Distinct Assembly Patterns of Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities along Altitudinal Gradients in the Loess Plateau's Highest Mountain.

ABSTRACT: A critical issue in microbial ecology is quantifying the relative contributions of deterministic and stochastic processes to microbial community assembly, and predicting ecosystem function by understanding the ecological processes of community composition is an integral part. However, the mechanisms driving microbial community assembly along altitudinal gradients in mountain ecosystems remain largely unexplored. Here, we used high-throughput sequencing to examine the structural characteristics and diversity maintenance mechanisms of soil bacterial and fungal communities along an altitudinal gradient (2632-3661 m) in Mahan Mountain, the highest peak of the Loess Plateau. Proteobacteria, Acidobacteriota and Actinobacteriota dominated the bacterial communities, while Ascomycota, Basidiomycota

SUBMITTER: Yao B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12000156 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature