Functional shifts in unvegetated, perhumid, recently-deglaciated soils do not correlate with shifts in soil bacterial community composition

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 673-681

  Sattin, Sarah R ^a   Cleveland, Cory C ^b   Hood, Eran ^c   Reed, Sasha C ^b   King, Andrew J ^a   Schmidt, Steven K ^a   Robeson, Michael S ^a   Ascarrunz, Nataly ^a   Nemergut, Diana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial community structure; N fixation; Soil enzyme activity; Succession

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 75949120249     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-009-0194-7     Document Type: Article

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