Air-Drying, Cooling and Freezing for Soil Sample Storage Affects the Activity and the Microbial Communities from Two Mediterranean Soils

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-160

  Martí, Esther ^a   Càliz, Joan ^b   Montserrat, Genoveva ^b   Garau, M Antonia ^a   Cruañas, Robert ^a   Vila, Xavier ^b   Sierra, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

biomineralization; community structure; Mediterranean soil; molecular ecology; PCR DGGE; respirometry; soil bacteria; soil storage

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COOLING; FREEZING; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION SIZE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES;

EID: 84858041330     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2010.530341     Document Type: Article

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