Community responses of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi to hydrological gradients in a riparian wetland.

The hydrological regime is considered to be the major factor that affects the distribution of arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) fungi in wetlands. We aimed to investigate the responses of AM fungal community to different hydrological gradients. Illumina Miseq sequencing technology was used to study the AM fungal community structure in roots and rhizosphere soils of in different moisture areas (dry area, alternating wet and dry area, and flooded area) in Mengjin Yellow River wetland.