A matter of salt: global assessment of the effect of salt ionic composition as a driver of aquatic bacterial diversity
A. Szabo, A. J. Szekely, E. Boros, Z. Marton, B. Csitari, N. S. Barteneva, D. Anda, P. Dobosy, A. Eiler, S. Bertilsson, T. Felfoldi
This study assesses how ionic composition affects microbial diversity in inland saline aquatic habitats, finding it explains more variability than salinity or geographic location.
bioRxiv · Mar 9, 2024Microbiology