Responses of bacterial and fungal communities to an elevation gradient in a subtropical montane forest of China

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2219-2230

  Meng, Han ^b   Li, Ke ^b   Nie, Ming ^a,b   Wan, Jia Rong ^a   Quan, Zhe Xue ^b   Fang, Chang Ming ^b   Chen, Jia Kuan ^a,b   Gu, Ji Dong ^c   Li, Bo ^a,b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Elevation gradient; Forest; Fungi; Soil

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; CLONE LIBRARY; ELEVATION GRADIENT; FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOILS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL DIVERSITY; GENOMIC DNA; MICROHABITATS; MONTANE FORESTS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHANNON-WEAVER DIVERSITY INDEX; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SUBTROPICAL FORESTS; TOTAL CARBON;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CLONING; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; GENOMIC DNA;

BACTERIUM; CLAY SOIL; CLONE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ELEVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROHABITAT; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER CONTENT;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHINA; CLAY; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST SOIL; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

ALTITUDE; BACTERIA; BIOTA; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CHINA; CLONES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; FUNGI; SOIL;

CHINA; JIANGXI; LUSHAN MOUNTAINS;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84874111769     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4063-7     Document Type: Article

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