Soil CO2 flux and photoautotrophic community composition in high-elevation, 'barren' soil

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 674-686

  Freeman, Kristen R ^a   Pescador, Monte Y ^a   Reed, Sasha C ^a   Costello, Elizabeth K ^a   Robeson, Michael S ^a   Schmidt, Steven K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS; PHORMIDIUM MURRAYII;

ALGAL DNA; ALGAL RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLEXI; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFLEXI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLORADO; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ALGAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 61449176188     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01844.x     Document Type: Article

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