Tree-Hole Bacterial Community Data Under pH Manipulation in Wytham Woods

Environmental Information Data Centre provides compositional and growth assay data from wild bacterial communities in tree-holes at Wytham Woods, Oxford. The dataset includes manipulated and control pH conditions, with compositional sampling over 12 weeks and laboratory growth rate measurements on beech tea media.

Use Cases

• Analyze the frequency of Amplicon Sequencing Variants over time to track community compositional shifts under differing pH.
• Model species diversity derived measures against pH manipulation treatments to assess ecological resilience.
• Compare growth rates of community samples and isolates on beech tea media across different laboratory pH conditions.

Strengths

• Includes both field compositional data and controlled laboratory growth assay data.
• Temporal sampling spans up to 12 weeks from the experiment start.
• Data covers manipulated pH conditions and unmanipulated control tree-holes for comparison.

Limitations

• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single woodland site (Wytham Woods, Oxford).
• Data is from a single summer sampling period (2021), lacking multi-season or multi-year validation.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Field experiment with pH manipulation of tree-holes and subsequent laboratory growth assays on beech tea media.

Time Range

Sampled summer 2021, with measurements over up to 12 weeks.

Freshness

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Geography

Wytham Woods, Oxford, United Kingdom.