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Table 1 Location of the study sites and physicochemical characteristics of soil samples

From: Composition of soil microbiome along elevation gradients in southwestern highlands of Saudi Arabia

Sample

Location name

Elevation (meter)

pH

Organic matter %

Nitrogen %

Phosphorus mg/kg

Swh1

Tabalah

1447

8.3 ± 0.2

0.85 ± 0.03

0.04 ± 0.004

26.4 ± 0.3

Swh2

Tabalah

1447

8.1 ± 0.15

0.71 ± 0.02

0.08 ± 0.001

5.5 ± 0.5

Swh3

Sabt Alalayah

2100

7.7 ± 0.11

1.75 ± 0.01

0.09 ± 0.003

14.4 ± 0.1

Swh4

Sabt Alalayah

2100

8 ± .026

1.75 ± 0.03

0.09 ± 0.001

19.7 ± 0.1

Swh5

Sabt Alalayah

2100

7.8 ± 0.35

1.61 ± 0.01

0.08 ± 0.005

52.1 ± 1.9

Swh6

Sabt Alalayah

2100

7.8 ± 0.05

1.75 ± 0.02

0.09 ± 0.002

48.2 ± 2.0

Swh7

Al Salamah

2312

7.9 ± 0.25

0.7 ± 0.1

0.04 ± 0.001

45.5 ± 0.4

Swh8

Al Salamah

2312

7.8 ± 0.17

1.54 ± 0.04

0.07 ± 0.006

28.2 ± 0.3

Swh9

Afraa

1871

7.8 ± 0.1

0.21 ± 0.06

0.02 ± 0.008

28.2 ± 0.1

Swh10

Afraa

1871

7.9 ± 0.15

1.75 ± 0.04

0.09 ± 0.001

34.9 ± 0.4