Growth and physiological responses of grassland soil bacteria (Bacillus and Pseudomonas) to drought treatment in experimental microcosms

This dataset contains information on the performance of soil eubacteria inoculated into soil microcosms and exposed to a series of experimental droughts (or control conditions) in an experimental evolution study. Isolates of Bacillus and Pseudomonas included in the experimental evolution study had been sampled from the roots of Festuca ovina in the control treatment at the Buxton Climate Change Impacts Lab (BCCIL).

Variables measured included estimates of microbial population size (via qPCR), microcosm soil respiration in response to substrate addition (in a substrate utilisation profiling assay) and water loss from the soil in response to the experimental drought/control treatments.