treatments on N fixation, rice N content, plant height and dry mass. A (bottom row) Representative phenotypes of rice grown in sterile field soil from Nanjing (NCK) or in Nanjing soil amended with virus isolated from Nanjing soil (N + NJ virus) or with Enterobacter bacteriophage (N + phage) and C effects of treatments on N fixation, rice N content, plant height and dry mass. Different letters above the bars indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05) according to Kruskal–Wallis H test

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Environmental Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-6372