Soil properties predict below-ground community structure, but not nematode microbiome patterns in semi-arid habitats.

ABSTRACT: Microbial and microeukaryotic communities are extremely abundant and diverse in soil habitats where they play critical roles in ecosystem functioning and services that are essential to soil health. Soil biodiversity is influenced by above-ground (vegetation) and below-ground factors (soil properties), which together create habitat-specific conditions. However, the compound effects of vegetation and soil properties on soil communities are less studied or often focused on one component of the soil biota. Here, we integrate metabarcoding (16S and 18S rRNA genes) and nematode morphology to assess the effects of habitat and soil properties shaping microbial and microeukaryotic communities as well as nematode-associated microbiomes. We show that both vegetation and soil properties (soil bulk den

SUBMITTER: Pereira TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11614143 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature