The rhizospheric microbial community structure and diversity of deciduous and evergreen forest in Taihu Lake area, China. soil metagenome

Soil bacteria are important drivers to biogeochemical cycles and participate in many nutrient transformations of soil. Meanwhile, bacterial diversity and community composition are related to soil physic-chemical properties and vegetation factors. While, how the soil and vegetation factors affect the diversity and community composition of bacteria is poorly understood, especially the evergreen trees and deciduous trees in subtropical forest ecosystems. The microbial communities of different types of tree rhizospheric soils were analyzed by Illumina MiSeq sequencing the V3-V4 region of the 16s rRNA gene.