Afforestation alters the composition of functional genes in soil and biogeochemical processes in South American grasslands

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6240-6248

  Berthrong, Sean T ^a   Schadt, Christopher W ^b   Piñeiro, Gervasio ^a,c   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHITINASES; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; FUNCTIONAL GENES; LAND-USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL C; N-FIXATION; PLANTATION PROFILES; SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROBES; SOIL POOLS; URUGUAY;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; GENES; LAKES; LAND USE; REFORESTATION;

SOILS;

CARBON; CHITINASE; NITROGEN; POLYMER;

AFFORESTATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; EVERGREEN TREE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AFFORESTATION; AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCALYPTUS; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANTATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROFLORA; TAXONOMY; URUGUAY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CHITINASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA; GENE POOL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; GENES; LAKES; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 70349429745     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01126-09     Document Type: Article

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