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.