Low pore connectivity increases bacterial diversity in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3936-3942

  Carson, Jennifer K ^a   Gonzalez Quiñones, Vanesa ^a   Murphy, Daniel V ^a   Hinz, Christoph ^a   Shaw, Jeremy A ^a   Gleeson, Deirdre B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; BACTERIAL SPECIES; COMPETITION THEORY; FIELD CONDITIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; LOW WATER; LOW WATER-CONTENT; MINERAL COMPOSITION; PORE CONNECTIVITY; SANDY SOILS; SOIL BACTERIUM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; WATER POTENTIAL; WATER-FILLED PORE SPACE;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLAY MINERALS; FORESTRY; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RNA; SILT; TEXTURES; WATER CONTENT;

BACTERIA;

WATER; SOIL;

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DECLINE; QUARTZ; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; ANALYSIS; BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953644473     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03085-09     Document Type: Article

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