Contrasting rRNA gene abundance patterns for aquatic fungi and bacteria in response to leaf-litter chemistry

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 663-672

  Wymore, Adam S ^a   Compson, Zacchaeus G ^a   Liu, Cindy M ^a,b   Price, Lance B ^b   Whitham, Thomas G ^a   Keim, Paul ^a,b   Marks, Jane C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; 18S rRNA; Decomposition; Leaf litter; Populus; QPCR; Stream ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; POPULUS;

EID: 84876486821     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-122.1     Document Type: Article

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