Summary
ABSTRACT Native plants thriving in extreme environments host unique microbial communities that might play crucial roles in promoting their growth and enhancing tolerance to harsh environmental conditions. In this study, the root‐associated microbial communities were analysed from ten desert native plant species. The analysis was conducted using the V3–V4 regions of the 16S rRNA gene to assess the taxonomic diversity, composition, and functional characteristics of root‐associated bacterial microbiomes. A total of 1,078,916 high‐quality sequences obtained from ten different plants were clustered into 3,842 Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs). Alpha and beta diversity indices revealed that trees and grasses exhibited higher diversity and richness in root‐associated bacterial microbial community
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