Exploring links between pH and bacterial community composition in soils from the Craibstone Experimental Farm

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 403-415

  Bartram, Andrea K ^a   Jiang, Xingpeng ^b,d   Lynch, Michael D J ^a   Masella, Andre P ^a   Nicol, Graeme W ^c   Dushoff, Jonathan ^b   Neufeld, Josh D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA genes; Agriculture; Microbial diversity; PH; Rare biosphere; Soil bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA GENES; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RARE BIOSPHERE; RNA GENE; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; UNITED KINGDOM;

16S RRNA GENES; AGRICULTURE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PH; RARE BIOSPHERE; SOIL BACTERIA;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SCOTLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84895072762     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12231     Document Type: Article

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