Stochastic and deterministic processes interact in the assembly of desert microbial communities on a global scale

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1406-1413

  Caruso, Tancredi ^a   Chan, Yuki ^b   Lacap, Donnabella C ^b   Lau, Maggie C Y ^b   McKay, Christopher P ^c   Pointing, Stephen B ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; desert; global scale; hypolith; neutrality; niche

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARID REGION; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; DATA SET; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEUTRALIZATION; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUARTZ; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; QUARTZ; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80052044392     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.21     Document Type: Article

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