PRJNA287307
Forest soil (Ah horizon) Metagenome
In order to study the effects of drought exposed under heat stress on the bacterial community, 10 intact soil monoliths (50x50x70cm) with their native vegetation were sampled from a beech plot in the Hainich exploratory. After acclimatization to the greenhouse conditions, the monoliths were separated into soil moisture treatments (well-watered and drought, 5 replicates). To assess the community structure of the metabolically active bacteria, 16S rRNA was analyzed via MiSeq-based (Illumina) high throughput sequencing at three different time points (before and after drought treatment).