Protist community structure in the root-zone soil of the five land-use types under varying plant species as determined by the high-throughput sequence in urban areas: A case study in Xiong'an New Area, China

The relationship of soil protist, and soil edaphic parameters in various land-use types under different plant species remain elusive in Xiongan New Area of China where it has received considerable attention for urban planning and infrastructural projects. To begin to address this, we examined edaphic variables and microbial compositions that were compared among five habitat types: man-made forest, crop cultivation, dry river, shallow lake, and around the oil wells with 12 experimental plots from terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.