The impact of grassland management regime on the community structure of selected bacterial groups in soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-270

  Clegg, Christopher D ^a   Lovell, Roger D L ^a,b   Hobbs, Philip J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; DGGE profiling; Grassland; Multivariate analysis; Phospholipid fatty acid

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACID; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EUBACTERIUM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; SOIL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037445306     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00429-4     Document Type: Article

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