broadleaved forests_sequencing

Global warming has shifted climate zones poleward or upward. However, understanding the responses and mechanism of microbial community structure and functions relevant to natural climate zone succession is challenged by the high complexity of microbial communities. Here, we examined soil microbial community in three broadleaved forests located in the Wulu Mountain (WLM, temperate climate), Funiu Mountain (FNM, at the border of temperate and subtropical climate zones), or Shennongjia Mountain (SNJ, subtropical climate). We used Illumina sequencing to determine microbial taxonomic communities and GeoChip 5.0 to determine functional genes, aiming to examine the potential consequences of global climate effects.