Environmental Filtering Drives the Assembly of Habitat Generalists and Specialists in the Coastal Sand Microbial Communities of Southern China

Coastal sands harbor diverse microbial assemblages that play a critical role in the biogeochemical cycling of beach ecosystems. However, little is known about the relative importance of the different ecological processes underlying the assembly of communities of sand microbiota. Here, we employed 16...

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Main Authors: Anyi Hu, Hongjie Wang, Meixian Cao, Azhar Rashid, Mingfeng Li, Chang-Ping Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Microorganisms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/7/12/598