Chinese Journal of Tropical Crops

Impact of Beauveria bassiana Infection on the Structure of Soil Microbial Community in Nests of Solenopsis invicta

MENG Qianqian, MA Lianjie, YU Yonghao, GUO Xiao, HUANGFU Jiayi, GUO Lulu, LONG Xiuzhen

Chinese Journal of Tropical Crops, 2026, 47(2): 519-530. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2561.2026.02.022

Fig. 1 Dilution curves of soil samples A: Bacterial community; B: Fungi community.

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Tab. 1 Sequencing results of soil samples treated with B. bassiana at different treatment times on ant nests
Fig. 2 Changes in bacterial community diversity index after treatment of ant nests with B. bassiana * indicates significant difference (P<0.05).
Fig. 3 Changes in fungi community diversity index after treatment of ant nests with B. bassiana * indicates significant difference (P<0.05); ** indicates extremely significant difference (P<0.01); *** indicates extremely significant difference (P<0.001).
Fig. 4 Changes in bacterial community composition after infection of ant nests by B. bassiana at different times A: Phylum level; B: Genus level.
Fig. 5 Changes in fungi community composition after infection of ant nests by B. bassiana at different times A: Phylum level; B: Genus level.
Fig. 6 Distribution of bacterial communities among different treatment groups after infection of ant nests by B. bassiana A: Venn diagram of species distribution between different treatments; B: The same bacterial species in three treatments; C: Unique bacterial species of 48 h treatment; D: Unique bacterial species of 96 h treatment.
Fig. 7 Function prediction of KEGG pathway in differential bacteria A: Bacterial differences between treatments: B: The same bacteria in the three treatments; C: Unique bacterial species of 48 h treatment; D: Unique bacterial species of 96 h treatment.