Soil sample storage Targeted loci environmental

The ability to analyze microbiological and metabolic features of soils is an important aspect of soil ecology, but the results of such analyses can be heavily impacted by sample storage conditions. Inconsistencies in storage methods and time across studies reduce the ability to accurately collect field-based measures and compare results between projects. This dataset is from a study where we examined the effects of various storage conditions and time on results of subsequent bacterial 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and extracellular enzymatic assays performed on soil samples collected from three different land use types (annual cropping system, native rangeland, and riparian forest) a semi-arid region in the Canadian Prairies.