Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

The promoting effect of soil carbonic anhydrase on the limestone dissolution rate in SW China

  • Original Article
  • Published:
Carbonates and Evaporites Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

To gain a better understanding of the biological effect on the water–gas-carbonate interaction, 15 sample plots from five ecotypes (grass land, ecological demonstration, artificial forest, tree-shrub, and forest community) in three experimental sites of SW China due to the absence of time-series succession ecotypes at the same karst site were selected to discuss the relationship between soil microbial populations, carbonic anhydrase (CA) and limestone dissolution rate. The results show that the soil microbial populations and soil CA activities within different ecotypes have the significantly positive correlation (r = 0.968), which vary significantly and tend to decrease along the ecological succession process. In view of moist character and water-holding capacity in the evergreen forest, which can fleetly participate in water–gas-carbonate interaction, the limestone dissolution rate is not matching to the total microbial population and CA activity in forest community. If the ecotype for forest community was removed, the correlative coefficient between CA and the limestone dissolution rate is 0.950, the correlative coefficient between CA and total microbial population is 0.999 and the correlative coefficient between limestone dissolution rate and total microbial population is 0.952. It can be inferred that soil CA secreted by the soil microorganisms has the important role to promote the production of bicarbonate ions which affects limestone dissolution rate.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • An R, Gong JR, You X, Ge ZW, Duan QJ, Yan X (2011) Seasonal dynamics of soil microorganisms and soil nutrients in fast-growing Populus plantation forests of different ages in Yili, Xinjiang, China. Chin J Plant Ecol 4:389–401 (In Chinese with English abstract)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Atlas RM, Bartha R (1993) Microbial ecology: fundamentals and applications. Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., Don Mills, p 56

    Google Scholar 

  • Boston PJ, Spilde MN, Northup DE, Melim LA, Soroka DS, Kleina LG, Lavoie KH, Hose LD, Mallory LM, Dahm CN, Crossey LJ, Schelble RT (2001) Cave biosignature suites: microbes, minerals, and Mars. Astrobiology 1:25–55

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chilvers KF, Reed RH, Perry JD (1999) Phototoxicity of Rose Bengal in mycological media—implications for laboratory practice. Lett Appl Microbiol 28:103–107

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cunningham KI, Northup DE, Pollastro RM, Wright WG, LaRock EJ (1995) Bacteria, fungi and biokarst in Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Environ Geol 25:2–8

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fernandez MS, Passalacqua K, Arias JL (2004) Partial biomimetic reconstitution of avian eggshell formation. J Struct Biol 148:1–10

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ford DC, Williams P (2007) Karst hydrogeology and geomorphology. Wiley, Chichester

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • George AK, Douwe SB, Wietse DB, Peter GLK, Johannes AV (2002) Effects of above-ground plant species composition and diversity on the diversity of soil-borne microorganisms. Anton Leeuw Int J G 81:509–520

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hackl E, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S, Bodrossy L, Sessitsch A (2004) Comparison of diversities and compositions of bacterial populations inhabiting natural forest soils. Appl Environ Microbiol 70:5057–5065

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Harris JA (2003) Measurements of the soil microbial community for estimating the success of restoration. Eur J Soil Sci 54:801–808

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • He YY, Li Q, Cao JH, Liang JH, Zhu MJ (2013) Spatial differentiation of soil carbonic anhydrase under different types of land use. Carsologica Sin 32:365–370 (In Chinese with English abstract)

    Google Scholar 

  • Institute of Soil Science, CAS (2001) Chinese soil taxonomy. Science Press, Beijing, p 203

    Google Scholar 

  • Jin ZJ, Li Q, Huang JY, Deng LJ, Lu WT, Huang MH, Tang ZQ, Tang XZ, Luo K, Yang S, Wu QM (2013) Relationship among soil organic carbon, enzyme activities and microbial numbers in typical karst ecosystem: a case study of Yaji karst experimental site, China. J Agro-Environ Sci 32:307–313 (In Chinese with English abstract)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kardol P (2007) Plant and soil community assembly in secondary succession on ex-arable land: fundamental and applied approaches. Wageningen University, Wageningen, pp 1–203

    Google Scholar 

  • Kirk JL, Beaudette LA, Hart M, Moutoglis P, Klironomos JN, Lee H, Trevors JT (2004) Methods of studying soil microbial diversity. J Microbiol Methods 58:169–188

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li W, Zhou PP, Jia LP, Yu LJ, Li XL, Zhu M (2009) Limestone dissolution induced by fungal mycelia, acidic materials, and carbonic anhydrase from fungi. Mycopathologia 167:37–46

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li Q, Liang JH, He YY, Hu QJ, Yu S (2014) Effect of land use on soil enzyme activities at karst area in Nanchuan, Chongqing, Southwest China. Plant Soil Environ 60:15–20

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lian B, Yuan DX, Liu ZH (2011) Effect of microbes on karstification in karst ecosystems. Chin Sci Bull 35:3743–3747

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lindskog S, Henderson L, Kannan K, Liljas A, Nyman P, Strandberg B (1971) Carbonic anhydrase. In: Boyer VP (ed) The enzymes. Academic Press, New York, pp 587–665

    Google Scholar 

  • Liu ZH (2001) The role of carbonic anhydrase as an activator in carbonate rock dissolution and its significance in atmospheric CO2 precipitation. ACTA Geosci Sin 22:477–480

    Google Scholar 

  • Liu N, Bond GM, Abel A, McPherson BJ, Stringer J (2005) Biomimetic sequestration of CO2 in carbonate form: role of produced waters and other brines. Fuel Process Technol 86:1615–1625

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Liu ZH, Li Q, Sun HL, Wang JL (2007) Seasonal, diurnal and storm-scale hydrochemical variations of typical epikarst springs in subtropical karst areas of SW China: soil CO2 and dilution effects. J Hydrol 337:207–223

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mirjafari P, Asghari K, Mahinpey N (2007) Investigating the application of enzyme carbonic anhydrase for CO2 sequestration purposes. Ind Eng Chem Res 46:921–926

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Miyamota H, Miyashita T, Okushima M, Naknoi S, Morita T, Matsushiro A (1996) A carbonic anhydrase from the nacreous layer in oyster pearls. PNAS 93:9657–9660

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pan GX, He SY, Cao JH, Tao YX, Sun YH (2002) Variation of δ13C in karst soil in Yaji karst experiment site, Guilin. Chin Sci Bull 6:500–503

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pan CX, Li YY, Peng Y, Gao R, Wu JS (2012) Soil water holding capacity under four typical ecosystems in Wuyunjie Nature Reserve of Hunan Province. Acta Ecol Sin 2:538–547

    Google Scholar 

  • Paul EA, Clark FE (1997) Soil microbiology and biochemistry. Academic Press, San Diego, p 340

    Google Scholar 

  • Pedersen K (2000) Exploration of deep intraterrestrial microbial life: current perspectives. FEMS Microbiol Lett 185:9–16

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Peterson JA (1982) Limestone pedestals and denudation estimates from Mt. Jaya, Irian Jaya. Aust Geogr 15:170–173

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Quinn P, Bowers RM, Zhang X, Wahlund TM, Fanelli MA, Olszova D, Read BA (2006) cDNA microarrays as a tool for identification of biomineralization proteins in the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyta). Appl Environ Microbiol 72:5512–5526

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Satyanarayana T, Bhavdish NJ, Anil P (2012) Microorganisms in environmental management: microbes and environment. Springer, Dordrecht

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Warcup JH (1950) The soil-plate method for isolation of fungi from soil. Nature 66:117–118

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wardle DA (2002) Communities and ecosystems: linking the aboveground and belowground components. Princeton University Press, Princeton, p 400

    Google Scholar 

  • Wardle DA, Giller KE (1996) The quest for a contemporary ecological dimension to soil biology. Soil Biol Biochem 27:1601–1610

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yan MJ, Yamamoto M, Yamanaka N, Yamamoto F, Liu GB, Du S (2013) A comparison of pressure–volume curves with and without rehydration pretreatment in eight woody species of the semiarid Loess Plateau. Acta Physiol Plant 35(4):1051–1060

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yuan DX (1997) The carbon cycle in karst. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 108:91–102

    Google Scholar 

  • Yuan DX (2001) On the karst ecosystem. Acta Geol Sin 3:336–338

    Google Scholar 

  • Zhang XB, Bai XY, He XB (2011) Soil creeping in the weathering crust of carbonate rocks and underground soil losses in the karst mountain areas of southwest China. Carbonates Evaporites 26:149–153

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zhou Z (1987) Scientific survey of the Maolan karst forest. Guizhou Peoples’ Publishing House, Guiyang

    Google Scholar 

  • Zhu WZ, Cai XH, Liu XL, Wang JX, Cheng S, Zhang XY, Li DY, Li MH (2010) Soil microbial population dynamics along a Chronosequence of moist evergreen broad-leaved forest succession in Southwestern China. J Mt Sci 4:327–338

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41003038 and 41361054), the National Science Foundation of Guangxi (Nos. 2015GXNSFGA139010, 2014GXNSFCA118012, 2010GXNSFB013004, 2011GXNSFA018006 and 2011GXNSFD018002), the Ministry of Sciences and Technology of China (No. 201211086-05) and the Guangxi S&T Program (Nos. Guikehe14123001-13 and 20140122-1). Special thanks are given to the anonymous reviewers and editor for their valuable comments and suggestions, which improved the manuscript a lot.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Karst Dynamics Laboratory, MLR & Guangxi, Institute of Karst Geology, CAGS, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

    Qiang Li & Yuanyuan He

  2. The Middle School Attached to Guangxi Normal University for Nationalities, Chongzuo, 532200, People’s Republic of China

    Yuanyuan He

  3. Agricultural Resource and Environment Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, 530007, People’s Republic of China

    Zhongyi Li

Authors
  1. Qiang Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yuanyuan He
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Zhongyi Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Qiang Li.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Li, Q., He, Y. & Li, Z. The promoting effect of soil carbonic anhydrase on the limestone dissolution rate in SW China. Carbonates Evaporites 32, 147–154 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-015-0281-2

Download citation

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-015-0281-2

Keywords

Search

Navigation