Bacterial and fungal communities in saline-alkali soils along a salinity gradient in Qinghai, China
This project investigates bacterial and fungal community variation in inland saline-alkali soils at sites categorized as low, medium, and high salinity in Qinghai Province, China. Amplicon sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene and fungal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was used to characterize community composition and examine its associations with soil salinity, microplastic abundance, and other soil physicochemical properties. These data provide a resource for understanding microbial ecological patterns in saline-alkali soils.