Bacterial diversity in soils subjected to long-term chemical fertilization can be more stably maintained with the addition of livestock manure than wheat straw

With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Prof.Chu Haiyan’s laboratory at the Institute of Soil Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences,reported comparative analysis of bacterial communities in soils that have been subjected to 30years of chemical fertilization(NPK)with the addition of either cow manure,pig manure or wheat straw residues,which was published in Soil Biology&Biochemistry(2015,88:9—18).