Bacterial Community Profiles Across a Karst Landscape in Switzerland
by Anusha Priya Singh·Updated 26d ago
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Description
A 2026 study by Anusha Priya Singh profiles bacterial communities across interconnected environments in a peri-alpine karst landscape draining into Lake Thun, Switzerland. The dataset contains 16S rRNA gene sequences from soils, sediments, surface and subsurface waters, and distinct lake strata. Environment type explained 19% of the total variation in bacterial communities.
Use Cases
Analyzing transitional gradients in bacterial communities along the terrestrial-aquatic interface based on environment type.
Identifying core microbiome taxa shared between surface and subsurface hydrological networks based on reported 63.8%–84.6% overlap.
Studying metabolic assemblages associated with specific environments like peat soils or lake strata based on co-occurrence network modules.
Investigating redox-driven processes across environments based on modules linked to nitrogen compound, metal, and methane oxidation.
Strengths
High microbial diversity reported for all environments except the lake.
Clear statistical result showing environment type explains 19% of total community variation.
Strong overlap quantified between surface and subsurface hydrological networks (63.8%–84.6% shared core taxa).
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
The 1.9 MB file size suggests a relatively small dataset.
Provenance
Source
figshare
Collection Method
16S rRNA gene sequencing of samples from soils, sediments, surface and subsurface waters, and lake strata.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-13 04:30:18; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Peri-alpine karst landscape draining into Lake Thun, Switzerland.