Bacterial community in alpine grasslands along an altitudinal gradient on the Tibetan Plateau

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-132

  Yuan, Yanli ^a   Si, Guicai ^a,b   Wang, Jian ^a,b   Luo, Tianxiang ^a   Zhang, Gengxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland soil; Altitudinal transect; Bacterial communities; Semi arid area; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WARMING;

CHINA; NYAINQENTANGLHA MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

ALPINE GRASSLAND SOIL; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDINAL TRANSECT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; SEMI-ARID AREA; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ALPINE GRASSLAND SOIL; ALTITUDINAL TRANSECT; BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES; SEMI-ARID AREA; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ALTITUDE; BACTERIA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIBET;

EID: 84891490609     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12197     Document Type: Article

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