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50. Moss-dominated biocrusts improve the structural diversity of underlying soil microbial communities by increasing soil stability and fertility in the Loess Plateau region of China T. Bao et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2019.103120
51. Lime-Phosphorus Fertilizer Efficiently Reduces the Cd Content of Rice: Physicochemical Property and Biological Community Structure in Cd-Polluted Paddy Soil X. Kuang et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.749946
52. Ecophysiological properties of three biological soil crust types and their photoautotrophs from the Succulent Karoo, South Africa A. Tamm et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3635-4
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55. Deterministic processes influence bacterial more than fungal community assembly during the development of biological soil crusts in the desert ecosystem H. Zhou et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1404602
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68. Soil bacterial community structure determines its resistance: A case study of aerial seeding restoration in the Mu Us sandy land, China J. Wen et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105535
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71. Application of mine biological soil crust for cadmium removal in weakly acidic irrigation water: Mechanisms and field performance X. Kuang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2025.104495