The Great Gobi A Strictly Protected Area: Characterization of Soil Bacterial Communities from Four Oases.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how microbial communities survive in extreme environmental pressure is critical for interpreting ecological patterns and microbial diversity. Great Gobi A Strictly Protected Area represents an intriguing model for studying the bacterial community since it is a protected and intact wild area of the Mongolian desert. In this work, the composition of a bacterial community of the soil from four oases was characterized by extracting total DNA and sequencing through the Illumina NovaSeq platform. In addition, the soil's chemical and physical properties were determined, and their influence on shaping the microbial communities was evaluated. The results showed a high variability of bacterial composition among oases. Moreover, combining specific chemical and physical parameters signif

SUBMITTER: Esposito A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10891509 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature