Incorporation of biochar and ferrihydrite shapes the microbial community in paddy ecosystems.
BC is widely recognized as an accessible and economic soil improvement. Anerobic paddy soil microcosms were set up by adding BC and ferrihydrite as the exogenous Fe(III) minerals. The changes of microbial communities were analyzed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing to clarify the interactions between BC and Fh and how they shape microbial communities.