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Soil Bacterial Community Structure and its Driving Factors in Biological Crust Under Different Planting Patterns

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Biological soil crust can effectively prevent wind erosion of sand and soil, which is of great significance to ecological restoration in desert areas. There have been few studies that have screened different planting patterns by analyzing biological crust properties. In this study, high-throughput sequencing was used to analyze the bacterial 16S rRNA community structure of biologically crusted soil in sandy bare land (CK), planting corn soil crust (CB), planting potato soil crust (TB) and planting alfalfa soil crust (AB), and nutrient profiles of each soil type were also analyzed. The results showed that soil nutrient content was significantly increased by the biological layer, and the organic matter, available phosphorus, and available potassium contents were significantly increased. In terms of bacterial communities, the TB treatment had more endemic genera (100). The top 10 phyla in terms of relative abundance accounted for around 95% of the total community, with Actinobacteria being the highest. The community structure of CB and AB was similar, and the diversity and richness indices of CB were significantly increased compared to those of CK. The available phosphorus and total nitrogen were found to be the main factors affecting bacterial community structure. The dominant role of Actinobacteria was mainly determined by pH. Overall, the results show that corn planting could be most helpful in the early restoration period of sandy land.

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The author would like to thank the reviewers for their valuable suggestions, the editorial department for their excellent service, and the team members for their cooperation.

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This study is financially supported by The Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Basic Research Program Project (2021JZ-57), Shaanxi Province Youth Science and Technology Nova Project (2021KJXX-88) and Internal scientific research project of Shaanxi Land Engineering Construction Group (DJNY2022-24).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi’an University of Technology, 710048, Xi’an, China

    Zhen Guo & Jiancang Xie

  2. Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., 710075, Xi’an, China

    Zhen Guo, Jichang Han & Yang Zhang

  3. Insititute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., 710021, Xi’an, China

    Zhen Guo, Jichang Han & Yang Zhang

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Guo, Z., Xie, J., Han, J. et al. Soil Bacterial Community Structure and its Driving Factors in Biological Crust Under Different Planting Patterns. Eurasian Soil Sc. 56, 934–943 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229323600215

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