Factors Controlling Soil Microbial Biomass and Bacterial Diversity and Community Composition in a Cold Desert Ecosystem: Role of Geographic Scale

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Van Horn, David J ^a   Van Horn, M Lee ^b   Barrett, John E ^c   Gooseff, Michael N ^d   Altrichter, Adam E ^c   Geyer, Kevin M ^c   Zeglin, Lydia H ^e   Takacs Vesbach, Cristina D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; RNA 16S; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRMICUTES; GENE SEQUENCE; LANDSCAPE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEOBACTERIA; RIVER BASIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; DESERT CLIMATE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84879173783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066103     Document Type: Article

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