Who is who in litter decomposition Metaproteomics reveals major microbial players and their biogeochemical functions

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1749-1762

  Schneider, Thomas ^a   Keiblinger, Katharina M ^b   Schmid, Emanuel ^a   Sterflinger Gleixner, Katja ^c   Ellersdorfer, Günther ^c   Roschitzki, Bernd ^d   Richter, Andreas ^e,f   Eberl, Leo ^a   Zechmeister Boltenstern, Sophie ^b   Riedel, Kathrin ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g Institute of Microbiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

extracellular enzymes; leaf litter decomposition; litter nutrient content; metaproteomics; microbial ecology; microbial succession

Indexed keywords

PROTEOME; WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEOMICS; SEASON; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AUSTRIA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; SEASONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER;

AUSTRIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84865341467     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.11     Document Type: Article

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