Size and structure of bacterial, fungal and nematode communities along an Antarctic environmental gradient

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 436-451

  Yergeau, Etienne ^a   Bokhorst, Stef ^a   Huiskes, Ad H L ^a   Boschker, Henricus T S ^a   Aerts, Rien ^b   Kowalchuk, George A ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bacterial communities; Fungal communities; Nematodes communities; PCR DGGE; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ERGOSTEROL; FATTY ACID; NITRATE; NITROGEN; WATER;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARCTIC; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGUS; MICROFLORA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGI; NEMATODA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEMATODA;

EID: 33846241617     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00200.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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