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SUBMITTER: St'ovicek A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5469873 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Št'ovíček Adam A Azatyan Ani A Soares M Ines M MIM Gillor Osnat O
Frontiers in microbiology 20170614
Hot desert ecosystems experience rare and unpredictable rainfall events that resuscitate the arid flora and fauna. However, the effect of this sudden abundance of water on soil microbial communities is still under debate. We modeled varying rainfall amounts and temperatures in desert soil mesocosms and monitored the microbial community response over a period of 21 days. We studied two different wetting events, simulating heavy (50 mm) and light (10 mm) rain, as well as three different temperatur ...[more]