Differential microbial assembly processes and co-occurrence networks in the soil-root continuum along an environmental gradient.

ABSTRACT: Microorganisms of the soil-root continuum play key roles in ecosystem function. The Loess Plateau is well known for its severe soil erosion and thick loess worldwide, where mean annual precipitation (MAP) and soil nutrients decrease from the southeast to the northwest. However, the relative influence of environmental factors on the microbial community in four microhabitats (bulk soil, rhizosphere, rhizoplane, and endosphere) in the soil-root continuum along the environmental gradient in the Loess Plateau remains unclear. In this study, we investigated 82 field sites from warm-temperate to desert grasslands across the Loess Plateau, China, to assess the bacterial diversity, composition, community assembly, and co-occurrence networks in the soil-root continuum along an environmental gradient

SUBMITTER: Zhong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10989781 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature