Abiotic stress tolerance and competition-related traits underlie phylogenetic clustering in soil bacterial communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1191-1201

  Goberna, Marta ^a,b   Navarro Cano, Jose A ^b   Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^c   García, Carlos ^a   Verdú, Miguel ^b  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Competitive abilities; Environmental filtering; Organic carbon consumption; Phenotype; Phylogenetic community structure; Resistant structures; Soil bacteria; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLADISTICS; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOLERANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; SPAIN;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84908278852     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12341     Document Type: Article

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