Microbial communities from arid environments on a global scale. A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Arid environments are defined by the lack of water availability, which is directly related to the mean annual precipitation (MAP), and high values of solar irradiation, which impacts the community composition of animals, plants, and the microbial structure of the soil. Recent advances in NGS technologies have expanded our ability to characterize microbiomes, allowing environmental microbiologists to explore the complete microbial structure. Intending to identify and describe the state-of-the-art of bacterial communities in arid soils at a global scale, and to address the effect that some environmental features may have on them, we performed a systematic review based on the PRISMA guideline. Using a combination of keywords, we identified a collection of 66 studies, including 327 sampled sit

SUBMITTER: Vasquez-Dean J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7336661 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature