Alkaline lakes are a special aquatic ecosystem that act as important water and alkali
resource in the arid-semiarid regions. The primary aim of the study is to explore how …

Abstract The Badain Jaran Desert (BJD) is characterized by extremely arid conditions.
Counterintuitively, this arid region has over 100 permanent lakes. To date, only a few studies …

[Objective] We characterized procaryotic biodiversity, community structure and the
relationship between the community structure and environmental factors of salt lakes in …

Saline lakes at high altitudes represent an important and extreme microbial ecosystem, yet
little is known about microbial diversity in such environments. The objective of this study was …

Abstract Badain Jaran Desert (BJD), characterized by extremely arid climate and tallest sand
dunes in the world, is the second largest desert in China. Surprisingly, there are a large …

The microbial communities in saline lakes play important roles in maintaining their unique
ecosystems. However, little is known about the vertical distribution of the sediment microbial …

The extreme geographical and climatic conditions of the Tibetan Plateau result in lakes
spanning a diverse range of environmental conditions. Studying microbial response to …

Microbial communities are important components of alpine lakes, especially in extreme
environments such as salt lakes. However, few studies have examined the co-occurrence …

The influence of salinity and geographical distance on bacterial community composition
(BCC) in five freshwater, oligosaline or polysaline lakes located at altitudes higher than …

Lake Bosten, a large oligosaline lake in arid northwestern China, has evolved from a
freshwater lake and is influenced by eutrophication processes. Since sediments record past …