Assessment of Soil Health Through Metagenomic Analysis of Bacterial Diversity in Russian Black Soil.

ABSTRACT: Soil health is a critical determinant of agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability. Traditional assessment methods often fail to provide a comprehensive understanding of soil microbial communities and their functions. This study addresses this challenge by employing metagenomic techniques to assess the functionality of soil microbiomes in Russian black soil, renowned for its high fertility. We utilized shotgun metagenomic sequencing to analyze soil samples from Western Siberia subjected to different degrees of agro-soil disturbance. We identified functional genes involved in carbon (accA, argG, acsA, mphE, miaB), phosphorus (phoB, ppa, pstB, pnp, phnJ), and nitrogen (queC, amiF, pyrG

SUBMITTER: Galanova OO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12029357 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature