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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2023

Spatial distribution and core community of diazotrophs in Biological soil crusts and subsoils in temperate semi-arid and arid deserts of China.

Kai Tang, Yungang Liang, Bo Yuan, Jianyu Meng, Fuying Feng

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kai TangLaboratory for Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology in Arid and Cold Regions, College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China.
Yungang LiangLaboratory for Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology in Arid and Cold Regions, College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China.
Bo YuanLaboratory for Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology in Arid and Cold Regions, College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China.
Jianyu MengLaboratory for Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology in Arid and Cold Regions, College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China.
Fuying FengLaboratory for Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology in Arid and Cold Regions, College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China.
Inner Mongolia Agricultural University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are distributed in arid and semiarid regions, and they function as important microhabitats for nitrogen fixation. The diazotroph community is critical for nitrogen fixation in BSCs and their subsoils. However, little is known about the key groups in different types of BSCs and subsoils in temperate semi-arid or arid deserts. Methods: Here, we sampled three types of BSCs and their subsoils from the Inner Mongolian plateau, investigated the distribution characteristics of the diazotroph community by high-throughput sequencing, predicted keystone species using the molecular ecological network analyses pipeline (MENAP), and verified their close relationship with the available nitrogen (AN) content. Results: The results showed that available nitrogen content in BSCs was higher than that in subsoils in three different types of BSCs, and there were differences among seasons and according to the mean annual precipitation. The abundance of diazotrophs was higher in Cyano-BSCs, while diversity had no significant difference among BSCs and subsoils. Cyanobacteria and Proteobacteria, Nostocaceae and Scytonemataceae, Discussion: These results indicate that diazotrophs in BSCs and subsoils had high diversity, and the core diazotroph communities have a close relationship with nitrogen fixation and that they may be the main contributor to nitrogen fixing in BSCs and subsoils in temperate deserts.

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available nitrogen contentBiological soil crustscore diazotroph communityNostoc and ScytonemaSkermanellatemperate semi-arid and arid deserts

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