Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks

Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks

Drought conditions can alter the composition of soil microbial communities, but the effects of drought on network properties have not been tested. Here, de Vries and colleagues show that co-occurrence networks are destabilised under drought for bacteria but not fungi.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Franciska T. de Vries, Rob I. Griffiths, Mark Bailey, Hayley Craig, Mariangela Girlanda, Hyun Soon Gweon, Sara Hallin, Aurore Kaisermann, Aidan M. Keith, Marina Kretzschmar, Philippe Lemanceau, Erica Lumini, Kelly E. Mason, Anna Oliver, Nick Ostle, James I. Prosser, Cecile Thion, Bruce Thomson, Richard D. Bardgett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05516-7

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05516-7

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