The microbial gene diversity along an elevation gradient of the Tibetan grassland

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 430-440

  Yang, Yunfeng ^a   Gao, Ying ^a   Wang, Shiping ^b   Xu, Depeng ^a   Yu, Hao ^c   Wu, Linwei ^a   Lin, Qiaoyan ^d   Hu, Yigang ^b,d   Li, Xiangzhen ^e   He, Zhili ^c   Deng, Ye ^c   Zhou, Jizhong ^a,c,f  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^e CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Community metabolism; Elevation gradient; Gene diversity; Soil microbial community

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CHINA; XIZANG;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL GENE; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE;

ALTITUDE; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, MICROBIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; POACEAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIBET;

EID: 84893023121     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.146     Document Type: Article

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