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Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-231-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-231-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
Original research article
 | 
02 May 2023
Original research article |  | 02 May 2023

Only a minority of bacteria grow after wetting in both natural and post-mining biocrusts in a hyperarid phosphate mine

Talia Gabay, Eva Petrova, Osnat Gillor, Yaron Ziv, and Roey Angel

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This paper evaluates bacterial growth in biocrusts after a large-scale mining disturbance in a hyperarid desert, using a stable isotope probing assay. We discovered that biocrust bacteria from both natural and post-mining plots resumed photosynthetic activity but did not grow following hydration. Our paper provides insights into the effects of a large-scale disturbance (mining) on biocrusts and their response to hydration, with implications for biocrust restoration practices in Zin mines.
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