Linking microbial community structure and function to seasonal differences in soil moisture and temperature in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 827-842

  Bell, Colin W ^a   Acosta Martinez, Veronica ^b   McIntyre, Nancy E ^a   Cox, Stephen ^a   Tissue, David T ^a,c   Zak, John C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TEXAS;

EID: 73349112606     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9529-5     Document Type: Article

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