Host species and geographic location shape microbial diversity and functional potential in the conifer needle microbiome

Summary

... . Sites span ~ 1,075 km and nearly 10° latitude, from Glacier National Park to Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory , capturing broad environmental variation. Metagenomes were generated for each of the 67 samples, for which we produced individual... ... , Engelmann spruce, and Douglas fir – from six sites in the Rocky Mountains, USA, ranging from Glacier National Park, MT (48.70°N) to Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, CO (38.96°N) and spanning 1,075 km. We generated 67 metagenomes, where