Abiotic factors shape microbial diversity in Sonoran desert soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7527-7537

  Andrew, David R ^a   Fitak, Robert R ^a   Munguia Vega, Adrian ^a,c   Racolta, Adriana ^a,b   Martinson, Vincent G ^a   Dontsova, Katerina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Comunidad y Biodiversidad ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ABIOTIC FACTORS; ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEAL; CARBON CONTENT; COMMUNITY DIVERSITY; CRENARCHAEOTA; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; FIRMICUTES; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; GIGANTEA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; RESEARCH FACILITIES; RHIZOSPHERE MICROBES; RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL COMMUNITY; SOIL PH; SOIL PROPERTY; SONORAN DESERT;

LANDFORMS; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; SOIL SURVEYS;

SOILS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BIOME; DESERT SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTREME EVENT; PROKARYOTE; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CACTACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; ARIZONA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CACTACEAE; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; RHIZOSPHERE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

SONORAN DESERT;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CACTACEAE; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CRENARCHAEOTA; FIRMICUTES; OTUS; PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMOPROTEI;

EID: 84868611729     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01459-12     Document Type: Article

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