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author Abed, Raeid M M
Hassenrück, Christiane
author_facet Abed, Raeid M M
Hassenrück, Christiane
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) occur within drylands throughout the world, covering ~12% of the global terrestrial soil surface. Their occurrence in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula has rarely been reported and their spatial distribution, diversity, and microbial composition remained largely unexplored. We investigated biocrusts at six different locations in the coastal and central deserts of Oman. The biocrust types were characterized, and the bacterial and fungal community compositions of biocrusts and uncrusted soils were analysed by amplicon sequencing. For each sample two different libraries were prepared: one for the V3V4 hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene (bacteria), and the other for the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1; fungi). Sequences were processed in R using dada2. The code for sequence processing as well as statistical analysis, final OTU and taxonomy tables were archived on PANGAEA alongside the environmental information.
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spellingShingle Bacterial and fungal communities in biological soil crusts from Oman
Abed, Raeid M M
Hassenrück, Christiane
Area/locality; Carbon, total; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Conductivity, specific; Country; Date/Time of event; Depth, bottom/max; Depth, top/min; ELEVATION; Environment; Event label; Guidelines for soil description; Impact; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Nitrogen, total; Oman; Oman_20160125; Oman_20160126; Oman_20160127-01; Oman_20160127-02; Oman_20160127-03; Oman_20160127-04; Oman_20160129; pH; pH electrode, Hamilton Messetechnik GmbH, Minitrode, [Höchst, Germany]; Replicates; Sample code/label; Sample comment; Soil properties; Soil type; Type
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) occur within drylands throughout the world, covering ~12% of the global terrestrial soil surface. Their occurrence in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula has rarely been reported and their spatial distribution, diversity, and microbial composition remained largely unexplored. We investigated biocrusts at six different locations in the coastal and central deserts of Oman. The biocrust types were characterized, and the bacterial and fungal community compositions of biocrusts and uncrusted soils were analysed by amplicon sequencing. For each sample two different libraries were prepared: one for the V3V4 hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene (bacteria), and the other for the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1; fungi). Sequences were processed in R using dada2. The code for sequence processing as well as statistical analysis, final OTU and taxonomy tables were archived on PANGAEA alongside the environmental information.
title Bacterial and fungal communities in biological soil crusts from Oman
topic Area/locality; Carbon, total; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Conductivity, specific; Country; Date/Time of event; Depth, bottom/max; Depth, top/min; ELEVATION; Environment; Event label; Guidelines for soil description; Impact; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Nitrogen, total; Oman; Oman_20160125; Oman_20160126; Oman_20160127-01; Oman_20160127-02; Oman_20160127-03; Oman_20160127-04; Oman_20160129; pH; pH electrode, Hamilton Messetechnik GmbH, Minitrode, [Höchst, Germany]; Replicates; Sample code/label; Sample comment; Soil properties; Soil type; Type
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899529