Response of the metabolic activity and taxonomic composition of bacterial communities to mosaically varying soil salinity and alkalinity.

ABSTRACT: Soil salinity and sodicity is a worldwide problem that affects the composition and activity of bacterial communities and results from elevated salt and sodium contents. Depending on the degree of environmental pressure and the combined effect of other factors, haloalkalitolerant and haloalkaliphilic bacterial communities will be selected. These bacteria play a potential role in the maintenance and restoration of salt-affected soils; however, until recently, only a limited number of studies have simultaneously studied the bacterial diversity and activity of saline-sodic soils. Soil samples were collected to analyse and compare the taxonomic composition and metabolic activity of bacteria from four distinct natural plant communities at three soil depths corresponding to a salinity‒sodicity gr

SUBMITTER: Mucsi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10980690 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature