Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Science) ›› 2022, Vol. 2022 ›› Issue (3): 8-16.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-5641.2022.03.002

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Diversity of soil microbes in a vertical forest

Xianya XU1(), Stefano BOERI2, Yibo XU3   

  1. 1. School of Design, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
    2. Department of Architecture and Urban Study, Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20123, Italy
    3. Stefano Boeri Architetti, Shanghai 200001, China
  • Received:2021-02-25 Online:2022-05-25 Published:2022-05-19

Abstract:

In this study, we analyzed the diversity of microbes across 45 collected soil samples using meta-barcoding. The analysis showed similar α diversity of soil microbes in a vertical forest (VF) building and the surrounding green area, but a high level of differentiation in the microbe community composition and β diversity between these two types of habitats. The results indicated that a VF can accommodate a large number of microbe species and provided evidence for the contribution of VFs to the conservation of urban biodiversity.

Key words: urban eology, vertical forest, soil microbes, α diversity, β diversity

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