Microbial 13C utilization patterns via stable isotope probing of phospholipid biomarkers in Mojave Desert soils exposed to ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2334-2344

  Jin, V L ^a   Evans, R D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13CO2; Elevated CO2; Mojave Desert; Phospholipid fatty acids; Pulse chase

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SINK; FATTY ACID; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77953027908     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02207.x     Document Type: Article

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