Inferring biological soil crust successional stage using combined PLFA, DGGE, physical and biophysiological analyses

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 842-849

  Zaady, Eli ^a   Ben David, Eric A ^a   Sher, Yoni ^b   Tzirkin, Regina ^b   Nejidat, Ali ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyanobacteria; Desert; Dune; Microbial biomass; Microphyte; Rainfall gradient

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; 16S RRNA GENE; ARID AREA; BACTERIAL GENES; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; DESERT DUNES; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; IDEAL MODEL; KEY PROCESS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROCOLEUS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC DISTRIBUTION; POLYSACCHARIDE CONTENTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SENSITIVE MEASUREMENT; SOIL BACTERIUM; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; TOTAL PROTEIN;

ARID REGIONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE MODELS; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; LANDFORMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RNA; SOILS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARID REGION; ARIDITY; BIOMARKER; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; DUNE; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOMASS; RAINFALL; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77949272194     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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