Soil properties and root traits jointly shape fine-scale spatial patterns of bacterial community and metabolic functions within a Korean pine forest.

ABSTRACT: Spatial heterogeneity of soil bacterial community depends on scales. The fine-scale spatial heterogeneity of bacterial community composition and functions remains unknown. We analyzed the main driving factors of fine-scale spatial patterns of soil bacterial community composition and carbon metabolic functions across a 30 m × 40 m plot within a Korean pine forest by combining Illumina 16S rRNA sequencing with Biolog Ecoplates based on 53 soil samples. Clear spatial patterns in bacterial community composition and metabolic functions were observed in the forest soil. The bacterial community composition and metabolic functions both showed distance-decay of similarity within a distance of meters. Structural equation model analysis revealed that environmental variables and geographic distance to

SUBMITTER: Teng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7919533 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature