Biotic interactions contribute more than environmental factors and geographic distance to biogeographic patterns of soil prokaryotic and fungal communities.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies have shown distinct soil microbial assembly patterns across taxonomic types, habitat types and regions, but little is known about which factors play a dominant role in soil microbial communities. To bridge this gap, we compared the differences in microbial diversity and community composition across two taxonomic types (prokaryotes and fungi), two habitat types (Artemisia and Poaceae) and three geographic regions in the arid ecosystem of northwest China. To determine the main driving factors shaping the prokaryotic and fungal community assembly, we carried out diverse analyses including null model, partial mantel test and variance partitioning analysis etc. The findings suggested that the processes of community assembly were more diverse among taxonomic categories in comparis

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10034001 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature