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Editorial
. 2023 Aug 10:14:1266325.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1266325. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Soil microbes along elevational gradients: community structure, diversity, and role in nutrient cycling

José A Siles  1 , María Gómez-Brandón  2 , Heribert Insam  3 , Maraike Probst  3
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Editorial: Soil microbes along elevational gradients: community structure, diversity, and role in nutrient cycling

José A Siles et al. Front Microbiol. .
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Keywords: altitudinal gradient; environmental gradient; microbial community; microbiome; modeling.

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