Microbial communities and bacterial diversity of spruce, hemlock and grassland soils of tatachia forest, Taiwan

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 386-398

  Selvam, Ammaiyappan ^b   Tsai, Shu Hsien ^b   Liu, Ching Piao ^a   Chen, I Chu ^b   Chang, Cheng Hsiung ^b   Yang, Shang Shyng ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

16s rdna clone library; Bacterial diversity; Microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen; Microbial population

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA CLONE LIBRARY; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CLONE LIBRARY; FIRMICUTES; FOREST SOILS; GEMMATIMONADETES; GRASSLAND SOILS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON AND NITROGEN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; ORGANIC LAYERS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PH; SUMMER SEASON; SURFACE SOIL; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMASS; CLONING; LIBRARIES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PH EFFECTS; SOILS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

CARBON; NITROGEN; RAIN; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TAXONOMY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; POACEAE; SEASON; SOIL; SPRUCE; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TSUGA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; GENE LIBRARY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PICEA; POACEAE; RAIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TSUGA;

TAIWAN; TATACHIA MOUNTAIN;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CONIUM; FIRMICUTES; GEMMATIMONADETES; PICEA; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 77953160105     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601231003799960     Document Type: Article

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