Microbiomes of different ages in Rendzic Leptosols in the Crimean Peninsula.

ABSTRACT: Rendzic Leptosols are intrazonal soils formed on limestone bedrock. The specialty of these soils is that parent rock material is more influential in shaping soil characteristics than zonal factors such as climate, especially during soil formation. Unlike fast evolving Podzols due to their leaching regime, Leptosols do not undergo rapid development due to the nature of the limestone. Little is known how microbiome reflects this process, so we assessed microbiome composition of Rendzic Leptosols of different ages, arising from disruption and subsequent reclamation. The mountains and foothills that cover much of the Crimean Peninsula are ideal for this type of study, as the soils were formed on limestone and have been subjected to anthropogenic impacts through much of human history. Microbiom

SUBMITTER: Kimeklis AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7897411 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature