Microbial Community-Level Physiological Profiles and Genetic Prokaryotic Structure of Burned Soils Under Mediterranean Sclerophyll Forests in Central Chile

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 13; p. 824813
• Main Authors: Aponte, Humberto, Galindo-Castañeda, Tania, Yáñez, Carolina, Hartmann, Martin, Rojas, Claudia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 28.04.2022
• Subjects: bacteria; Biolog EcoPlates; ecosystem recovery; Microbiology; rhizosphere; wildfires; Biolog EcoPlates; bacteria; wildfires; ecosystem recovery; rhizosphere

Forest fires alter soil microbial communities that are essential to support ecosystem recovery following land burning. These alterations have different responses according to soil abiotic pre- and post-fire conditions and fire severity, among others, and tend to decrease along vegetation recovery ov...