Microbial community of flax fields
The samples of different flax field soils were collected at about 20 cm of depths to assess the diversity of microorganisms. Studied conditions included infection of soils with Septoria linicola, Colletotrichum lini, Melampsora lini, or Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini, causing harmful flax diseases, soils with suboptimal for flax acidity, and soils treated with herbicides. We obtained metagenomes and analyzed them by targeted deep sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes and internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of rRNA genes.