Landscape characteristics shape surface soil microbiomes in the Chihuahuan Desert

Landscape characteristics shape surface soil microbiomes in the Chihuahuan Desert

IntroductionSoil microbial communities, including biological soil crust microbiomes, play key roles in water, carbon and nitrogen cycling, biological weathering, and other nutrient releasing processes of desert ecosystems. However, our knowledge of microbial distribution patterns and ecological driv...

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Main Authors: Frederick A. Hansen, Darren K. James, John P. Anderson, Christy S. Meredith, Andrew J. Dominguez, Nuttapon Pombubpa, Jason E. Stajich, Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, Shawn W. Salley, Nicole Pietrasiak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
bacteria
cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
archaea
fungi
dryland
biocrust
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1135800/full

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