Microbial stress-response physiology and its implications for ecosystem function

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1386-1394

  Schimel, Joshua ^a   Balser, Teri C ^b   Wallenstein, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic tussock tundra; Microbial communities; Microbial physiology; Soil processes; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CARBON; NITROGEN; RAIN;

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CARBON; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34250338693     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0219     Document Type: Review

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