Response of free-living nitrogen-fixing microorganisms to land use change in the amazon rainforest

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 281-288

  Mirza, Babur S ^a   Potisap, Chotima ^a,b   Nüsslein, Klaus ^c   Bohannan, Brendan J M ^d   Rodriguesa, Jorge L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON RAIN FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EQUATORIAL FORESTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PARTIAL RESTORATION; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; GENES; LAND USE; MICROORGANISMS;

CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PASTURE; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFOREST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; GENES; LAND USE; MICROORGANISMS;

AMAZONIA;

CARBON; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; SOUTH AMERICA; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BIOTA; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES;

EID: 84891097729     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02362-13     Document Type: Article

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