Bacterial community composition along the salinity gradient in salt-affected soils

The goal of the present study is investigation of changes in soil bacterial community along the salinity gradient in the area of salt lakes of Kazakhstan. By use of 454 pyrosequencing teqniques we made a set of community 16S rRNA profiles in 8 sites. 6 of them were taken along te salinity gradient in the area of 200 m around the salt lake, 2 probes were taken from the main soil types of the region.