Soils of two Antarctic Dry Valleys exhibit unique microbial community structures in response to similar environmental disturbances

Abstract Background Isolating the effects of deterministic variables (e.g., physicochemical conditions) on soil microbial communities from those of neutral processes (e.g., dispersal) remains a major challenge in microbial ecology. In this study, we disturbed soil microbial communities of two McMurd...

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Main Authors: Mafalda S. Baptista, Charles K. Lee, Maria R. Monteiro, Luís Torgo, S. Craig Cary, Catarina Magalhães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-07-01
Series:Environmental Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00587-0