Microbial community under snow covered conditions in Pfitscherjoch. Area is a classical dwarf willow habitat.
Fungal ITS and bacterial 16S profile of soils collected from Hafelekar, Pfitscherjoch and Kuehtai, Austria. The habitats at Hafelekar and Pfitscherjoch are alpine dwarf willow habitats at alpine locations. At Kuehtai, the habitat is a Pinus cembra forest. From total environmental DNA extracts, the ITS2 region of the fungal ITS and the V4 region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene were amplified. Products were sequenced for community profiling. Files with file names starting "F" contain fungal data. Files with file names starting "B" contain bacterial data. File names compose sample origin, snow-cover, and sample number. K = Kuhtai, HK = Hafelekar, PFI = Pfitscherjoch. bmb = burried meshbag. C = control, i.e. snow free conditions, SF = snowfield, i.e. snow covered conditions. s = summer, i.e. snow free conditions, w = winter, i.e. snow covered conditions.