Linkages and key factors between soil bacterial and fungal communities along an altitudinal gradient of different slopes on mount Segrila, Tibet, China.

ABSTRACT: Soil microbes are of great significance to many energy flow and material circulation processes in alpine forest ecosystems. The distribution pattern of soil microbial community along altitudinal gradients is an essential research topic for the Tibetan Plateau. Yet our understanding of linkages between soil microbial communities and key factors along an altitudinal gradient of different slopes remains limited. Here, the diversity, composition and interaction of bacterial and fungal communities and in response to environmental factors were compared across five elevation sites (3,500 m, 3,700 m, 3,900 m, 4,100 m, 4,300 m) on the eastern and western slopes of Mount Segrila, by using Illumina MiSeq sequencing. Our results showed that microbial community composition and diversity were distinct a

SUBMITTER: Ma T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9649828 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature