Bacterial communities in the rhizosphere and phyllosphere of halophytes and drought-tolerant plants in Mediterranean Ecosystems with different soil properties

The aim of the study was to investigate the bacterial community diversity, composition and structure by means of 16S rRNA gene high-throughput amplicon sequencing, in the rhizosphere and phyllosphere of halophytes and drought-tolerant plants in Mediterranean Ecosystems with different soil properties. The locations of the sampled plants included high alkaline high saline-sodic soils, high acidic soils, and the volcanic nutrient-poor and nutrient-rich soils of the Santorini Island.