Bacterial community structure and functions in microhabitats associated with black stones in Black Gobi desert, China

Desert soil around the black stones is highly complex, which substantially affects the diversity and composition of inhabiting microbes. The existence of black stones in the southern part of the Black Gobi desert of China could provide microhabitats for diverse bacterial communities that remain unex...

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Main Authors: Ali Bahadur, Zhenqing Zhang, Wasim Sajjad, Fahad Nasir, Muhammad Amir Zia, Guangxiu Liu, Tuo Chen, Wei Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22006409