Vertical distribution of the soil microbiota along a successional gradient in a glacier forefield

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1091-1108

  Rime, Thomas ^a   Hartmann, Martin ^a,b   Brunner, Ivano ^a   Widmer, Franco ^b   Zeyer, Josef ^c   Frey, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b Institute for Sustainability Sciences   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; DNA metabarcoding; glacier retreat; indicator species analysis; soil formation; vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ACIDOBACTERIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; GEMMATIMONADETES; GEOBACTER; GEOGLOSSUM; LACCARIA; MRAKIA; OTUS; PHORMIDIUM; SOLIBACTER; SPHINGOBACTERIALES;

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S; SOIL;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ICE COVER; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; SOIL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; ICE COVER; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84923607197     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13051     Document Type: Article

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