ABSTRACT We report the first census of natural microbial communities of the Bonneville Salt Flats (BSF). a perennial salt pan at the Utah-Nevada border. Environmental DNA sequencing of archaeal and bacterial 16S rRNA genes was conducted on samples from multiple evaporite sediment layers collected from the upper 30 cm of the surface salt crust. Our results show that at the time of samp... https://www.opheliasmuse.com/