Changes in acidobacterial community composition from German grassland soils with land use intensity. Changes in acidobacterial community composition from German grassland soils with land use intensity

In the frame of the German Biodiversity Exploratories (http://www.biodiversity-exploratories.de), the sampling plots were located in three regions in Germany: Schorfheide-Chorin in Brandenburg, national park Hainich-Dün Thuringia, and biosphere reserve Schwäbische Alb in Baden-Wuerttemberg. In every region, 50 grassland sites with different land use intensities were investigated, resulting in a total of 150 plots analysed in this study. The coordinated soil sampling campaign took place in May 2011. The acidobacterial community composition in soil samples was analyzed by high-throughput Illumina sequencing targeting the V3 region of the 16S rRNA.