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SUBMITTER: Armstrong A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5041089 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Armstrong Alacia A Valverde Angel A Ramond Jean-Baptiste JB Makhalanyane Thulani P TP Jansson Janet K JK Hopkins David W DW Aspray Thomas J TJ Seely Mary M Trindade Marla I MI Cowan Don A DA
Scientific reports 20160929
The temporal dynamics of desert soil microbial communities are poorly understood. Given the implications for ecosystem functioning under a global change scenario, a better understanding of desert microbial community stability is crucial. Here, we sampled soils in the central Namib Desert on sixteen different occasions over a one-year period. Using Illumina-based amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, we found that α-diversity (richness) was more variable at a given sampling date (spatial vari ...[more]