Dryland soil microbial communities display spatial biogeographic patterns associated with soil depth and soil parent material

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-113

  Steven, Blaire ^a   Gallegos Graves, La Verne ^a   Belnap, Jayne ^b   Kuske, Cheryl R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Arid land; Biogeography; Biological soil crust; Cyanobacteria; Dryland soil; Soil archaea; Soil bacteria

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; GENE; GYPSUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARENT MATERIAL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SAND; SHALE; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CRUST; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TYPE;

16S RRNA GENE; ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEON; ARID LAND; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLEXI; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRYLAND SOIL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL; SOIL ARCHAEA; SOIL MICROFLORA;

16S RRNA GENE; ARID LAND; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST; CYANOBACTERIA; DRYLAND SOIL; SOIL ARCHAEA; SOIL BACTERIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROFLEXI; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; OTUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84884154552     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12143     Document Type: Article

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