The Impact and Determinants of Mountainous Topographical Factors on Soil Microbial Community Characteristics.

ABSTRACT: Soil bacterial and fungal community communities play significant ecological functions in mountain ecosystems. However, it is not clear how topographic factors and soil physicochemical properties influence changes in microbial community structure and diversity. This study aims to investigate how altitude and slope orientation affect soil physicochemical properties, soil microbial communities, and their contributing factors. The assessment was conducted using Illumina MiSeq sequencing in various altitude gradients and on slopes with different aspects (shady slopes and sunny slopes) in the subalpine meadow of Dongling Mountain, Beijing. Topographical factors had a significant effect on soil physicochemical properties: the primary factors determining the structure of microbial communities are

SUBMITTER: Yu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10746091 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature