Data_Sheet_1_Local and Regional Scale Heterogeneity Drive Bacterial Community Diversity and Composition in a Polar Desert.docx

• Main Authors: Kelli L. Feeser, David J. Van Horn, Heather N. Buelow, Daniel R. Colman, Theresa A. McHugh, Jordan G. Okie, Egbert Schwartz, Cristina D. Takacs-Vesbach
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Microbiology; Microbial Genetics; Microbial Ecology; Mycology; environmental heterogeneity; 16S rRNA genes; gradient analysis; spatial scale; polar desert; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01928.s001; https://figshare.com/articles/Data_Sheet_1_Local_and_Regional_Scale_Heterogeneity_Drive_Bacterial_Community_Diversity_and_Composition_in_a_Polar_Desert_docx/6988589

The distribution of organisms in an environment is neither uniform nor random but is instead spatially patterned. The factors that control this patterning are complex and the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Soil microbes are critical to ecosystem function but exhibit highly complex dist...