Impacts of mycorrhizal types, tree diversity, and species identity on the soil microbial genomic functional potential in temperate forests.

ABSTRACT: Soil microbial genomic functional potential refers to the community's collective genetic capacity to mediate nutrient cycling processes involving carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P). While the drivers of microbial community composition have been extensively studied, particularly in forest ecosystems, the effects of tree species identity, mycorrhizal type, and their mixture along tree diversity gradients on microbial genomic potential remain poorly understood. We predicted microbial genomic functional potential for carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) cycling genes, along with their ratios (C:N, C:P, N:P), using fungal ITS2 and bacterial 16S rRNA metabarcoding data from the rooting zone soil samples of eight tree species growing in the MyDiv experiment. We assessed the effe

SUBMITTER: Haq HU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12671117 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature