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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2026, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (1): 262-272.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2025.00107

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Cultivatable bacterial diversity in the rhizosphere of Lop Nur desert sandy soil and medicinal plants

Erjun Wang1(), Yalong Zhang1, Yang Liu3,4, Yiyang Zhang4, Ling Jin1,2, Gaosen Zhang1,3,4()   

  1. 1.College of Pharmacy /, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine,Lanzhou 730000,China
    2.Northwest Collaborative Innovation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine,Lanzhou 730000,China
    3.Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering /, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China
    4.Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China
  • Received:2025-03-06 Revised:2025-05-06 Online:2026-01-20 Published:2026-03-09
  • Contact: Gaosen Zhang

Abstract:

The ecosystem of Lop Nur in the extreme arid region of Xinjiang is rich in microbial resources, which aims to reveal the diversity and distribution characteristics of microbial resources in this area. Six kinds of media were used to isolate and purify the bacteria in the samples, and the isolated bacteria were identified and community structure analysis were analyzed by 16S rRNA gene amplification, sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. The results showed that the isolated bacteria mainly belonged to Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, among which Actinobacteria and Firmicutes were the dominant phyla. At the genus level, KocuriaNocardiopsis and Salinicoccus are the dominant genera. There were significant differences in the number, community structure and diversity of culturable bacteria in different habitats, and the bacterial richness was sandy soil>Bistorta vivipara>Phragmites australis>Tamarix chinensis. A total of 54 genera were isolated from the four habitats, and the number of cultivable colonies was 1.280×105~2.168×106 CFU·g-1, and 41 potential new species were identified. This study revealed the diversity characteristics of culturable bacteria in the Lop Nur area, and clarified the differences in the rhizosphere culturable bacteria of three medicinal plants, namely KnotweedTamarix and Phragmites australis, in this area.

Key words: Lop Nur, medicinal plants, 16S rRNA gene, culturable, bacterial diversity

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