Spatial patterns of dominant bacterial community components and their influential factors in the southern Qinling Mountains, China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Soil bacteria not only maintain the biodiversity of forest ecosystems but also affect soil nutrient cycling and ecosystem function. Nonetheless, the spatial pattern and patchy distribution of dominant bacterial community components in soil are still rarely explored.

Method

The spatial pattern and distribution of the dominant bacterial community components and their influential factors were investigated using traditional statistics, geostatistics, and kriging spatial interpolation methods in the Huoditang region of the Qinling Mountains, China.

Results

The dominant bacterial phyla were Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Chloroflexi, Rokubacteria, Actinobacteria, and Verrucomicrobia in this region. Among the bacterial phyla, Proteobacteria occupied an area of 2

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9816149 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature