Niche-mediated bacterial community composition in continental glacier alluvial valleys under cold and arid environments.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Bacteria are an essential component of glacier-fed ecosystems and play a dominant role in driving elemental cycling in the hydrosphere and pedosphere. However, studies of bacterial community composition mechanisms and their potential ecological functions from the alluvial valley of mountain glaciers are extremely scarce under cold and arid environments.

Methods

Here, we analyzed the effects of major physicochemical parameters related to soil on the bacterial community compositions in an alluvial valley of the Laohugou Glacier No. 12 from the perspective of core, other, and unique taxa and explored their functional composition characteristics.

Results and discussion

The different characteristics of core, other, and unique taxa highlighted the conservation

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10033870 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature