Solo Cariri
soil metagenome
The area when the soil samples were colleted is called Caatinga, which is a typical Brazilian biome in the semiarid Northeastern region. The climate is Bsh in Koppen’s classification (hot, with summer rains), with annual temperature of 23.1C and 27.2C, minimum and maximum means, respectively and mean annual precipitation of 400 mm. In Gaussen’s xerothermic classification the bioclimate is 2b, with predominance of dry months (from 9 to 11 months).