Soil sample sizes for DNA extraction substantially affect the examination of microbial diversity and co-occurrence patterns but not abundance
Ting Li, Song Zhang, Jinming Hu, Haiyan Hou, Kexin Li, Qiuping Fan, Fang Wang, Linfeng Li, Xiaoyong Cui, Dong Liu, Rongxiao Che
Topics & Concepts
Soil waterMicrobial population biologySpecies richnessAbundance (ecology)Relative species abundanceEcosystemBiologyEcologyEnvironmental scienceSoil testBacteriaGeneticsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyGut microbiota and healthGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies