Bacterial community structure and soil properties of a subarctic tundra soil in Council, Alaska

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 465-475

  Kim, Hye Min ^a,b   Jung, Ji Young ^a   Yergeau, Etienne ^c   Hwang, Chung Yeon ^a   Hinzman, Larry ^d   Nam, Sungjin ^a   Hong, Soon Gyu ^a   Kim, Ok Sun ^a   Chun, Jongsik ^b   Lee, Yoo Kyung ^a  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; pH; Pyrosequencing; Soil bacteria; Soil depth; Tussock tundra

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; NITROGEN; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PH; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; SOIL; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROFLORA; TUSSOCK TUNDRA; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; PH; PYROSEQUENCING; SOIL BACTERIA; SOIL DEPTH; TUSSOCK TUNDRA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALASKA; BIOMASS; CARBON; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84905282850     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12362     Document Type: Article

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