Differential Influences of Wind-Blown Sand Burial on Bacterial and Fungal Communities Inhabiting Biological Soil Crusts in a Temperate Desert, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sand Burial Treatment and Sampling
2.3. Soil Physical and Chemical Properties
2.4. Soil DNA Extraction and High-Throughput Sequencing
2.5. Bioinformatics and Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Microbial Diversity and Community Composition of BSCs and Feedback on Sand Burial
3.2. Identification of Indicator Taxa and then Used Them to Indicate the Succession Stage of the Crust in the Same Environment
3.3. Possible Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Sand Burial on Bacterial and Fungal Communities Inhabiting Biological Soil Crusts
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Jia, R.; Gao, Y.; Zhao, L.; Zhang, T.; Guo, H.; You, W.; Duan, Y. Differential Influences of Wind-Blown Sand Burial on Bacterial and Fungal Communities Inhabiting Biological Soil Crusts in a Temperate Desert, China. Microorganisms 2022, 10, 2010. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10102010
Jia R, Gao Y, Zhao L, Zhang T, Guo H, You W, Duan Y. Differential Influences of Wind-Blown Sand Burial on Bacterial and Fungal Communities Inhabiting Biological Soil Crusts in a Temperate Desert, China. Microorganisms. 2022; 10(10):2010. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10102010
Chicago/Turabian StyleJia, Rongliang, Yanhong Gao, Lina Zhao, Tao Zhang, Hui Guo, Wanxue You, and Yulong Duan. 2022. "Differential Influences of Wind-Blown Sand Burial on Bacterial and Fungal Communities Inhabiting Biological Soil Crusts in a Temperate Desert, China" Microorganisms 10, no. 10: 2010. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10102010