Colonization patterns of soil microbial communities in the Atacama Desert

Microbiome

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Crits Christoph, Alexander ^a   Robinson, Courtney K ^a   Barnum, Tyler ^a   Fricke, W F ^b   Davila, Alfonso F ^c   Jedynak, Bruno ^d   McKay, Christopher P ^c   DiRuggiero, Jocelyne ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid soil; Atacama Desert; Desertification; Extreme environment; High throughput 16S rRNA sequencing; Soil microbial communities

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON; RAIN; SULFUR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; METABOLIC ACTIVITY ASSAY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA;

ACIDIMICROBIALES; ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; RUBROBACTERALES;

EID: 84923787106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20492618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-2618-1-28     Document Type: Article

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