pH Nonlinearly Dominates Soil Bacterial Community Assembly along an Altitudinal Gradient in Oak-Dominant Forests

• Published in: Microorganisms (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 9; p. 1877
• Main Authors: Lin, Litao, Li, Guixiang, Yu, Huiyi, Ma, Keming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 11.09.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Altitude; Assembly; Bacteria; Bar codes; Biodiversity; Biogeochemical cycles; Biological diversity; carbon nitrogen ratio; Clay; clay fraction; Community composition; community structure; Composition; Ecosystems; Environmental factors; environmental filters; Forests; Hydrogen-ion concentration; Hypotheses; law of tolerance; oak forest; Phosphorus; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Precipitation; Salinity; Silt; Software; Soil bacteria; Soil chemistry; Soil microbiology; Soil microorganisms; Soil pH; Soil properties; Soils; Species richness; Taxonomy; Vegetation; China; Beijing China; United States > US; altitude; bacteria; environmental filters; law of tolerance; oak forest

Soil bacteria, the predominant microbiota in soil, are subject to the law of minimum and the law of tolerance, but the assembly patterns of soil bacteria in response to environmental factors remain far from clear. Here, we took advantage of an altitudinal gradient (1020–1770 asl) in oak-dominant for...