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Articles | Volume 26, issue 1
Articles | Volume 26, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-26-35-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/we-26-35-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 26, issue 1
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03 Mar 2026
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Heterogeneity of the urban soil microbiome and associations with physicochemical soil characteristics

Wenke Smets, Taline Bosiers, Nona De Groof, Esther Diels, Jente Dubois, Fine Gilis, Agustina Santullo Latorre, and Karen Wuyts

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Urban soil bacteria are important for human health, plants, and the environment. We studied bacterial communities under city trees and found that, like in non-urban soils, bacterial diversity is affected by soil pH and water availability. However, bacterial communities in cities can show quite a lot of variation between locations, and we suspect that they are therefore far more affected by historic construction. Our findings highlight the importance of paying attention to soil bacteria for city planning.
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