Physical Disturbance Reduces Cyanobacterial Relative Abundance and Substrate Metabolism Potential of Biological Soil Crusts on a Gold Mine Tailing of Central China

As the critical ecological engineers, biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are considered to play essential roles in improving substrate conditions during ecological rehabilitation processes. Physical disturbance, however, often leads to the degradation of biocrusts, and it remains unclear how the phy...

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Main Authors: Jingshang Xiao, Shubin Lan, Zulin Zhang, Lie Yang, Long Qian, Ling Xia, Shaoxian Song, María E. Farías, Rosa María Torres, Li Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.811039/full