The role of ecosystem engineers in shaping the diversity and function of arid soil bacterial communities
C. Baubin, A. M. Farrell, A. St'vicek, L. Ghazaryan, I. Giladi, O. Gillor
This study examines how two ecosystem engineers, perennial shrubs and ant nests, affect arid soil bacterial communities, finding distinct microbial compositions but shared functional traits when both are present.
bioRxiv · Dec 15, 2020Microbiology