Shifts in soil microorganisms in response to warming are consistent across a range of Antarctic environments

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 692-702

  Yergeau, Etienne ^a,b   Bokhorst, Stef ^c   Kang, Sanghoon ^d   Zhou, Jizhong ^d   Greer, Charles W ^b   Aerts, Rien ^e   Kowalchuk, George A ^a,e  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctica; carbon cycle; GeoChip microarrays; global warming; nitrogen cycle; open top chambers

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARRAY; BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNGI; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITROGEN CYCLE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84857123742     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.124     Document Type: Article

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