Bacterial salt tolerance is unrelated to soil salinity across an arid agroecosystem salinity gradient

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1881-1887

  Rousk, Johannes ^a,b   Elyaagubi, Fathi K ^a   Jones, Davey L ^a   Godbold, Douglas L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arid soils; Bacterial growth; Biomass; Decomposition; Ecotoxicology; Leucine incorporation; Microbial community composition; Salt; Selective pressure; Soil salinity; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARID SOILS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; LEUCINE INCORPORATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; SOIL SALINITY; TOLERANCE;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; RATING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOILS;

BACTERIA;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL COVER; SOIL POLLUTION;

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80051469687     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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