Desert Phylum number Phyla Abundance References
Taklimakan
30
Actinobacteria Firmicutes Proteobacteria 41.8 29.3 23.1
This study
Badain Jaran
32
Actinobacteria Proteobacteria Bacteroidetes Firmicutes Chloroflexi 35 24 17 7 7
Sun et al., 2018
Tengger
28
Actinobacteria Proteobacteria Cyanobacteria Chloroflexi Bacteroidetes Acidobacteria 29 23 20 8 6 7
Sun et al., 2018
Mojave
11
Cyanobacteria Proteobacteria Chloroflexi Actinobacteria Bacteroidetes 33 26 12 9.1 6
Mogul et al., 2017
Atacama
13 (≥1%)
Actinobacteria Acidobacteria Proteobacteria 72-88 4-7 2-9
Crits-Christoph et al., 2013
Thar
12
Actinobacteria Proteobacteria Acidobacteria 39 33 9
Sivakala et al., 2018
Gurbantunggut
10 (≥1%)
Actinobacteria Proteobacteria Bacteroidetes Chloroflexi Firmicutes 41 24 5 5 6
Zhang et al., 2019
Eastern
18
Proteobacteria Firmicutes Actinobacteria 30 27 11
Köberl et al., 2011
Negev
11(≥1%)
Actinobacteria Proteobacteria Bacteroidetes Chloroflexi 28 31 10 7
Baubin et al., 2019