Microbial Diversity of Temperate Pine and Native Forest Soils Profiled by 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing

Adenike Eunice Amoo; Olubukola Oluranti Babalola

doi:10.1128/MRA.00298-21

Microbial Diversity of Temperate Pine and Native Forest Soils Profiled by 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 May 20;10(20):e00298-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00298-21.

Authors

Adenike Eunice Amoo¹, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola²

Affiliations

¹ Food Security and Safety Niche, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.
² Food Security and Safety Niche, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa olubukola.babalola@nwu.ac.za.

Abstract

Most biodiversity measures indicate an ongoing deterioration due to intensifying anthropogenic pressures even though efforts are being intensified worldwide to conserve biodiversity. Knowledge of the implication of land use change on soil bacterial communities is essential for ecosystem restoration. Here, the effect of the conversion of native forests to temperate pine forests on soil bacterial diversity and community composition was investigated. The diversity and composition of the bacterial communities were affected by land use change across the sites.