Climax forest has a higher soil bacterial diversity but lower soil nutrient contents than degraded forests in temperate northern China.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria are a crucial component of forest soil biodiversity and play an important role in numerous ecosystem processes. Here, we studied the patterns of soil bacterial community diversity and structure in a climax forest (Larix gmelinii; LG) compared with those in degraded forest ecosystems of four forest vegetation types (BD, Betula dahurica; BP, Betula platyphylla; QM, Quercus mongolica; and LGQM, a mixed coniferous-broadleaved forest composed of Larix gmelinii and Quercus mongolica) in the Heilongjiang Zhongyangzhan Black-billed Capercaillie Nature Reserve in northern China, using Illumina MiSeq sequencing of 16 S rRNA genes. Soil physicochemical properties (pH, soil organic carbon = SOC, total nitrogen = TN, carbon/nitrogen = C/N, total phosph

SUBMITTER: Sui X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9682091 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature