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Acid rain (AR), as a global environmental threat, has profoundly adverse effects on natural soil ecosystems. Microorganisms involved in the nitrogen (N) cycle regulate the global N balance and climate stabilization, but little is known whether and how AR influences the structure and complexity of these microbial communities. Herein, we conducted an intact soil core experiment by manipulating the acidity of simulated rain (pH 7.5 (control, CK) vs. pH 4.0 (AR)) in subtropical agricultural soil, to reveal the differences in the structure and complexity of soil nitrifying and denitrifying microbiota using Illumina amplicon sequencing of functional genes ( amoA ,  nirS , and  nosZ ). Networks of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and  nirS -carrying denitrifiers in AR treatment were less complex with fewer nodes and lower connectivity, while network of  nosZ -carrying denitrifiers in AR treatment had higher complexity and connectivity relative to CK. Supporting this, AR reduced the abundance of keystone taxa in networks of AOA and  nirS -carrying denitrifiers, but increased the abundance of keystone taxa in  nosZ -carrying denitrifiers network. However, AR did not alter the community structure of AOA, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB),  nirS -, and  nosZ -carrying denitrifiers. Moreover, AR did not change soil N 2 O emissions during the experimental period. AOB community structure significantly correlated with content of soil available phosphorus (P), while the community structures of  nirS - and  nosZ -carrying denitrifiers both correlated with soil pH and available P content. Soil N 2 O emission was mainly driven by the  nirS -carrying denitrifiers. Our results present new perspective on the impacts of AR on soil N-cycle microbial network complexity and keystone taxa in the context of global changes.

Higher Sensitivity of Soil Microbial Network Than Community Structure under Acid Rain