Divergent microbial strategies under saline–alkali stress: a comparative study of bacterial and fungal communities in four agro-pastoral habitats
Yang Yang
IntroductionMicroorganisms regulate nutrient cycling and ecosystem stability in saline–alkali ecosystems. However, their adaptation mechanisms and metabolic functions to saline–alkali stress in agro-pastoral ecotones remain unclear.MethodsWe characterized bacterial and fungal communities in four typical saline–alkali habitats in the agro-pastoral ecotone of the Loess Plateau [saline–alkali flat (SAF), natural grassland, maize cropland, and shrubland] via Illumina MiSeq sequencing. We analyzed co