Changes in grassland soil types lead to different characteristics of bacterial and fungal communities in Northwest Liaoning, China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Soil microbial communities are critical in regulating grassland biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem functions, but the mechanisms of how environmental factors affect changes in the structural composition and diversity of soil microbial communities in different grassland soil types is not fully understood in northwest Liaoning, China.

Methods

We investigated the characteristics and drivers of bacterial and fungal communities in 4 grassland soil types with 11 sites across this region using high-throughput Illumina sequencing.

Results and discussion

Actinobacteria and Ascomycota were the dominant phyla of bacterial and fungal communities, respectively, but their relative abundances were not significantly different among different grassland soil types. The ab

SUBMITTER: Ma X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10336218 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature