Different and unified responses of soil bacterial and fungal community composition and predicted functional potential to 3 years' drought stress in a semiarid alpine grassland.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Soil microbial communities are key to functional processes in terrestrial ecosystems, and they serve as an important indicator of grasslands status. However, the responses of soil microbial communities and functional potential to drought stress in semiarid alpine grasslands remain unclear.

Methods

Here, a field experiment was conducted under ambient precipitation as a control, -20% and -40% of precipitation to explore the responses of soil microbial diversity, community composition, and predicted functional potential to drought stress in a semiarid alpine grassland located in the northwest of China. Moreover, 16S rRNA gene and ITS sequencing were used to detect bacterial and fungal communities, and the PICRUST and FUNGuild databases were used to predict bacteria

SUBMITTER: Wan Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10112540 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature