The dataset arose from 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of wetland soils in China <doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.09.035>.
In dataset$sample_table, the 'Group' column means Chinese inland wetlands (IW), coastal wetland (CW) and Tibet plateau wetlands (TW).
The column 'Type' denotes the sampling region: northeastern region (NE), northwest region (NW), North China area (NC),
middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River (YML), southern coastal area (SC), upper reaches of the Yangtze River (YU) and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP).
The column 'Saline' represents the saline soils and non-saline soils.
data(dataset)An R6 class object
sample_table: sample information table
otu_table: species-community abundance table
tax_table: taxonomic table
phylo_tree: phylogenetic tree
taxa_abund: taxa abundance list with several tables for Phylum...Genus
alpha_diversity: alpha diversity table
beta_diversity: list with several beta diversity distance matrix