Global analysis of soil bacterial genera and diversity in response to pH
University of Eastern Finland · Joensuu Science Park · +1 more institution
Abstract
Soil pH stands as a decisive factor in shaping bacterial diversity and community composition, yet predicting the pH preferences and traits of individual bacterial taxa is still incomplete. We surveyed 942 samples from seven biomes worldwide to unravel the responses of individual bacterial genus to soil pH. Our findings indicate that soil pH surpasses the influences of spatial and climatic factors (biomes) in affecting bacterial composition and diversity. We observed that a comparable proportion of genera had low pH optima (21%), high pH optima (18%), and neutral pH optima (18%). However, apart from genera with optima groups, only a small percentage of genera were low pH tolerant (0.8%) compared to those that…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 38.62
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 67
Authors
6- XZXuan ZhouCorresponding
University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Science Park
- TTTeemu Tahvanainen
University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Science Park
- LMLucie Malard
University of Lausanne
- LCLiang Chen
University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Science Park
- JPJuliana Pérez-Pérez
University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Science Park
Topics & keywords
- Diversity (politics)
- Environmental science
- Environmental chemistry
- Chemistry
- Sociology
- Anthropology