Bacterial Community Shifts in Coastal Peatlands Following Brackish Water Rewetting

Coastal peatlands play an important role in climate regulation, yet rewetting with freshwater often leads to increased methane emissions. Brackish water rewetting has emerged as a potential strategy to suppress methane emissions by altering soil physicochemical conditions and microbial community composition. In this study, we investigated how brackish water rewetting affects bacterial communities in coastal peat soils under different land-use histories.