Data Sheet 1_Soil carbon dynamics shape bacterial communities across grassland and agricul

A dataset from a study comparing soil bacterial communities between native tallgrass prairie and agricultural sites in northeast Kansas, USA. The data includes 16S rRNA gene-based amplicon sequencing results and geochemical profiles quantifying bioavailable phosphorus and other soil properties. Authored by Protik Banerjee and last updated on 2026-05-28, the dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Compare bacterial community diversity and abundance between grassland and agricultural soils based on the described 16S rRNA sequencing results.
• Analyze correlations between bacterial metrics and soil physicochemical properties like water-extractable soil organic carbon (WE-SOC) and pH mentioned in the results.
• Investigate the relative influence of labile phosphorus pools versus broader soil properties (e.g., soil moisture, SOM) on microbial community structure.
• Model the indirect effects of anthropogenic land-use changes on soil microbial ecology through shifts in soil chemistry.

Strengths

• Includes data from two contrasting, well-defined land-use types: native tallgrass prairie and agricultural soils.
• Links microbial community data (16S rRNA sequencing) with quantified geochemical profiles, including bioavailable phosphorus.
• Statistical results in the description provide specific correlation metrics (e.g., r² values for WE-SOC, soil moisture, and pH).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (13.8 KB), indicating limited scope, likely containing summary or processed results rather than raw sequence data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Protik Banerjee.

Collection Method

Soil bacterial communities were assessed using 16S rRNA gene-based amplicon sequencing, with parallel geochemical profiling.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 16:32:46; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northeast Kansas, USA, specifically the Konza Prairie Biological Station (KPBS) and Hays agricultural soils.