Temperature adaptation of bacterial communities in experimentally warmed forest soils

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3252-3258

  Rousk, Johannes ^a   Frey, Serita D ^b   Bååth, Erland ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Leucine incorporation; Minimum temperature; Q 10; Soil warming; Temperature adaptation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865866018     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02764.x     Document Type: Article

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