The divergent vertical pattern and assembly of soil bacterial and fungal communities in response to short-term warming in an alpine peatland.

ABSTRACT: Soil microbial communities are crucial in ecosystem-level decomposition and nutrient cycling processes and are sensitive to climate change in peatlands. However, the response of the vertical distribution of microbial communities to warming remains unclear in the alpine peatland. In this study, we examined the effects of warming on the vertical pattern and assembly of soil bacterial and fungal communities across three soil layers (0-10, 10-20, and 20-30 cm) in the Zoige alpine peatland under a warming treatment. Our results showed that short-term warming had no significant effects on the alpha diversity of either the bacterial or the fungal community. Although the bacterial community in the lower layers became more similar as soil temperature increased, the difference in the vertical struct

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9493461 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature